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Sweat the Small Stuff: have comedy panel shows had their day?
19 April 2013 10:28 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Cheap, formulaic, blokey banter is near impossible to miss on primetime weekend TV. Good luck to Nick Grimshaw and his new BBC3 panel show in reviving a very, very tired format ...
Comedy panel shows have been around since 700Bc. They are popular, cheap and have filled a huge chunk of primetime previously given over to ... well, no one can remember what came before, but ... anyway. They're not without their critics, who point out the fact that they simply employ the same 10 men (and one woman) over and over again in schedule-swamping ubiquity.
Surely television needs another panel-show like Noah needed a paper hat. So good news! BBC Three have announced Sweat the Small Stuff ("share little things that drive you crazy"), a comedy panel show hosted by Radio 1 and Kiss FM DJs Nick Grimshaw, Rickie Haywood-Williams and Melvin O'Doome (and Rochelle from the Saturdays).
So can Rick, Mel and Grimmy »
- Rhik Samadder
'Saturday Night Takeaway' stays ahead of 'The Voice' UK in ratings
7 April 2013 4:42 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway beat The Voice UK in the ratings last night (April 6), overnight data suggests.
The last episode in the current run of Saturday Night Takeaway averaged 6.76 million viewers (30.3%) on ITV from 7pm, compared with the BBC One singing competition's audience of 6.43 million (28.5%). A further 541k (2.4%) watched Ant & Dec on +1.
However, The Voice's audience grew just under 200k from last week's 6.2m launch, scoring the highest peak of the night with 8.7m.
Earlier in the evening, new Doctor Who episode 'The Rings of Akhaten' attracted 5.5m (28.8%) viewers on BBC One between 6.15pm and 7pm.
The figure was down from the 6.18m (29.8%) who tuned in to watch series opener The Bells of Saint John last week.
Back on ITV, gameshow The Cube scored 4.02m (18.1%) at 8.30pm, while The Jonathan Ross Show had 2.25m (10.7%) an hour later.
Over on BBC Two, The Many Faces of Sid James at 7.30pm »
'Last of the Summer Wine' tops UK TV show repeats
6 April 2013 8:00 PM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
Last of the Summer Wine has topped a survey of UK comedy repeats.
A new poll has found that the former BBC series has been aired on UK screens 483 times in the first three months of 2013 alone, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The series starred the late Bill Owen and ran for 37 years between 1973 and 2010, with a total of 295 episodes aired. It topped the survey ahead of Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker's My Family, which ran for 11 series between 2000 and 2011.
My Family has been repeated 233 times. It was followed in third by Stephen Fry's Qi with 179 repeats and in fourth by Only Fools and Horses with a total of 161 repeats.
The 483 repeats of Last of the Summer Wine aired in January, February and March this year. This is an average of five episodes per day, and, in total, if aired continuously, they would last for just over ten days. »
Alan Davies cracks Sherlock cliffhanger
27 March 2013 4:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Alan Davies claims he has cracked the 'Sherlock' mystery because a similar stunt was performed in 'Jonathan Creek'. The 47-year-old actor says he knows how bosses of the BBC One drama faked Sherlock Holmes' death in the dramatic climax of the last series when the detective appeared to come to a sticky end after a fall, but the 'Qi' star - who plays Creek - is remaining tight-lipped about the secret. He told the London Evening Standard newspaper: ''I know how he got away with it but I'm not telling you. ''We did a similar thing in an episode of »
'Jonathan Creek' Alan Davies Q&A: "There's a lot of love for Creek"
27 March 2013 2:00 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
Jonathan Creek is finally back - but he's not quite the man we once knew! The amateur investigator has moved out of his windmill, discarded his duffle coat and taken an office job in the big city - but surely he can't resist the lure of a good mystery when his old partner Joey Ross (Sheridan Smith) comes calling?
Digital Spy and other journalists spoke to Creek himself - actor and comedian Alan Davies - about the character's long-awaited return in new Easter special, 'The Clue of the Savant's Thumb'...
So Jonathan's changed a lot since we last saw him...
"He's got this brilliant mind and he's monetising that, as they say - he's got the suit on, got the corner office. He's got a new love interest (played by Sarah Alexander) - she's very good-looking and he's possibly punching above his weight, but we won't go into that...
"It's »
Alan Davies interview: Jonathan Creek, Qi, "Creek Geeks" & more...
26 March 2013 2:26 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Interview Rachel Bowles 27 Mar 2013 - 07:30
We chatted to Alan Davies about forthcoming Jonathan Creek Easter Special, the new series, Qi, stand-up, and more...
Jonathan Creek is back on the Beeb, and not just for Easter special, The Clue of the Savant's Thumb starring Alan Davies, Sheridan Smith, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer and Joanna Lumley, but also for three brand new episodes due to film this autumn. We caught up with lead Alan Davies in a round table interview to talk magicians, detectives, Sherlock Holmes, "Creek Geeks", Qi, and more...
Congratulations on the episode, I know you can’t give too much away...
I know it is hard this, you want to big it up but then you can’t say anything that will ruin it, yes it is all so delicate, the clues and the mysteries and everything; you can’t really talk about it.
In light of the »
- louisamellor
Simon Cowell returning to The X Factor
25 March 2013 4:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Alan Davies claims he has cracked the 'Sherlock' mystery because a similar stunt was performed in 'Jonathan Creek'. The 47-year-old actor says he knows how bosses of the BBC One drama faked Sherlock Holmes' death in the dramatic climax of the last series when the detective appeared to come to a sticky end after a fall, but the 'Qi' star - who plays Creek - is remaining tight-lipped about the secret. He told the London Evening Standard newspaper: ''I know how he got away with it but I'm not telling you. ''We did a similar thing in an episode of »
Jupiter Ascending Adds Sean Bean!
5 February 2013 4:00 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Andy and Lana Wachowski‘s upcoming sci-fi thriller Jupiter Ascending is getting bigger! We’ve just learned that Sean Bean (aka Boromir) has joined the cast which already includes Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis and Eddie Redmayne. Quite interesting cast, indeed. Unfortunately, at this moment not much is known about Bean’s role except that he comes on board to play character named Stinger! Check out the rest of this report for more details! So, when it comes to that Stinger-part of the story, the only thing we know is that he’s a charming rogue with a mercenary streak, much in the manner of Han Solo. Which definitely sounds...
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- Jeanne Standal
National Television Awards: the populist choice, for good or ill
24 January 2013 11:40 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Last night, the people spoke – and confirmed the paradox that programmes honouring the best TV shows of the year will usually be among the worst programmes of the year
An American politician, defeated in an election, is famously supposed to have said in his concession speech: "The people have spoken – the bastards!" And this sentiment is frequently echoed among BBC and Channel 4 executives and professional TV critics after The National Television Awards (NTAs). Many distinguished television documentary-makers will surely be contemplating their career choices today following the revelation last night that Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs was the best factual film shown on TV last year.
The only major small-screen awards to be decided entirely by viewer voting, the NTAs were set up by ITV as a corrective to the perceived bias of the Bafta awards towards highbrow and BBC-produced TV. In this respect, the plan has spectacularly succeeded. »
- Mark Lawson
Alan Davies on 'Jonathan Creek' return: "Maybe we'll do more" - video
24 January 2013 4:59 PM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Alan Davies has hinted to Digital Spy that more Jonathan Creek could be on the cards. The Qi star was at the National Television Awards to pick up the award for 'Best Comedy Panel Show'.
While there, Davies discussed the upcoming 90-minute Jonathan Creek special, and suggested that a new series could still happen. The comedian told Digital Spy: "I don't know about more episodes, but [creator] David Renwick's got a twinkle in his eye and I think he's enjoying getting back to it. While BBC One's keen on it, maybe we'll do more. " He added: "This one's a really good one, (more) »
- By Paul Martinovic
Alan Davies on 'Qi' knowledge: "It goes in one ear and out the other"
23 January 2013 8:49 PM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Alan Davies has joked that he has learned nothing from appearing on Qi. Speaking to reporters backstage at the National Television Awards after the show won 'Best Comedy Panel Show', Davies quipped that he remembers none of the facts from the series. "It all goes in one ear and out the other," he joked. "I have absolutely no retention whatsoever, which I think is one of the great strengths of the programme!" However, Davies added that Qi host Stephen Fry is a "very, very smart man", saying: "He remembers everything. He has complete recall of information, which is why he and I are such a perfect combination - a huge amount [of knowledge], and nothing." Davies also expressed joy at Qi's victory at the awards, admitting that he expected Would I Lie To You (more) »
- By Catriona Wightman
Alan Davies: 'Snow interrupted Jonathan Creek filming'
23 January 2013 5:33 PM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Alan Davies has revealed that filming on the new episode of Jonathan Creek had to be halted because of the snow. Speaking backstage at the National Television Awards after picking up a gong for Qi, Davies explained that production had been "hampered" by the weather.
> Jonathan Creek: Tube Talk Gold "We've lost days filming by the snow," he said. "I've got to go [on set] tomorrow morning, really early. And I should really be wielding this [award] in some seedy nightclub, but I can't do that!"
> National Television Awards 2013: Live blog Davies added: "It is ridiculous. Sheridan Smith (more) »
- By Catriona Wightman
National Television Awards: Ant and Dec win 12th year in a row
23 January 2013 3:27 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Strictly Come Dancing beats Britain's Got Talent, while BBC1's Doctor Who and Sherlock go home empty handed
In an age of 3D, high definition and video on demand, viewers do not watch television in the way that they used to.
But some things, it seems, will never change, after Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were crowned best entertainment presenters for the 12th year running at the National Television Awards on Wednesday.
It was a double night of triumph for the Geordie pair, who first sprang to fame more than 20 years ago on children's BBC series Byker Grove, after their ITV reality show, I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!, was named best entertainment programme.
But Simon Cowell's Britain's Got Talent, Ant and Dec's other ITV show, was beaten to the talent show prize by BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing. Won this year by Olympian Louis Smith, »
- John Plunkett
Alan Davies interview: 'I'm like a fine wine. I'm maturing'
20 January 2013 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The Jonathan Creek actor on why comedians have become the new fall guys - and why he's returning to standup
Stop blaming the comedians and start blaming the people that make the TV programmes. That seems to be Alan Davies's stance on the recent controversy over the men behaving boorishly on The Big Fat Quiz of The Year. Jack Whitehall and James Corden were accused of making tasteless jokes about the Queen and Susan Boyle, but Davies jumps to their defence, getting into a froth as thick as the one on the coffee he is drinking in a north London cafe.
"That thing with James Corden, it was just vulgarity which the editor should have cut. In the middle of all that banter it was just an exchange, it's not for [newspapers] to be the arbiter of taste." Comedians, he suggests, are society's current fall guys and he wonders why »
- Bruce Dessau
Doctor Who and Sherlock battle for National Television awards
7 January 2013 5:02 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
BBC1 shows among those nominated for best drama alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith for best actor
Sherlock and Doctor Who will go head to head later this month for two of the big prizes at the National Television awards, which will feature a special award to celebrate the success of the Olympics and Paralympics.
The two BBC1 shows are both nominated for best drama, along with ITV1's Downton Abbey and Merlin, which has just been brought to an end by BBC1.
Doctor Who's Matt Smith and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch are in the running for the best drama actor prize, along with Merlin's Colin Morgan and Daniel Mays, who starred in ITV1's Mrs Biggs.
The nominations bode well for Steven Moffat, the Doctor Who showrunner who is also, along with former League of Gentlemen star Mark Gatiss, co-creator of Sherlock.
There is another Doctor Who nomination for Karen Gillan, »
- John Plunkett
Hear What Jaimie Alexander Has To Say About Thor: The Dark World!
6 January 2013 7:25 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Thor: The Dark World fans are going to appreciate this update! We have a video interview with Jaimie Alexander, who stars as Sif aka Thor’s childhood friend & Asgardian warrior, and as you’re going to see (and hear), she was so kind to share some details about the upcoming movie which opens this November! Quite interesting, make sure you check it out in the rest of this report!
So, according to Alexander, this time the movie will have a darker tone, and, on the other hand – it will also center on the Sif/Thor relationship “a little bit” (read: the movie will apparently explore her possible romantic relationship with Thor). Or, as she explained in the interview with IamRogue:
We sort of explore the Sif/Thor relationship a little bit. It’s more getting a feel of who these people are and how they are the way they are with each other. »
- Jeanne Standal
Morning Meme: "Star Wars: The Old Republic" Moving Forward With Same-Sex Couples, Dan Savage Thanks Straight Allies, and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Think It's the Year For Blue People
4 January 2013 4:48 AM, PST | The Backlot | See recent The Backlot news »
Frank Ocean was pulled over and the police smelled a whiff of pot, leading to a search of the singer. A small amount was found, resulting in a citation, confiscation of his license, and his passenger having to drive the singer home.
A condom-themed restaurant: perfect for a first date, or perfectly wrong?
The House of Representatives put the authority to keep defending Doma in the new House rules set up for governing the new Congress, and then passed the rules 228-196. Rep. Nancy Pelosi finds that offensive. "Additionally, for the first time in the House Rules, the Republican leadership has decided to include an explicit acknowledgement that the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (Blag) 'continues to speak for, and articulate the institutional position of, the House in all litigation matters in which it appears…As House Democrats have time and time again made clear, the Blag does not speak for »
- lostinmiami
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