Coronation Street star, John Michie, has revealed how he is shocked at becoming a sex symbol at the age of 55!

Michie, who plays love-rat Karl Munro in the award-winning ITV soap, has only been in the show for a year, but so far his character has lost everything to gambling and more recently embarked on a steamy affair with his girlfriend, Stella’s (Michelle Collins) friend, Sunita (Shobna Gulati).
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ITV have announced their decision to cancel ‘Taggart’.

The crime drama has been running on the channel for 28 years and during that time has become a real fan favourite, but bosses felt the format was running out of steam and have now pledged to invest the money it saves when cancelling the show, into new and inventive original drama.

The decision was thought to have been made when viewing figures decreased from 14 million in its heyday to 3.8 million during the last series. Read more & comment »

Taggart, one of the UK’s premier crime dramas, has started filming a new series in Glasgow. The six new-look, dangerously dark and thrilling episodes see Blythe Duff, John Michie and Alex Norton reprise their roles as straight talking D.S. Jackie Reid, wise-cracker D.I. Robbie Ross and caustic witted DCI Matt Burke.

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Filming has started on a new series of Taggart, and according to The Daily Record, the new series will comprise six episodes, each an hour long.

The paper adds that it expects filming to continue until late August, and the show’s producer, Marcus Wilson, has revealed that the show is to be “revamped” and given a more modern slant.

He said, “I want to recapture the tremendous spirit and dry humour of the early episodes by taking the series back to basics while adding a gritty new feel.” Read more & comment »

Police shows have always been one of the most popular genres of TV shows; they’ve inspired thousands of people to join law enforcement, given rise to universally recognised catch-phrases – such as, here’s lookin’ at you kid – and given us an insight into how the police work, but which has been the best of all time?

There are a lot to choose from; American shows, British shows, police procedural or comedy parodies of police procedurals. Here’s my list of what I think are the top 10 police shows ever… Read more & comment »