BBC Four to showcase celebrated feature-length dramas

Sir Alec Guinness, Julie Walters and Victoria Wood star in a season of feature-length dramas drawn from the BBC archive. The BBC long been making feature-length dramas for television, often with starry casts and from high-profile directors. However, once shown they often end up buried in the archive. Beginning this week, BBC Four and BBC … >

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The Man Who Fell to Earth – Bill Nighy joins the cast

Nighy will take on the role made famous by David Bowie.  Only last month, Showtime dropped a trailer for their upcoming take on The Man Who Fell to Earth. Based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel, made famous by Nicholas Roeg’s 1976 film adaption, the new version will star Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris. Now, it’s … >

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Peter Capaldi played and sang David Bowie’s ‘Starman’ on guitar at a convention

To the delight of fans attending Capital Sci Fi Con in Edinburgh Scotland, Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi played and sang David Bowie’s Starman on guitar. The thrilled fans sang the chorus with him. A fan captured his performance and shared it in two tweets. #PeterCapaldi playing Starman by David Bowie on #CapitalSciFiCon in Edinburgh(part … >

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Life on Mars promo shot with Phillip Glenister, John Simm and Liz White

Take a look at the lawmen: David Bowie and ‘Life on Mars’

It’s only a few weeks since David Bowie fans woke up to the news that the musician, artist, actor, visionary and more besides had passed away from cancer just two days after the release of his 25th album, Blackstar. Few had expected it and there has been reams written since on how the great man … >

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David Bowie’s ‘Doctor Who’ connections: It’s the freakiest show

We haven’t made one but we imagine the Venn diagram of Doctor Who fans and David Bowie enthusiasts would cross over considerably. Bowie’s unique brand of music (which of course has sci-fi leanings) certainly has some shared characteristics with the inimitable Doctor Who – both are intelligent, inventive bodies of work that against all the … >

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10 British acting legends we’d love to guest star in ‘Doctor Who’

With filming on Doctor Who‘s new season underway in Cardiff, news of upcoming guest stars is now starting to emerge. Considering that the show has atttracted such dramatic heavyweights as Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Ian McKellen, Timothy Dalton, Penelope Wilton, Simon Callow, Richard E. Grant, Anne Reid, Bill Nighy and John Hurt in … >

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Win David Bowie ‘Ziggyology’ books!

The perfect gift for Father’s Day, Ziggyology is the first and most ambitious book dedicated to David Bowie’s best-loved and most influential creation. A beautifully-packaged work of supreme pop archaeology by Simon Goddard, released to mark the 40th anniversary of Ziggy’s legendary “farewell concert” at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, Ziggyology: A Brief History of Ziggy Stardust is out now from Ebury, priced £20.

To celebrate, we’ve got copies of the book to give away to three of our Twitter followers!

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