The fine ladies of Ioanzone have discovered/announced a special Ioan project airing on SC4, the Welsh TV channel, on Sunday, January 5th. There's an interesting article about it here. I know we have some British/Welsh people on this board, so I really hope someone checks it out and reports back to us ( Read more... )

Not to be outdone by Hornblower's foray into Higher Education Mr Bush is now getting in on the act! Earlier this week The Liverpool Echo reported that Paul McGann will be involved in a new project launched by Liverpool John Moores University to record the stories of people from Merseyside who fought during the First World War. In a lovely ( Read more... )

University of South Wales seem to have a bit of an unfair advantage with their recruiting campaign this year. Wonder if they've seen a significant increase in their admissions?!


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Damn. Damn. Damn. I have been a slack mod. I’ve just belatedly discovered that there was a Hornblower panel at DragonCon this weekend. I knew that Ioan Gruffudd was scheduled to be there, and I knew that Jamie Bamber had planned to be there but had had to cancel due to on-going filming commitments in London, but I didn’t know that there was ( Read more... )

Enormous thanks to ioanite for sharing her fabulous Comic Con story with us! Have you come back down to earth yet my dear?

An obliging fangirl called SciFiChick7 has uploaded the first part of Ioan's panel to youtube here. It's very sweet! I particularly like the way he admits that he owes several of his career breaks to the fact that he looks good ( Read more... )

I have returned from Comic-Con, with sore legs and blisters but also interesting pictures, numerous souvenirs, and one hell of a story. You can read the full and quite long write up here at my journal. I think saying much more will give away some surprises, so I'll let it speak for itself.


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Many thanks to marine_lapwing for bringing yet another Hornblower reunion to our attention. Archie and Horatio will be reunited once more! Though, once again, on the golf course rather than on the screen :} Ioan Gruffudd and Jamie Bamber are playing in the forthcoming Celebrity Cup at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales on the 10th - 12th May. Ioan is playing for ( Read more... )

Those of you who watch the show may know this already, but the fine ladies of Ioanzone have learned that Ioan will be appearing on the TV show "Castle" this Monday. It sounds like it will only be available in the US, but there may be uploads on youtube or other sites like Hulu.

Here's the blurb they've discovered:

CASTLE - "The Squab and the ( Read more... )

I'm sure the Dr Who fans among you will all have seen this already, but for those that haven't, Revenge of the Film Nerds posted a rather entertaining little interview with Paul McGann last week where he briefly talks about the possibility of a Hornblower reunion. The interview segment starts at 1.10 and for those who never get round to clicking ( Read more... )

Awwwww cute! ;)


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