Soap Discussion - February 2013

Last post for the blog and it's a soap one ...Coronation Street: While the show might have been in the papers for worse reasons this month, at least the quality of the programme seems to be in a decent place. Tyrone and Fiz's plan to run off mightn't have gone to plan but at least the outcome of the former's storyline with Kirsty will reach it's conclusion within the next month. More pressing was the show giving Gail yet another reason to get on...

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In The Flesh - Zombies Come To BBC3

With Being Human nearing towards it's end, it's nice to see that supernatural type of television isn't going to be entirely nonexistent on BBC3 as we've got a new series coming up called In The Flesh ...The three part series focuses on a young man named Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry), a sufferer of partially deceased syndrome or a zombie, who is then having to be reintegrated into society along with fellow sufferers such as Amy (Emily Bevan), Rick...

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The Musketeers - Cast Announced

Although The Musketeers will not be airing until 2014, it seems that the BBC finally announced who the main cast for this 10 part series will be and it's a familiar bunch of actors.Former Skins actor Luke Pasqualino will be playing the role of D'Artagnan. The 23 year old who has also appeared in a Battlestar Galactica prequel and guest starred in The Borgias has bagged the one of the leading role in the upcoming BBC series created by former Primeval...

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My Review of Being Human's 5x04: "The Greater Good"

Written by John JacksonDirected by Daniel O’HaraHal (to Crumb, re Lord Harry): “He was here, wasn’t he? Every day he’s getting nearer, like a tidal wave. It’s not long now. He’s going to destroy everything.”Oh dear. Reading the reactions online from Hal’s little moment when tied to a chair about his evil side coming through to Crumb has definitely been interesting. It seems that we’ve got the debate as to whether or not Lord Harry is resurfacing...

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Game Of Thrones - Season 3 Official Trailer

Melisandre: Death is coming for everyone and everything. The darkness that will swallow the dawn.We've had a good few trailers that have aired for the third season now but finally last night, one was released with some clips in it. The minute long trailer showed us the arrival of Mance Rayder as well as Catelyn Stark vowing revenge, Joffrey Baratheon lording it over his grandfather and uncle as well as Daenerys with her new supporters/dragons flying...

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ABC Casts For Gothica

Another day, another soap style series for ABC (I do love most of them though) and this time around, a more darkish one as well by the name of Gothica.Tom Ellis (Miranda, The Fades) has bagged the role of Victor Frankenstein in a series that will weave in various stories such as Frankenstein, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde in a present day setting. Just a week ago, the actor was rumored for a role in the fourth series of Downton Abbey but it seems what...

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Crazy Ones - Where Buffy & Mork Meet Up

Yeah, I'm not too big on US sitcoms but it does seem that CBS have a pilot featuring two actors I particularly like.It seems that Sarah Michelle Gellar and Robin Williams will be playing a daughter and father working in the same office in a new show called Crazy Ones. The characters will be working within the advertising world and Political Animals actor James Wolk has also been cast as a potential love interest for Gellar's character as well.The...

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My Review of Revenge's 2x14: "Sacrifice"

Written by Mark B. Perry And Joe FazzioDirected by Stefan SchwartzEmily: “I’m so sorry.”Amanda: “Don’t be. You’ve given me the one thing I thought I’d never have – a real family.”One of the sad realities about this show was that at some eventual point we were going to end up losing a character of great importance. First there was Sammy towards the end of the first season and now sadly, Amanda Clarke (or the real Emily Thorne) is no longer with us...

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My Review of Being Human's 5x03: "Pie And Prejudice"

Written by Jamie MathiesonDirected by Philip John Lady Mary: “How long until you kill again, Hal? How many lives will I be saving when I kill you today?”Well, I guess we can answer that question by saying that Lady Mary would’ve saved one life had she successfully managed to stake Hal but it seems that would be incorrect, considering that Lord Harry managed to kill someone prior to Lady Mary’s failed assassination attempts but it’s a good point to...

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Doctor Who - More 50th News

With filming for the biopic nicely underway, more spoilers have been unveiled about what people can expect from Mark Gatiss's An Adventure In Space And Time ...First of all, Lesley Manville has been cast Heather Hartnell, wife to William Hartnell and last week, the Radio Times posted a filming picture of her and David Bradley in character with the couple's dog. I'm not sure how big Manville's role in the biopic will be but it does make sense that...

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Telescope

And here's a look at some of the stuff I've been watching over the last week.Glee: Well we finally got to the wedding of Will and Emma and needless to say, the event itself didn't exactly pan out so good. In fact, unless you're Will/Emma or Jake/Marley, you had a good time at the wedding. Kurt/Blaine got steamier than usual for this show, Rachel's gotten one hell of a cliche plot and then there's Quinn/Santana as well. I'm not gonna lie - it does...

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BBC Commission More Saturday Night Fantasy Drama

It seems that with Doctor Who being moved about in the schedules at times and Merlin coming to an end at the end of last year, BBC1 have commissioned two new fantasy themed dramas that they're hoping to be worthy successors.Announced this week was Atlantis, a thirteen episode series created by Merlin and Misfits writer/creator, Howard Overman and executive produced by Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy, the series will focus on the legendary underwater...

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My Review of Revenge's 2x13: "Union"

Written by Michael Foley And Ted SullivanDirected by Wendey StanzlerAmanda (to Jack): “I would say that I don’t deserve you but if you’ve taught me one thing, it’s that everyone deserves love and hope and security. Without you, I wouldn’t have any of these things.”It’s the wedding that finally happened and I have to admit that even if Jack and Amanda aren’t the most exciting couple in the world, this was still a rather nice episode for them. I am...

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My Review of Being Human's 5x02: "Sticks And Rope"

Written by Daragh CarvilleDirected by Philip JohnAlex: “Tonight we’re all gonna party like it’s 1899, yay ha. You’re not yaying, Hal.”Hal: “Yay?”One of the things I was hoping for with the fifth series was that we’d get some exploration into Alex’s family and while it was always a safe guarantee that it would happen, I am glad the writers chose this episode to be the one to do it in.After a rather Hal centred first episode, it was fair that Alex...

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Game Of Thrones - Season 3 Chaos Trailer

Littlefinger: Chaos isn't a pit, chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try it again. The fall breaks them.After some complains online about the lack of proper promotion for the third season, HBO have upped their game with this lovely and cryptic concept trailer for Season 3 of Game Of Thrones. The 40 second trailer features the majority of the main characters in the third season, along with a stunning narration from Aidan...

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An Adventure In Space And Time - More Casting Announced

With the first week of filming for An Adventure In Space And Time completed, further casting has been revealed for the 90 minute biopic.Relatively unknown actress Claudia Grant has been cast as Carole Ann Ford. Grant's casting was reported by the same agency that is ran by William Hartnell's real life granddaughter, Jessica Carney. Recent filming have also had the sets look like the same sets back in 1963 when the original cast were photographed...

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Being Human To End After Five Series

Is it me or am I getting serious deja vu here? First Merlin ends after five series and now it seems that Being Human's fifth series will now indeed be it's last one after all.The supernatural drama, currently airing on Sundays at 10pm will conclude with it's epic finale as series regulars Tom McNair (Michael Socha), Alex Millar (Kate Bracken) and Hal Yorke (Damien Molony) will do battle with the Devil/Captain Hatch as played by Phil Davis. The show...

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Dates - Upcoming Channel 4 Series

Remember last year BBC1 aired a series called True Love that centred on various relationships and entanglements? I wouldn't blame you if the answer was no, given the crap timeslot/lack of promotion it was given but it seems that Channel 4 are doing their own variation of it.Dates, created by Skins man Bryan Elsley will focus on two handers centering on various relationships and it seems that the casting for this show has gone underway. Sherlock star...

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Thurderbirds Are Go ... In 2015

It seems that the once famous show is going to be returning to ITV in 2015, a whopping 50 years since it's original debut and teaming up with Pukeko Pictures and Weta Workshop , the newest version of Thunderbirds will be a mixture of CGI and live action sets. This isn't the first time we've been promised another TV version of the show. One was originally planned back in 2009 but was ultimately scrapped by Michael Grade at the time when he was working...

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My Review of Being Human's 5x01: "The Trinity"

Written by Toby WhithouseDirected by Philip JohnCaptain Hatch (to Patsy): “Oh you carry on, my love. In fact, I haven’t felt this good in years.”Trios are a deadly thing and when it comes to giving us a trio of new villains to contend with, then the fifth series of this show has definitely hit the ground running with a selection of three very distinct adversaries for our new supernatural trinity.The first baddie – Old Nick himself, otherwise known...

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Calender Boys

And here's a look at some of the show I've been watching in recent weeks. Warning: Spoilers as per usual.American Horror Story: What is it with this show and finales? The first one ended on a strangely bittersweet note but the second one managed to give us a final season that makes the whole season question worthy on itself? It was a rather ballsy move, unlike Lana pulling the trigger on her son, which I think we all saw coming, didn't we? I'm not...

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