Quinto’s Margin Call Sold At Sundance
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Financial drama Margin Call has been bought for US rights by Lionsgate and its subsidiary Roadside after a tense all night negotiation at Sundance. The deal, thought to be just under $2 million dollars, is a …

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Review: The Office US ends the season of love
May 29, 2008 – 8:42 pm | Comments Off

Kevin Beaumont takes a look at The Office season 4 finale.
When the announcement hit the wire that The Office had been sold to NBC for an American remake, I instinctively groaned, picturing the American reworking …

Review: Half Ton Dad – Too fat for TV
May 20, 2008 – 12:59 pm | Comments Off

Half Ton Dad - Channel 4
I think my first encounter with the idea of the morbidly obese was either What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, or an episode of Record Breakers, needless to say had I been born ten years …

Review: Doctor Whodunnit Masquerades As A Load Of Old Balls
May 19, 2008 – 11:55 am | Comments Off

Doctor Who Series 4 Episode 7 : ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’ BBC 1 May 17th 08
 
The longer this series of Doctor Who continues the more I suspect that the producers are using an online …

MINE MINE MINE! Says the BBC over Who Knittings
May 14, 2008 – 3:18 pm | Comments Off

The BBC has demanded that a Doctor Who fan removes knitting patterns for toys based on the Ood and Adipose ‘monsters’ featured in this series. The pattern writer argues she has done nothing  wrong but …

Review: My Name Is Earl
May 9, 2008 – 3:04 pm | Comments Off

My Name Is Earl – E4, 10.00pm
The decision to bang up the protagonist of a show, with the entire plot being based around the fact that he is on a journey of redemption, may have …

Bulletin Bored – Ofcom Sanction ITV
May 8, 2008 – 4:38 pm | Comments Off

Bulletin Bored – The Monthly Response to Ofcom’s Broadcasting Bulletin
By Kirsty Walker
Ofcom Sanction ITV
Ofcom, the standards watchdog for broadcasters, has issued ITV with a whopping £5.6 million fine for breaching fairness rules over its …

Review: Child of Our Time – BBC One
May 8, 2008 – 10:54 am | Comments Off

Kirsty Walker reviews Child of Our Time, aired BBC One 8pm, Wednesday 7th May.
  
Sir Robert Winston is back with his troop of youngsters, they grow up so fast don’t they? In the case of the …

Review: The Apprentice – BBC One
May 8, 2008 – 1:14 am | Comments Off

Kevin Beaumont takes a look at The Apprentice – aired BBC One, 9pm, Wednesday 7th May 2008.Watchdog, the consumer watchdog program hosted by world renowned satanist Nicky Campbell is a show which features average people …

Interview: Mia Kaare – Subtitler and translator for Estonian TV
May 7, 2008 – 12:23 pm | Comments Off
Interview: Mia Kaare – Subtitler and translator for Estonian TV

Mia Kaare – Subtitler and translator for Estonian TV – talks about grappling with Heroes.

Can you describe briefly what your job entails?

I translate films, documentaries and TV series. I get a script (not always accurate) …

We’re here
May 6, 2008 – 8:41 pm | Comments Off

Well, here we are.  End Of Show has arrived.  Take fear, TV industry – we’re ready, willing and able to watch your shows.