David Tennant has admitted that he is jealous of Matt Smith, who is just beginning his Doctor Who journey.
Tennant recently filmed his last scenes as The Doctor and Matt Smith has already began filming for the new series of the BBC sci-fi show.
Tennant told BBC Newsbeat: “I’m really excited for him but I remember how exciting it was starting out on this kind of a journey – and nervewracking and a bit overwhelming but just such a kick.
I’m not sure that the BBC’s attempt at ‘humour’ – or tongue-in-cheek anyway – in billing this film as a Halloween episode was entirely appropriate. Especially given that the main protagonist of the film, Donald Angus Maclean, died while making it.
Granted the story told by Donald was all about ghosts on Skye, but despite some levity – primarily though only proffered by filmmaker Alison McAlpine – there was little to laugh at in this quirky film.
But as interesting and fascinating as the ghost stories were, equally as captivating were the residents of Skye. But perhaps the subliminal direction – in the form of haunting music and ‘creepy’ mist rolling in – affected my opinion, it felt as though Skye was a hybrid of The Wicker Man and Deliverance. Read more & comment »
Until I watched this show last night, I didn’t realise it was based on the true life tales of both Garrow and some of his clients, and it made an already very good drama excellent.
Andrew Buchan as the pioneering, genuinely caring lawyer – which is why I at first thought it was all a fiction – understatedly and utterly convincingly wandered the corridors of the Old Bailey doing his best for the wrongly accused innocents.
His associate and mentor Southouse was similarly nobly portrayed by Alun Armstrong, and together with a cast of genuinely convincing 18th century folk – well done costume and make-up department – we were transported back to a time when the accused’s solicitor couldn’t speak to the jury, were not privy to the deposition against their client, weren’t permitted to visit their client or to deliver an opening statement or closing speech in court. Read more & comment »
As part of BBC’s Wonderland series, this odd little film was idiosyncratic and edifying to watch. And I must say, I hadn’t expected to like it much, but I did…
It seemed an odd concept, having couples talk about their lives together while sitting in their beds, but what it unearthed was a plethora of deeply moving emotion and revelation, as well as gratifyingly sweet and loving relationships.
And with hindsight, perhaps various beds were in fact a good setting for this film, even though it was often perhaps more of a Jeremy Kyle-esque show in some ways. For instance, young Tariro couldn’t tell his partner Khadijah that he loves her, even though this terribly young couple are expecting twins.
If it had been a Jeremy Kyle show, the programme’s title might’ve been ‘You’re Having My Babies But I Don’t Know If I Love You’. However, I think his admission was refreshingly truthful; teenagers mostly don’t truly understand the meaning of the word ‘love’ in relationship terms, and at least Tariro was honest enough to admit that. Read more & comment »
The final series of BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey may be about to air. But show creator Ruth Jones has insisted that this will not be the last time we see the pair on our screens.
Speaking at the launch of the third series yesterday Ruth said:
Speaking at the launch of the third and final series, she told us: “This is the final series and we thought long and hard about that.
The BBC have released the following statement:
“It is with regret that we confirm the death this morning of Anton Turner, 38, on location in Tanzania. Anton was the expedition guide for the filming of an episode of the CBBC series Serious Explorers which was tracing the footsteps of Livingstone’s famous journey in Africa. We understand at this stage that he was charged by an elephant and was mortally injured. A doctor was travelling with the expedition and treated Anton at the scene, but we understand that Anton died shortly after the incident.
As previously mentioned, we were at the Doctor Who: Water Of Mars press screening today. The question and answer session afterwards was enthralling, but for us, one of the most interesting facts to emerge was that David Tennant’s last line as Doctor Who wasn’t actually for the main show. His last scenes were in fact, filmed as part of a Sarah Jane Adventures special.
David told reporters:
“My last day was actually on The Sarah Jane Adventures which is on this afternoon. The last line I said as the Doctor is halfway through the episode tonight: ‘You two – with me. Spit spot!’ They were the last words I uttered in the suit!”
Yes I know that we’ve already told you that we went to the Doctor Who Water Of Mars press screening today. We don’t meant to go on (and on and on) about it, but can we just say that you are in for a fantastic treat in two weeks time. After the screening there was a quick Q&A session with the press, read what David Tennant and Russell T Davies had to say below:
How does this special compare to the others?
David: “It tells a different sort of story, I think, and it’s a long time into the episode before The Doctor takes control. That’s what’s unnerving about it, it’s not the standard structure. We expect The Doctor to take control earlier, we expect The Doctor to know how he’s going to do it and how he’s going to win through and he doesn’t. Even though he wins in the end it’s a bitter sweet victory. People die.”
Dominic Cooper, Christopher Walken and Dara O’Briain join Jonathan Ross for this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One.
Dominic Cooper reveals making Mamma Mia was chaos: “It was kind of intimidating… we all had no idea what we were doing.” He thinks there should be a sequel.
Doctor Who will return to BBC One on November 15 with The Waters of Mars.
David Tennant returns as the Doctor in The Waters of Mars, the second of four Doctor Who specials being screened on BBC One this year. He is joined by his cleverest and most strong-minded companion yet, Adelaide Brooke, played by acclaimed British actress Lindsay Duncan.
Doctor Who’s The Water Of Mars airs in the UK in just two weeks times and in just under two months, David Tennant will hand the Doctor Who reigns over to young Matt Smith. In the his final three TV specials, Tennant has confirmed that we can look forward to seeing some familiar faces and old companions.
At the press screening of Water Of Mars today David told reporters:
Strictly Come Dancing’s James Jordan has said that he is sure to win when he takes part in BBC’s celebrity Total Wipeout.
“I would rather die than lose. I am so sure I will be in the top three, I’ll bet my house and even Ola [Jordan, wife] on it,” he told the Daily Star. “I should win. I love sport and have done anything from motorbiking to bungee jumping to wakeboarding.
"Dancers don't tend to do things like that because they're worried they'll break their legs but I say you only live once."
Viewers are in for a real treat this winter as Richard Hammond returns to present two hilarious celebrity editions of Total Wipeout.
Expect more magnificent mud splashes and comical crushes as ten celebrities go head to head in each episode in order to win £10,000 for their chosen charity.
I’ve always liked Andrew Marr; he’s personable, he’s intelligent, he’s witty and self-deprecating, and he’s far more enjoyable serving up slices of history than he is presenting some political show that makes the viewer – notably, me – lose the will to live.
And we should see more of him in this role if last night’s televisual expedition into Britain’s history was anything to go by.
This is what the BBC’s press release had to say about the show…
“Marr takes viewers from the imperial power of the late-Victorian age to the dawning of modern democracy; from Charlie Chaplin to Gracie Fields; and from the trenches and sea battles of the First World War to Britain’s triumphant victory over fascism in 1945… Read more & comment »
This is without doubt one of the most truly beautiful natural history films I’ve ever seen. Documenting and observing the unique relationship that Dr Lynn Rogers has with black bears in the Minnesotan Northwoods, this remarkable film invoked many conflicting emotions for me.
First, it was uplifting and inspiring to see how dedicated Dr Rogers, his wife Donna and his research assistant Sue are to these astoundingly dignified and beautiful animals, and their devotion has been rewarded by gaining the trust of the bears, thus enabling the study of them.
However, the joy of the magnificent bears, the beyond-cute cubs and the breathtaking scenery was marred, as it so tragically often is, by the interjection into this wilderness for six weeks a year by hunters, intent on taking home a bear carcass. Read more & comment »
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