TV, Issue 682
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New episode of Doctor Who to be screened at Edinburgh Television Festival 2011
7 Jul 2011
New episodes of Fresh Meat, The Killing and Comic Strip also on offer
The MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival unveiled its programme for 2011 yesterday, marking the festival’s 36th year in operation. The series of lectures, preview screenings, masterclasses, interviews and networking parties, which…
The Governor, Being Human and Traffik among DVD highlghts
29 Jun 2011
The old school fares well against newbies in TV drama releases
The Governor ●●●● features a curious performance from Janet McTeer, just four years before her 1999 Oscar nomination for Tumbleweeds. In the first season of Lynda La Plante’s excellent prison drama, she switches between giggling schoolgirl and feisty…
Ben Miller interview - Actor/director on cycle crime, Thandie Newton and urine
28 Jun 2011
Moving Wallpaper actor directs first feature film Huge
The Moving Wallpaper actor has taken time off from his comedy partnership with Alexander Armstrong to direct a feature film, Huge. He confesses to abusing his banana privileges
DVD review - Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
28 Jun 2011
Uncompromising, awkward and confrontational style and content cements reputation
(2entertain) The second series of Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle will do very little to alter the entrenched opinions on both sides of his critical fence. Those detractors will switch off in their droves at the uncompromising, awkward and…
The Kennedys fares poorly in comparison to The West Wing
28 Jun 2011
BBC TV series can only trundle its way to various fiery denouements
Were you to catch a distant earful of the string-laden theme tune for The Kennedys (BBC2, Fri, 9pm), and glimpse, out the corner of one eye, some swimmy stars and stripes, you could be half-forgiven for thinking that someone has stuck on a West Wing…
