Rejoyce, fellow history lovers and afiçionados of the ever lovely Andrew Buchan - I come bearing good news for you!

ANDREW BUCHAN TO STAR IN ITV’S FOUR PART MINI SERIES “THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON”

Inspired by the real events of 1666 when nearly half of London was destroyed in less than a week, the drama is written by Tom Bradby, political editor ( Read more... )

Here’s your chance to catch one of Damian O’Hare’s early TV appearances, including one of the worst staged pub brawls ever ("look, honey, we can fight without touching!") Truth be told, the "good guys" are unlikeable and smug gits, so at least when it comes to the fight, it's likely you'll be rooting for the wrong side, heh.

ITV3 will repeat the ( Read more... )

In 2008, the last episode of ITV3's "Drama Trails" ("six degrees of separation: TV dramas") followed the tracks of "'The Fixer' to 'Trial and Retribution'". Andrew Buchan and Jody Latham (Calum McKenzie in "The Fixer") talk about their work on the show on location; one of the largest council estate in London.


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Let's drag Brian True-May into the sunlight before he can crawl back under his moss-covered stone in the darkest corner of Causton's graveyard.

( Cut for racism, homophobia and an astonishing lack of brains )

Perfect chance for those of you who haven't seen the show yet to catch up with it. Starts tonight at 11.55pm - 12.55am.

Should I go to bed or stay up and watch Andrew Buchan running around and killing people while looking grumpy and motemish? I need some good arguments to make an informed decision...


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The fifth horseman of the TV apocalypse - ITV chairman Michael Grade - rode in on his high horse yesterday, swung the scythe and cut another 600 jobs on top of the 1000 that were already cut last year. The Bill's been reduced from two shows to one per week, Heartbeat and The Royal have been “shelved” (polite way of saying “axed”).

"So what? It's ( Read more... )