Final BARB figure for Episode 1 - 6.40 million (includes all viewers who watched the programme on PVR, VCR, or recordable DVD within 7 days after the show aired on TV; does not include iPlayer). It is ranked 9th among BBC One shows for the week of Sep 26 - Oct 2. [Ratings]

3 reviews have been added to The Darkest Hour Part 2 review post - Clique ( Read more... )

Free Agents: NBC has cancelled Free Agents due to low ratings despite attempts to gain more viewers last night when stars of the show tweeted for people to watch it. The show settles on 3.3 million viewers for its last episode. [Source]

Anglophenia blog compares BBC Free Agents and The Office with mention of Anthony's role as Stephan ( Read more... )

Anthony Head's website has put up a special notice to help save Free Agents from being cut by NBC:

"*** HELP KEEP 'FREE AGENTS' USA ON THE AIR! ***

Do you want to keep 'Free Agents' on the air? Here's your chance to let NBC know! Due to falling ratings 'Free Agents' may be cancelled - please help stop that happening by tweeting about 'Free Agents' at ( Read more... )

Merlin news
Warning: All links below directly related to Merlin contain spoilers unless otherwise specified

♦ S4 Episode 1 (The Darkest Hour - Part 1) will begin at 7:50 PM today, October 1st
♦ Merlin's Keep has added 3 promo photos for Episode 4 to their gallery here
♦ BBC has the Episode 1 extended clip with Merlin and Arthur on YouTube - watch ( Read more... )

Katie McGrath:

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Anthony talks about Free Agents, Buffy and his wife & pets with Buddy TV:

"Head laughs and says, "Yes, I've got my own dysfunctions! Completely! I used to think I was normal...anyone who thinks they are normal is in a terrible pickle. I embraced my dysfunctionality some time ago..."

Catch the rest here.
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Episode 3 promo photos are up at Merlin’s Keep. Warning: contains very spoilery photos! View them at this link.

Something for the Weekend: The show tweeted earlier today that Bradley had to pull out due to illness but through a message to a fan Bradley confirms it was a communication error between the show and that Angel and Colin were expected to ( Read more... )

Something for the Weekend: The show's page on BBC lists Bradley and Angel as upcoming guests but not Colin, however according to Merlin producer Sara Hamill on Twitter, only Angel and Colin will be on the show.

The new S4 cast member has a blog update about Merlin filming and other projects at this link (the post contains additional casting ( Read more... )

People.com has a short clip of Kathryn Hahn and Anthony talking about Anthony's character, Stephen, in Free Agents. Anthony calls himself a "restrained, slightly uptight Englishman" in the video below.

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Here's a compilation of scenes of episode 1 with Anthony in his role as Stephen, head of the PR firm that the show's two leads are working in. Free Agents is on NBC every Wednesday, 8:30/7:30c.

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

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