Monthly Archives: September 2008

“I’d like you to meet my dad. I think you’re going to like him…”
I spoke to Craig Cash yesterday about his new BBC1 drama Sunshine and the return of The Royle Family…
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THEY’VE hardly had a day off in six months.
Now the big moment is drawing near for the stars of major new ITV1 musical drama Britannia High.
The six young talents who lead the show were introduced at a London press launch this week…
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WHO will be the first to leave the dance floor in tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing results show?
Well, as blogged before, some viewers will already know the answer long before it’s screened on BBC1 this evening.
The problem with recording the results show on Saturday night and broadcasting it the next day is that the result leaks out…
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JULIET Stevenson had some interesting things to say at the launch of her latest TV drama earlier this month.
“I think we should lead in television. I don’t think we should follow,” she said.
“I do think it’s a shame, the whole obsession with following what people want to see and then giving them more of that.
“Rather than saying, ‘Try this’.”
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PLENTY to talk about at a press day for new BBC1 drama series Survivors last week.
An embargo on the interviews means those of us who were there can’t yet write about what was said.
But I can say that among those who turned up to chat at BAFTA in London was writer and executive producer Adrian Hodges…
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JUST back from a press launch and the end of an era.
Sir David Jason told us tonight that he is quitting his role as Detective Inspector Jack Frost.
He will play the iconic character for the final time next year after over 40 episodes of ITV’s A Touch of Frost…
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WILL Mellor ended up in tears when he went behind bars for his latest TV project.
The Stockport actor told me about his “harrowing” experience last month filming inside Dodds Prison, Barbados…
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