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The New Who Review – The Bells of Saint John

31 March 2013 4:00 PM, PDT | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

How many times have you been told not to use wifi you don’t recognize?  This week’s episode takes the threat of identity theft to an all new degree.  And the only reason The Doctor found out about it at all is cause he got a call from a lady who said she couldn’t find the Internet.  Spoiler shields up, watch for falling planes, and listen for…

The Bells Of Saint John

By Steven Moffat

Directed by Colm McCarthy

The Doctor is in the early 13th century, meditating over the living (well, living somewhere) mystery that is Clara Oswin Oswald.  So when he’s told “The Bells of St. John are ringing”, he races back to his hidden Tardis, (with its “St. John’s Ambulance” label) where the phone in the door is ringing.  He’s getting an impossible call from modern day, from the impossible Clara Oswald, »

- Vinnie Bartilucci

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Rufus Sewell: almost famous

30 March 2013 2:00 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Rufus Sewell was a pin-up in the 1990s, then his career stalled. He tells us about moving to La, giving up drinking and why he can't wait to lose his looks

There was a moment in the mid-1990s when Rufus Sewell's international stardom was assured. Before his 30th birthday, he had starred in two hugely successful TV adaptations, of Middlemarch and Cold Comfort Farm, and taken a lead role in the original production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, alongside Felicity Kendal and Bill Nighy. He would clearly become stupidly famous. But then he… didn't.

"People talk about opportunity knocking," he says, "but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. I was the lead in Interview With The Vampire, until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in The Wings Of The Dove with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I »

- Liese Spencer

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Rufus Sewell: almost famous

30 March 2013 2:00 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Rufus Sewell was a pin-up in the 1990s, then his career stalled. He tells us about moving to La, giving up drinking and why he can't wait to lose his looks

There was a moment in the mid-1990s when Rufus Sewell's international stardom was assured. Before his 30th birthday, he had starred in two hugely successful TV adaptations, of Middlemarch and Cold Comfort Farm, and taken a lead role in the original production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, alongside Felicity Kendal and Bill Nighy. He would clearly become stupidly famous. But then he… didn't.

"People talk about opportunity knocking," he says, "but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. I was the lead in Interview With The Vampire, until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in The Wings Of The Dove with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I »

- Liese Spencer

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Jonathan Bailey's favourite TV

4 March 2013 4:00 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

The Campus and Broadchurch actor on his televisual habits, from Utopia to The Hour

Unmissable show?

Utopia. I'm sure everyone says that. It's beautifully saturated. You get pulled in. It seems like there's been a very vivid idea from the start, and it's been allowed to carry through from concept to the end. It feels quite brilliant. Girls too, though I came to the first season late. Thirty minutes always feels not quite enough. Lena Dunham has a very compelling face.

Box set?

I'm watching The Singing Detective. I'm rather taken by it. It's another example of someone who has been allowed to see through their own vision. Dennis Potter suffered from psoriatic arthritis [like the main character], and you feel like someone's saying, "Come and join this weird escape into fantasy." It's brilliant and terrifying.

Bring back …

I can't believe that The Hour has been axed. It's the same excuse that comes out at this time, »

- Gwilym Mumford

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Catch-up TV guide: from Nashville to The Jewel In The Crown

1 March 2013 10:00 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Nashville | Fit | Happy Endings | Dancing On The Edge | Pitchfork Classic: Belle And Sebastian – If You're Feeling Sinister | The Jewel In The Crown

TV: Nashville

Essentially the anti-Smash, this brash country music drama has sass to burn and boasts an excellent pair of leads in the forms of Hayden Panettiere as a rising Taylor Swift-alike singer, and Connie Britton, as the old-school songstress she's looking to usurp. Watch recent episodes over on 4oD.

4oD

TV: Fit

From Adventure Time to Horrible Histories, some of the best comedy currently on telly is airing on the kids channels. This frantic sport-themed sketch show, which features comics including Peter Serafinowicz and Tony Law, is no exception. Fit airs Mondays, 6.15pm on the Cbbc channel, while you can see the series in full on the iPlayer.

BBC iPlayer

TV: Happy Endings

Left with a great whopping chunk of space after calling time on those endless Friends repeats, »

- Gwilym Mumford

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