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7 items from 2012
Sky Arts shows it means business
22 May 2012 7:25 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
With its Playhouse Presents plays, live opera and a new series starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm, Sky Arts is increasingly moving up the must-watch list
Sky Arts is keen on springing surprises of the "odd but interesting" kind. The latest example is the engagement of Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe and Mad Men's Jon Hamm to star in A Young Doctor's Notebook, an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's Village of Muryovo set in 1917 which will broadcast next year under the Playhouse Presents banner. Made as a four-part comedy drama by Rev producer Big Talk Productions, it is bound to be worth sampling. Much the same thing can be said of the current, third and best run of original plays on the channel, which have featured pairings such as Sir Tom Jones and Brenda Blethyn discovering a lost love.
The results aren't always brilliant – but the key is that Sky »
- Maggie Brown
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol - DVD Review
21 May 2012 8:13 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
.Happiness will prevail.. I.m happy the Happiness Patrol is arriving on DVD. if I didn.t say that a group of gun touting gals would blow me away. I.m no killjoy. Actually, it.s not too bad with the production commenting on political elements while masking them in sci-fi garb. Just watch out for the usual lack of budget. The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) arrive on Terra Alpha to discover a society with Muzak piped in and sadness against the law. The repressive Helen A (Sheila Hancock) rules the planet with a happy yet iron fist, along with her companion Joseph C (Ronald Frasier) and her monstrous pet Fifi. If you.re not gunned down by »
- Jeff Swindoll
Win Twice Round the Daffodils on DVD
19 April 2012 10:44 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
To mark the release of Twice Round the Daffidils on DVD, we’ve been given three copies to give away. It’s directed by Gerald Thomas and stars Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Sheila Hancock, Juliet Mills, Sir Donald Sinden, Nanette Newman and Jill Ireland.
A classic British comedy starring ‘Carry On’ legends Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams, Twice Round The Daffodils sees a group of four male patients arrive at a sanatorium to be treated for TB. As they adjust to their new home, each one of them starts to take a shine to the nurses that are there to care for them.
From the Carry On series team (producer Peter Rogers, director Gerald Thomas and writer Norman Hudis) and starring many of our well-loved British comedic stars, Twice Round The Daffodils is often considered an unofficial Carry On film.
To be in with a chance of winning this great prize, »
- Competitons
David Tennant, Tom Jones, Emma Thompson for new Sky Arts shows
23 February 2012 1:41 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Sky Arts has unveiled its upcoming lineup of new comedy and drama series. David Tennant, Emma Thompson and Martin Shaw will star in a new collection of drama productions titled Playhouse Presents for the channel. Thompson will appear in a comedy drama about the 1982 event in which Michael Fagan broke into The Queen's bedchambers at Buckingham Palace. Tennant will star as an artist called Will in The Minor Character from Will Self, while Martin Shaw appears in City Hall, which focuses on a woman who becomes a viral hit after standing up to rioters and later becomes the mayor of London. Trevor Eve, Sheila Hancock and Gina McKee (more) »
- By Tom Eames
Anderson And Fiennes Entertain British Royals At Dickens Event
7 February 2012 5:31 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Gillian Anderson and Ralph Fiennes entertained Charles, Prince Of Wales and his wife in London on Tuesday with readings to mark the 200th anniversary of literary legend Charles Dickens' birth.
The prince and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall led the global celebrations to mark Dickens' 1812 birth at the U.K. capital's Westminster Abbey, and also stopped by the Charles Dickens Museum.
Anderson, who played Miss Havisham in a recent BBC adaptation of Dickens' Great Expectations, gave a private reading for the royal visitors - and was delighted with her audience's reaction.
She says, "I was very impressed by how relaxed and how much fun they are. They're very funny and like to have a joke."
Fiennes read from Dickens' Bleak House.
A service honouring the author also took place in Portsmouth, south England - where he was born - and featured readings by actor Simon Callow and actress Sheila Hancock. »
Happy Birthday Charles Dickens From Google Doodle
7 February 2012 6:21 AM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
In honor of Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, Google is celebrating with a new Doodle. The search engine replaced its official logo on its homepage with an illustration of some of the author’s classic characters, including Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit and Pip. In honor of Dickens’ birth, Britain is hosting several celebrations today, including actors who have appeared in adaptations of his work-Ralph Fiennes, Gillian Anderson, Sheila Hancock and Simon Callow-performing in the author’s birthplace, Portsmouth, Hampshire. The Prince of Wales will visit Westminister Abbey to lay a wreath at Dickens’ burial in Poets’ Corner. Prince Charles is also expected to visit London’s Dickens Museum. Dickens was known for publicly reading »
- karen
Sandi Toksvig becomes chancellor of Portsmouth University
23 January 2012 6:06 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Comedian, author and presenter succeeds Sheila Hancock and is welcomed by Professor John Craven (not that one)
The television personality and author Sandi Toksvig has been appointed the new chancellor of the University of Portsmouth.
Toksvig, made famous by her appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway? and other panel shows, will succeed the actor and author Sheila Hancock and take up the post in October.
Toksvig said: "I was surprised and delighted to be invited by the university to become chancellor and am very honoured to accept.
"I am passionate about higher education and am hugely impressed by Portsmouth's mission to encourage students from every walk of life to excel."
The vice-chancellor, Professor John Craven, said: "The university is very pleased to announce Sandi's appointment as chancellor and very much looks forward to welcoming her when she takes up her role at the start of the next academic year. »
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