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A Word from the Showrunners
I hope he’ll forgive me for such a shameless piece of recycling, but I wanted to give more prominence to this addition by Eleventh Hour showrunner Ethan Reiff to the comments section of the previous post. There’s a reference here to an earlier entry titled The Brimstone Boys in which I wrote: The latest coverage…
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Eleventh Hour USA
Don Kaplan writes in The New York Post: JUST when TV networks are shopping for new shows at the budget store, CBS has made a $30-million bet on a new series that sounds like “The X-Files” but looks like “CSI.” “Eleventh Hour,” which will debut in October, is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer – the…
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The BBC – The New ITV?
In Broadcast, Katherine Rushton reports: The BBC is to hand network commissioning power to the nations for the first time in what is being hailed as a “radical reshaping” of its structure. Chief operating officer Caroline Thomson is planning to recruit at least five new commissioning executives across BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern…
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Behind the Scenes
I was aware that NBC had a crew on the set when we were filming our UK sequences in and around York, and then I heard from Jonathan Lee that they were covering the South Africa shoot as well. Here’s some of what they saw: Jonathan – seen there in the clip – is the…
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Life in Transit
Chapter 9 of David Mace’s unfolding online story is now up and available. “So,” said Dr Catenary, “there we are.” There, indeed, they were. He swivelled from whiteboard to class. “Now we get down to the nitty gritty, the nuts and bolts, the perspiration and even a hint of inspiration. Or rather…” His head turned…
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Playing in Starsky’s World
According to Variety, Fox Searchlight has arrested production on Brit cop thriller “The Sweeney” following concerns about its international prospects. Well into pre-production and only weeks away from shooting, the project’s been put on hold and the team stood down. Wow. I’ve been there, I know exactly what that feels like. Mostly in features but…
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NBC Crusoe Promotion
If you’ve been watching NBC’s Olympics coverage, you’ll probably have seen this already; it’s the Crusoe promo they’ve been playing throughout. Or you can go to NBC’s own site for a bigger image, but there you have to sit through an ad first. But hey, this is showbusiness. Simon just added this to the Comments…
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Curse You, Candy-Coloured Clown
I had the weirdest dream last night. Dreamt I couldn’t sleep. Woke up knackered.
Hauling Like A Brooligan
Stephen Gallagher
