There's a new Life on Mars Christmas story written by Tom Graham in the Daily Mail today. I've done a quick scan, links are on my journal:

You're so big...so strong...like a...like a Greek god or summut.

You can also read it online here at the Mail Online

I'll be honest, I wish John Simm wouldn't do plays. I want him readily available to me while he does exciting new things. I'm an ocean away from England and no one made bootleg Youtube clips of Elling. But him starting Hamlet does have one direct benefit to me: press. I love his interviews. He's such a miserable bastard. (In this interview with the ( Read more... )

lipstickcat just shared this with me, and I had to share along:

( Mongrels take on Life on Mars )

There's bound to be a lot of articles in the coming weeks encapsulating both Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes. I think most articles on the latter show are going to mention LoM at some point ( Read more... )

In today's Guardian. To publicise the start of the final series of Ashes to Ashes later this month, but mentions Life on Mars too.

I was having a bit of a surf and I found the results for a vote where MSN users were asked to vote for their favourite TV characters (about 70000 people took part).

Now Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses was number one but number 2 on the list is DCI Gene Hunt. *dances in celebration* I always knew people had good taste. This is what the entry ( Read more... )

Here's an article from MSN's online magazine, Slate, talking about the US and UK versions of Life on Mars, and why the US version had the "stupidest thing I have ever seen happen on a scripted TV show. It insults the intelligence of everyone, living and dead, who has ever followed the logical narrative arc of a television series." The UK version ( Read more... )

I just stumbled across an interview with Ashes to Ashes executive producer Matthew Graham, which might be of interest to some people here. Among other things, it discusses the issue of how much LoM really connects to A2A. People trying to avoid all Ashes to Ashes spoilers should beware.

I have been reading a lot of articles and info about the Doctor Who episodes to be screened at Christmas and as I did I came across this article from the Daily Mail:

Master of the Loonie-verse: Craziest Dr Who villain ever says his final showdown with David Tennant will scare us all witless.

In it he mentions LoM, saying that:

No less amazing ( Read more... )

So a friend sent me a link today about the fact that Beer O'Clock has made it into the new version of the Collins English Dictionary.

Story on the BBC web site

While logically I know that it has been used by many people I choose to ignore logic and give credit for its inclusion to the Guv. Quote from Series 2, Episode 4 (lifted from the ( Read more... )