ITV orders Ann Summers drama ‘Brief Encounters’

ITV has announced the commission of a new drama series about the early days of the Ann Summers party plan business. Set in the early 1980s, Brief Encounters begins filming next month and is inspired by chapters in Jacqueline Gold’s memoir, Good Vibrations. The six-part series is created and written by Fay Rusling and Oriane … >

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Rewind: ‘Green Wing’ revisited

What was it about? First shown on 3 September 2004, Green Wing revolves around the staff of East Hampton Hospital. Caroline Todd starts work in the Hospital as a Surgeon and promptly becomes one side of a love triangle between the witty Dr. “Mac” Macartney and vain anaesthetist Guy Secretan. Alongside the central trio we … >

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‘Green Wing’ star Michelle Gomez joins ‘Doctor Who’ finale

Comedy actress Michelle Gomez (Bad Education, Green Wing) will guest star in the new series of Doctor Who, the BBC announced today. Gomez will play “the Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere” in Series 8’s finale, which is currently filming in Cardiff. She commented: “Well of course Peter Capaldi is our next Doctor, which makes complete sense. … >

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‘Sirens’: Behind the scenes clips

Kayvan Novak (Facejacker), Rhys Thomas (Star Stories) and Richard Madden (Worried About the Boy) star as a team of world-weary paramedics forever forced to deal with humanity at its stupidest in Channel 4’s new comedy Sirens.

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‘Dirk Gently’ review

It may seem like sacrilege to some devotees of the late author, but not everything Douglas Adams produced was of the high quality as witnessed in the earlier instalments of The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

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