Soap Discussion - June 2012

And the last blog of the month and it's a soap one.Coronation Street: While the fallout from Sunita and Karl's relationship continued to be boring, I did like the somewhat  short lived but oddly amusing rivalry between the former and Eva (still not a great character but less annoying this month) and truce that was forced on them whilst they were dealing with a rat and a health inspector in last night's double bill. A bright spark along with...

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How To Promote A Hit TV Series

Or any TV series well to be honest. Yes, you can bung a few clips together for a 30-90 second promo and give the show a good day, timeslot and lead in show and hope for the best.Then there's also the use of a concept trailer, which means getting the cast together to film a promo that hints at the themes of the upcoming season/series of a show (with a bit of misdirection here and there too). Personally, I've noticed many shows do concept trailers,...

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Doctor Who - Series 7 Guest Stars/Titles Updates

And we have some updates on the latest of Series 7 of Doctor Who ...While the title has been mentioned for a while online, the BBC have finally confirmed that episode 1 of Series 7 will in fact be called Asylum Of The Daleks. Executive producer Caroline Skinner has also teased that whatever we think we know about the Daleks, this episode will challenge that. Personally, I can't wait to see what Moffat does with a load of Daleks at his disposal and...

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Skins - Season 6 Review

UK Airdate: January 23rd- March 26th 2012Rivers Run Dry: After a somewhat excellent return to form for the show in it’s fifth year, the sixth and penultimate series of Skins seemed to have more in common with it’s show’s fourth and by far, worst series of them all.This season opened up in a particularly chaotic manner with the gang heading off to Morocco and Grace winding up in a car accident after Matty tried to save Franky from a drug dealer, despite...

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My Review of True Blood's 5x03: "Whatever I Am, You Made Me"

Written by Raelle TuckerDirected by David PetrarcaPam: “I’m not interested in you or that pathetic excuse for a vampire you had me make, so get out of my bar before I suck you dry.”Sookie: “Find Tara.”Pam: “Fuck Tara and fuck you.”Oh, Pam, did you learn nothing from Eric at all? Being a maker means being responsible and even if you hate Tara with the fire of ten thousand burning suns, you’re responsible for her now, whether you like it not. You should’ve...

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Sinbad - Season 1 Character Profiles/Spoilers

And it's less than a month away for transmission (actually a fortnight away), here are some more character details about Sky1's take on Sinbad ...Sinbad (Elliot Knight): Charismatic and reckless, we first meet him living in Basra with brother Jamil working scams to put food on the table but a tragic turn of events sees him banished to the seas with that funky necklace of his being somewhat responsible for it.Lord Akbari (Naveen Andrews): Youngest...

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Doctor Who - Series 7 Rumour/Sad News

Aka, to be taken with an extreme pinch of salt because chances are this is either a) complete rubbish or b) kind of true but not entirely, so here goes already ...'Doctor Who' is reportedly going to shake things up with a lesbian storyline when Madame Vastra falls for the Doctor's new sidekick, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman.Madama Vastra - a lizard-like Silurian alien with a penchant for women - will reportedly fall for the Doctor's new sidekick...

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Dexter - Season 7 Truth Brings Light Trailer

It's what I am. It's all I am. I can accept that ... but can she?It's amazing that seven seasons in and Dexter can still come up with fascinating concept trailers in order to whet viewers appetites for the upcoming season. This time around it's another gorgeous thematic one focusing on 'Truth Brings Light' as Deb is now privy to what her brother really gets up to. Showtime, once again, you've outdone yourself. Looking forward to the new season even...

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True Love - Five Stories In Margate

And for the last four days, BBC1 in some god awful scheduling decided to air this five part series, written and directed by Dominic Savage but when it came to True Love, don't expect your cockles to be warmed anytime soon. Here's a rundown of the five episodes we had on offer ... Episode 1 - Nick: In which David Tennant played a happily married man, Nick who decided to cheat on his lovely wife Ruth (Joanne Froggatt) when his first love Serena (Vicky...

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White Collar - Season 4 Preview

While I'm not a big watcher of the program, I do have a thing for Matt Bomer and I have seen enough of the first three seasons to give the fourth one a whirl. Why it can only be White Collar of course.The end of last season saw Bomer's conman character, Neal Caffrey escape from the feds for a new life and this season with the aid of an agent played by Mehki Pfifer, it seems that Neal is going to be brought back into the fold whether he likes it or...

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Merlin - Season 4 Review

UK Airdate: October 1st –December 24th 2011As the show enters it’s fourth season, we lose one King and gain another as Arthur’s first year in power still sees him fighting against Morgana’s various antics, coming into his own as a ruler while Merlin also sees himself dealing with more enemies closer to the castle as per usual.Long Live The King: Something happened to this show during this particular season because while Merlin has always been a popular...

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My Review of True Blood's 5x02: "Authority Always Wins"

Written by Mark HudisDirected by Michael LehmannRoman (to Bill/Eric): “We are the Authority. I am the Authority.”Ever since he left Law And Order: SVU (the only show from that franchise I watch), I was hoping that Christopher Meloni would be back on our TV screens pretty soon and as Roman, the leader of the Authority, this might be the perfect platform for him to gain a whole bunch of new fans.I’m not gonna lie about Roman – I sort of need to see...

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Dexter - Season 7 First Look

And with three months to go, the first bits and pieces for the seventh and penultimate season of Dexter has began to surface.The first poster for the seventh year seems a little simplistic compared to past ones but with the first episode set to deal with Deb finally realising that her brother kills people in his spare time, I'm sure better promo pictures will surface closer to transmission.In terms of guest stars this season, it seems that Rome actor...

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Homeland - Season 2 Mission/Obsession Trailers

It might be another three and a half months before the arrival of Season 2 of Homeland on both US and UK airwaves but at least Showtime are tantalising us with some nice trailers.Why kill a man when you can kill an idea?Last season, Brody can close to completing his mission, until Dana managed to intervene but this season, it does seem like he's going to be back on track when it comes to completing Abu Nazir's ultimate agenda.You wait, you lay low,...

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K9 - Series 2 Development

The Sarah Jane Adventures may no longer be with us and Torchwood may be stuck in some kind of limbo (I wish RTD/BBC would put us out of our misery and confirm something on that show's future) but it seems that the Australian filmed K9 series will actually be coming back for a second series after all, despite it being nearly two years since the first one aired.According to producer Paul Tams, both him and Bob Baker are entering a new partnership as...

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Doctor Who - Series 7 New Picture/Returning Monster Rumour

It's Wednesday and there's a new picture to behold of our future TARDIS Team ...Yes, it's another pose of the Doctor and Clara, as played by Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman. It's not bad but would it have killed the BBC to have released one of them in character? I think this is the last one we're getting for a while too but I could be wrong.Meanwhile and once again, the Ice Warriors are rumoured to be returning to Doctor Who with the Daily Star...

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The Lady Is A Vamp

Okay, this one is a little shorter than usual but I've been catching up on other things ...Bedlam: I have to be honest, I wasn't that enamoured with the first series, so I wasn't too broken up by the idea of an entire new cast for the second run and so far, it's looking pretty good. Ellie and Max are a somewhat better ghost busting duo compared to Jed and Ryan and while Kate, Kiera and Dan are pretty forgettable as characters, Warren is improving...

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My Review of True Blood's 5x01: "Turn, Turn, Turn"

Written by Brian BucknerDirected by Daniel MinahanLafayette (re Tara): “Hold up, turn her for us.”Sookie: “What?”Pam: “Turn her? I don’t even like her.”And as vital plot twists go, you can forget about Bella Swan and Elena Gilbert because the most shocking lady to be made into a vampire is Tara Thornton and it’s Pam of all the vampires who got to make Tara into the very thing that she would not want to be under any circumstances either.There’s a...

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Doctor Who - Series 7 Second Picture

And a second picture of the Doctor and Clara, aka Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman has been released by the BBC to whet audiences appetite for the upcoming seventh series of Doctor Who. It's good but we do need a proper photoshoot with these two pretty soonish. Expect a third one released on Wednesday.Doctor Who returns to BBC1 this Autu...

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True Blood - Season 5 13 Teasers

And in conjunction with the arrival of tonight's premiere episode, TV Guide have 13 teasers for True Blood's fifth season.1. Sookie's future: As if the Stackhouse home hasn't seen enough damage, now there's at least one, possibly two dead bodies in Gran's kitchen— both of which could be blamed on Sookie herself. "She has a lot on her plate," Ball says. "She just blew Debbie Pelt's [Brit Morgan] head off with a shotgun, and her best friend just...

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First Look: Bert And Dickie

And for those of you who want to see the lovely Matt Smith playing a role that isn't a bowtie wearing alien this year, well towards the end of this month you can see him in the Olympic themed one-off, Bert And Dickie due to air on BBC1 and BBCAmerica, where on that station it's titled Going For Gold - The 48 Olympics.The 90 minute drama sees Matt playing the role of gold medallist Bert Bushnell along with Sam Hoare playing the role of Dickie Burnell...

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Doctor Who - Series 7 Exclusives

And while the name has still yet to be confirmed, we finally have a picture together of our new team comprising of Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman ...Here are the Doctor and Clara, posing for their first of many photos together that the BBC will be releasing over the next few days. I have to admit both Matt and Jenna do look lovely together and I can't wait to see what their dynamic is going to be from Christmas onwards. The episode this one...

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