September 8th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Bradley Walsh, Freema-Agyeman, Law & Order
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecution Service who prosecute the offenders.
The cream of British acting talent is brought together in an ensemble cast of extraordinary breadth to star in Law & Order:UK.
Filming starts this month on the new 13-part drama series for ITV1 based on the enormously successful US format created by two time Emmy award-winning producer Dick Wolf. It will be co-produced by Kudos Film and Television, Wolf Films and NBC Universal. Read more & comment »
July 25th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Freema-Agyeman, Law-and-Order, Torchwood
Freema Agyeman will not be appearing in the third series of Torchwood as planned as she has accepted a role in a new ITV drama ‘Law and Order.
A source told The Sun: “This has really mucked things about. We’ve had to go back and re-edit loads of scripts because she’s not going to be in it.
“[ITV is] the Beeb’s bitter rival, so the fact she’s going over there to star in a big new project has not gone down well at all.”
April 15th, 2007 by gerard. Tags: David-Tennant, Doctor Who, Freema-Agyeman
I didn’t get a chance to review The Shakespeare Code last week, although I really wanted to. I had a big problem with that episode of Doctor Who. I’d seen it before.
Let me give you some clues:
- The Doctor and assistant travel to the past.
- They meet a major literary figure.
- Plot centres around aliens who want to subvert the Earth for their own end.
- These aliens appear as a supernatural phenomena.
Not clear yet? Well, in Series 1 of our beloved, revamped Doctor Who, there was an episode called The Unquiet Dead. In this episode, The Doctor and Rose travel back in time and meet Charles Dickens. At the same time, an alien species called the Gelth are trying to use a cross dimensional rip to cross over to Earth and take over the world.
These Gelth appear - in the lingo of Dickensian-era Cardiff - as ghosts.
So, in The Shakespeare Code, The Doctor and shiny new assistant Martha travel back in time. To Shakespeare-era London no less.
Guess what? At the same time, an alien species called the Carrionites (who appear as witches) are trying to subvert Shakespeare’s magical words in order to….open up some kind of cross-dimensional rip and let loose their species upon the world!
Anyone else feel a bit ripped off right now?
