MAN ABOUT TOWN

So, over at Arts Hub I've written up a review of Torchwood: Miracle Day . As is my habit, I'll post an except here, but if you would like to read the whole thing, get thee to Arts Hub! Newcomers to Torchwood need not fear they’ll be lost in the usual convoluted back stories and continuity references of a successful TV series, for Miracle Day is at pains to introduce viewers to its world and its characters through the eyes of Matheson and his CIA assistant, Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins) – indeed, for long term fans, the drip-fed details may be occasionally irksome. That said, the pace of the first episode (written by Davies, the showrunner, and the only episode that has been provided for review) is generally excellent: it’s a fast and thrilling ride featuring a large cast of well-detailed characters, and with scenes rapidly cutting between numerous locations on both sides of the Atlantic. Davies has a deft ear for dialogue, and the script for this first episode s...

Here's the new poster for Torchwood season three, Children of Earth - oooooh.....

Remember my excited post from last year about the excellent pilot episode for UK drama/genre series Being Human , about the tribulations of a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing a house together in Bristol? Well, episode one of the new series commissioned by the Beeb powers that be (partially recast due to scheduling issues) premiered in the UK on Sunday night. Ladies and gentlemen, start your torrents!

At some point I should blog about recently turning 41 and the way my birthday slipped past me like a ship in the night; or the superb season four finale of Doctor Who ; perhaps the MIAF program, launched last night, which Alison has already blogged about in generous detail; or this year's MIFF program, which I've now finished digesting which means I can map out my film viewing for the next few weeks. But no. Instead, I'm going to alert those of you who don't already know about it to a fantastic new-ish (it aired in February) TV program from the UK that's sure to whet the appetites of anyone who's A) ever lived in a share household, B) wants to know what out gay actor Russell Tovey (Rudge in the film of The History Boys , and Midshipman Frame in Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned ) is up to, career-wise, and C) like myself enjoys sinking their teeth into genre shows with a supernatural bent. Readers, meet Being Human . In February, the show's pilot screened...

For your viewing pleasure (assuming that, like me, your a fan of both the new series of Dr Who and the so-called 'classic' series, as the old epsiodes are now known) I present, for your viewing pleasure, the latest Dr Who delight: Time Crash . This eight minute micro-episode was produced for a BBC TV special, Children In Need , broadcast on November 18, and bridges the end of the last episode of Season Three, and the forthcoming Christmas special, Voyage of the Damned (which will guest-star Kylie Minogue). Enjoy!