What Else Is Everyone Watching At The Moment?

[fenris]

Link below to lots of Being Human goodies on the series' official BBC website, including brief video interviews with the three lead actors, and a trailer for the show;

www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/beinghuman/

[fenris]

Aug 19, 2008 19:52:07 GMT fenris said:

Echo Beach has been cancelled, but Moving Wallpaper will be returning. And - in a case of art imitating life - the second series of Moving Wallpaper will reportedly have Jonathan Pope reacting to the axing of Echo Beach by trying to get another series greenlit. This new project stars The Legend That Is Alan Dale as an airline passenger who has to fight off zombies mid-flight (!!). Kelly Brook will be co-starring.

Moving Wallpaper returns on 27/02/09 at 21:00 on ITV1. The one-off special Renaissance (Alan Dale and Kelly Brook versus zombies on a plane) will be screened at the end of the series.

[fenris]

Apr 24, 2008 15:49:23 GMT fenris said:

Has anyone else seen the CBBC series Young Dracula? Set in the present, the series' premise has Count Dracula, his daughter Ingrid, younger son Vlad and devoted servant Renfield all leaving Transylvania because of continuing difficulties with mobs of angry peasants. Travelling to Wales, the Count buys a castle that looms over a small town, enrolls his children into the local school, and tries to keep a low profile by drinking sheep's' blood and using the name 'Mr. Count'. Debuting on the CBBC channel in 2006 with fourteen episodes, a second season of thirteen episodes was shown in late 2007 - early 2008.

The first series of Young Dracula is currently being repeated on Saturdays at 11:30 on BBC2.

[fenris]

Having cancelled the teenage supernatural comedy/drama series Young Dracula last year, CBBC have announced that they're commissioning... a teenage supernatural comedy/drama series.
And just as M.I. High was clearly conceived as a younger-viewers' version of Spooks, this new show is apparently intended to be the teen equivalent of Being Human. Here's the CBBC press release;

Dead Normal (working title) is a comedy about the joy of living. Set in a boarding school, it follows the comical adventures of three funny, strong-willed and sassy teenage sisters – Rebecca, Sophie and Hazel ... who just happen to be ghosts!
Being a ghost certainly has advantages, including being invisible and being able to walk through walls (well, most of the time). However, the sisters soon discover that life as a teenager in the modern world can also be a never ending set of misunderstandings, mistakes, absurdities and adventures.
Dead Normal is a 13 x 24-minute production from Coolabi Productions.

Boarding school? Ghosts? Hmm, very Hexy. You just know that somebody's going to write crossover femslash starring Thelma.

[fenris]

Krod Muldoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, Episodes #1 and 2.
Having recorded this opening double bill, I watched it this morning. There have been very negative comments about the show on other forums, so I expected it to be awful, but personally I thought it was okay. Far from brilliant, but an entertaining and amusing sixty minutes which made me laugh out loud several times.

Yes, the character of Bruce is an outdated camp stereotype, the useless sorcerer isn't funny, and too many of the jokes are about sexual practices, but the production values are impressive and there appears to be an actual ongoing storyarc, with Krod struggling to come to terms with the 'Golden One' prophecy, and Matt Lucas's villain possessing an ancient paranormal superweapon.

Oh, and if India de Beaufort doesn't appear in most of the lads' mags '100 Sexiest Women' lists next year, then I'm a Dutchman.

[fenris]

While ITV have been getting all the headlines with their mass culling of shows, it's interesting to note the subtle and gradual way that the BBC have responded to the financial crisis that's affecting all television production.

BBC1's Countryfile used to be a half-hour programme, shown on Sunday mornings. Now it's suddenly an hour long and screened at primetime. Likewise, the previously half-hour Rogue Traders became sixty minutes in length for it's most recent series. And it's been announced that both The One Show and Watchdog will both be expanded from thirty minutes to an hour later in the year.

The reason for all this change? Consumer/magazine programmes are incredibly cheap to make, compared to scripted drama or sitcoms. Making them longer simply fills more airtime for less money. If they thought they could get away with it, the Beeb would probably like to screen The One Show right up until the Ten O'Clock News on the evenings when they're not showing Eastenders.

[orokiah]

Aug 15, 2009 12:43:45 GMT fenris said:

While ITV have been getting all the headlines with their mass culling of shows, it's interesting to note the subtle and gradual way that the BBC have responded to the financial crisis that's affecting all television production. BBC1's Countryfile used to be a half-hour programme, shown on Sunday mornings. Now it's suddenly an hour long and screened at primetime.

If only they'd do the same to Heir Hunters. It's usually on when I'm at work, but I've caught the odd episode and it's utterly wasted on an early morning slot. A fascinating show (the non-celebrity equivalent of Who Do You Think You Are? in some ways) and thoroughly deserving of the chance of a bigger audience. And no doubt reasonably cost-effective to make, too.

[fenris]

21st August. Krod Muldoon cancelled, say senior BBC executives;
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/broadcasters/krod-mandoon-axed/5004749.article

24th August. Not yet it isn't, say the show's producers;
www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/broadcasters/krod-mandoon-facing-uncertain-future/5004765.article

[fenris]

There's an upcoming British TV series that has a very Hex-like setting. Trinity takes place at the fictitious Bridgeford University's Trinity College, and apparently starts out chronicling the drink, drugs and sex-laden escapades of the establishment's students. So far, so Skins with a posh accent. But over the show's initial eight episode run, things rapidly get darker, with 'exclusive clubs' (ie: secret societies), unsolved murders, cover-ups, secret research projects, etc. By series end, it will reportedly have become a full-blown genre entry - enough for SFX magazine to preview the show in their current issue (#187).

Have to admit I'm intrigued. Charles Dance plays college head Professor Maltravers, Claire Skinner (Second Sight and Out-Numbered) is one of the teaching staff, and Christian Cooke (Demons) and Reggie Yates are amongst the student body. Trinity starts on ITV2 on 20/09/09.

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[orokiah]

The next superhero show I was expecting to hear more about was Joe Ahearne's, but there's another one in E4's Autumn schedule: Misfits:

When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm they quickly discover that they have developed superpowers.

The talent behind the series is what really intrigues me: the writer is Howard Overman (Merlin, Hustle and the Demons episode 'Smitten'), one of the directors is Tom Harper (Demons), and the production company is the same one behind Afterlife and the forthcoming Paradox.

More here, including a link to an interview with Overman:

www.channel4.com/pressandpublicity-autumn/drama/misfits.html

[pollyanna03]

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[fenris]

Aug 29, 2009 16:09:26 GMT fenris said:

There's an upcoming British TV series that has a very Hex-like setting. Trinity takes place at the fictitious Bridgeford University's Trinity College, and by series end, it will reportedly have become a full-blown genre entry - enough for SFX magazine to preview the show in their current issue.

Here's a link to ITV's official website for Trinity, complete with trailer, brief character profiles, etc;
www.itv.com/drama/contemporary/trinity/default.html

I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high, but this does look quietly promising. There are moments in that trailer that have a definite Hex vibe. Fingers crossed.



And thanks for the info about Misfits, orokiah. I read an announcement about the series several months ago, but wasn't too interested to be honest. But now you've mentioned some of the creative personal involved, I might give it a try.

[orokiah]

Sept 6, 2009 14:22:15 GMT fenris said:

I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high, but this does look quietly promising. There are moments in that trailer that have a definite Hex vibe. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for the link, fenris: looks like it has a lot of potential. The setting definitely puts me in mind of Hex, and there are elements of Gossip Girl and 'Murder on St Malley's Day', an old episode of Midsomer Murders, in there too (which isn't a criticism - it's one of the best and most memorable episodes of the series and a fine example of the staple 'rich kids at exclusive school/uni in secret society shocker' storyline) Curious to know what kind of developments are going to make Trinity worthy of inclusion in SFX, too.

Here's hoping it's as good as it looks.

[fenris]

Here's a link to an interview with Christian Cooke, promoting Trinity, in which he heavily sells the show's raunch factor;

www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a138133/2009-tv-preview-itv2s-trinity.html

Note that the interview was posted on Digital Spy in December last year. The reason it was so far in advance is that I've discovered Trinity was originally going to be broadcast in January, but ITV2 decided to place the reality show Paris Hilton's New Best Friend (which proved to be a relative ratings flop) in the intended slot instead. It's rather sad to read Cooke's hopes for a second season of Demons.

I'll probably give the potentially-Hexalike Trinity it's own thread after it begins this coming Sunday (20/09/09).