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24 May 2012 3:40 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Cinema Retro has received the following press release: 

The leading ‘Best British TV’ streaming service Acorn TV is now streaming full seasons of several popular British mystery and drama series, along with two critically acclaimed Canadian series. This week Acorn TV also has a special Memorial Day Weekend Midsomer Marathon with the first 22 episodes of its best-selling series,Midsomer Murders, and the U.S. debut of John Nettles final episodes.

Acorn TV is currently streaming a full season of Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect; the final seasons of the universally acclaimed Canadian dramedy Slings & ARROWSand Derek Jacobi’s mystery series Cadfael; the U.S. debut of the newest season of Murdoch Mysteries; Lynda La Plante’s Trial & Retribution; John Mortimer’s Under The Hammer; the final episodes of WWII drama Wish Me Luck; Richard Griffiths (Harry Potter) in Pie In The Sky; and John Nettles final episodes with Midsomer Murders, »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

9 March 2012 6:29 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »

After the high profile and, what Hollywood execs like to call “high concept” shows of last week’s article, this week I will be going through new pilots which follow two trends I like to call “remaking is breaking” and “Desperate Housewives is over and Grey’s Anatomy has got to end sometime”.

Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives have been big ratings pulls in the coveted demographic (18-49 if you don’t know) for ABC and have meant big advertising bucks. And, even though Grey’s prolific creator Shonda Rhimes, who will be show running three to five shows next season depending on pickups, has claimed that Grey’s will move past eight seasons, there is a general sense that the show is on the decline and, coupled with the loss of Desperate Housewives at the end of the current season, there is a definite hole in the market. »

- Fred Salmon

23 February 2012 10:29 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

We recently reported that a pilot for the American remake of Only Fools And Horses… has been green lit. Well now, we can confirm that John Leguizamo has been cast as the iconic Del Boy Trotter.

You may remember him from such movies as Moulin Rouge (2001), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Super Mario Bros  (1993) and, most recently, as the voice of Sid in the Ice Age movies.

As mentioned in our previous article, it’s the latest in batch of UK shows to be remade out in the Us (Skins, Shameless, The Office) but, unlike them, this seems to be a vehicle for a particular star. Leguizamo signed with ABC studios around two weeks ago and has already landed this choice role. However, should the pilot not be picked up for a series, he is lined up for a one camera show based on his real life experiences in New York.

The original Del Boy, »

- John Sharp

3 February 2012 4:10 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Angus Deayton on sex, scandals and why everybody gets paid too much on TV

The problem with interviewing Angus Deayton is neatly summed up in a one-line email from the PR before we meet. "Angus would like to keep the interview current, so he doesn't wish to talk about Have I Got News For You." What this really means, of course, is that he doesn't want to talk about why he got sacked from the show nine years ago. And who could blame him?

When 2002 drew to a close, Deayton recalls thinking to himself "that the words annus horribilis didn't really cover half of it". That summer, the News Of The World had splashed with a classic cocaine-and-hookers kiss'n'tell, involving the presenter and a woman he'd met in a bar. For Deayton, it came as news that she was a call girl; for the rest of us, that he wasn't »

- Decca Aitkenhead

4 items from 2012