Latest Articles About Doctor Who on BBC America
Collette, Tennant, et al. to Star in 'Fright Night' Remake
by Abigail Arnold - June 10, 2010 Toni Collette, David Tennant, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Anton Yelchin will star in a remake of the 1985 film 'Fright Night,' produced by DreamWorks, the Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog reports. The film deals with a teenager (Yelchin) who believes his neighbor (Farrell) to ...
Haywood, McQuarrie, et al. to Star in WANDERLUST 9/15-10/9
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2010 Casting for the world premiere of Nick Payne's play WANDERLUST has been announced, whatsonstage.com reports. ...
Doctor Who's Colin Baker to Star in UK Tour of HOUSE OF GHOSTS Starting 8/27
by Lauren Wolman - May 05, 2010 Colin Baker, known for his role in the long-running science fiction television series 'Doctor Who,' will play Inspector Morse in Alma Cullen's HOUSE OF GHOSTS. The play will launch a U.K. tour beginning at the Gordon Craig Theatre on August 27. Robin Hurford will direct the production, which will st...
BBC Returns to Comic-Con with 'Being Human' and 'Look Around You,' 7/22-23
by BWW News Desk - July 22, 2010 BBC returns to Comic-Con with a full line-up of panels, screenings, signings and exclusive merchandise at the BBC America booth (#3629). BBC America's hit sci-fi show 'Being Human,' which follows three twenty-somethings living double lives as a werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost, returns for an all-ne...
John Barrowman Sings Showtunes On His New CD, Available March 1
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 22, 2010 John Barrowman, Britain's most successful - and comfortably Britain's best - all-round entertainer releases his third solo album, the self-titled John Barrowman on 1 March on Arista....
The Graham Norton Show Welcomes Manilow, Manilow, Lock & More
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 15, 2010 On this Saturday's all-new The Graham Norton Show on BBC AMERICA, Graham welcomes music legend Barry Manilow, classical diva and Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol star Katherine Jenkins, comedian Sean Lock, politician Ann Widdecombe, and singer KT Tunstall. This new episode of The Graham Norton Show pre...
DOCTOR WHO LIVE Tours the U.K., 10/12
by BWW News Desk - October 12, 2010 A new live stage show based on the BBC's popular Doctor Who television series is being launched in the UK this October. Doctor Who Live will open at Wembley Arena on October 8, the beginning of a UK-wide tour that will span cities in England, Scotland and Ireland....
DOCTOR WHO LIVE Tours the U.K. Beginning 10/10
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2010 A new live stage show based on the BBC's popular Doctor Who television series is being launched in the UK this October. Doctor Who Live will open at Wembley Arena on October 8, the beginning of a UK-wide tour that will span cities in England, Scotland and Ireland....
THE WIRE's Dominic West to Return to the West End in BUTLEY
by Robert Diamond - February 20, 2011 Dominic West, star of hit US drama The Wire, will take on the iconic title role of the rapier-tongued lecturer in a major new revival of Simon Gray's Butley. The play premiered in 1971 in Harold Pinter's award-winning production starring Alan Bates at London's Criterion Theatre. Forty years on, West...
Bernard Cribbins Receives Special Honour at EA British Academy Children's Awards, 11/29
by Aimee Savoth - November 25, 2009 Bernard Cribbins will receive the Special Award at the EA British Academy Children's Awards for his outstanding creative contribution to the industry. Bernard is synonymous with quality, traditional entertainment for children in a career spanning six decades and covering film, television and other e...
Lauren Ambrose to Join John Barrowman in 'Torchwood'
by Kelsey Denette - January 14, 2011 Lauren Ambrose, who most recently appeared on Broadway in 2009's Exit the King opposite Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon and is well-known for her role on HBO's Six Feet Under, will join the cast of Torchwood: Miracle Day, ew.com reports. ...
Haywood, McQuarrie, et al. to Star in WANDERLUST 9/15-10/9
by Abigail Arnold - August 11, 2010 Casting for the world premiere of Nick Payne's play WANDERLUST has been announced, whatsonstage.com reports. ...
BBC Returns to Comic-Con with 'Being Human' and 'Look Around You,' 7/22-23
by Nicolas Coburn - June 23, 2010 BBC returns to Comic-Con with a full line-up of panels, screenings, signings and exclusive merchandise at the BBC America booth (#3629). BBC America's hit sci-fi show 'Being Human,' which follows three twenty-somethings living double lives as a werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost, returns for an all-ne...
ABBA's Andersson and Ulvaeus Once Linked to Musical Version of Doctor Who Spin-Off Show 'Torchwood'
by BWW News Desk - January 05, 2010 The BBC is reporting that according to a new book, ABBA frontmen Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, were once considered for a musical version of Doctor Who spin-off show, Torchwood. The book, 'The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter' , penned by writer Russell T Davies, delves into the process of prod...
BBC America Picks Up Three New Sci-Fi Shows
by Nicole Rosky - April 20, 2011 On the back of the buzz building for this weekend's premiere of the new Doctor Who season on Saturday, April 23, BBC AMERICA today announced it is co-producing the new season of Being Human and confirmed airdates for two previously announced co-productions, Outcasts and Bedlam. All titles will air i...
Nick Briggs, Nigel Planer, et al. to Star in DOCTOR WHO LIVE 10/8-11/7
by BWW News Desk - October 08, 2010 Nick Briggs will play Winston Churchill in DOCTOR WHO LIVE, contactmusic.com reports. Briggs will also voice several monsters, include Daleks and Cybermen....
BBC's 'Doctor Who' Ends Season on High Note, 7/17
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2010 The new era of the BAFTA-winning series Doctor Who has broken BBC AMERICA ratings records and taken audiences on adventures to meet Vincent Van Gogh in Provence, vampire aliens in 17th century Venice and face-to-face with the Doctor's horrifying foe and fan favorite the Weeping Angels. In the two-pa...
ROBIN HOOD: THE PANTOMIME ADVENTURE Closes 1/24 at New Theatre in Cardiff
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2010 ROBIN HOOD: THE PANTOMIME ADVENTURE at the New Theatre in Cardiff will close on January 24, 2010. ...
DATELINE Announces Upcoming Schedule 5/28-30
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2010 DATELINE Announces Upcoming Schedule 5/28-30...
DATELINE Announces Upcoming Schedule 5/28-30
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2010 DATELINE Announces Upcoming Schedule 5/28-30...
'DOCTOR WHO' Premiere Is BBC America's Highest Rated Telecast Ever
by Charlie Piane - April 19, 2010 Doctor Who, in a new era for the iconic series, broke BBC AMERICA ratings records with its season premiere this past Saturday, April 17, delivering 1.2 million viewers in Live + Same Day - BBC AMERICA's highest rated telecast ever. Additionally, it was the best Live + Same Day A25-54 delivery ever a...
Prentis Hancock Presents Voltaire's Candide Through 4/26 At Greenwhich Playhouse
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 14, 2009 Voltaire's Candide adapted and performed by PRENTIS HANCOCK, Directors: Brian Cummins and David Roylance Scots-born; Prentis Hancock trained locally with Rose Bruford and after some years in repertory and festival theatres, was a young leading man during the Golden Age of British Television....
Lauren Ambrose to Join John Barrowman in 'Torchwood'
by Kelsey Denette - January 14, 2011 Lauren Ambrose, who most recently appeared on Broadway in 2009's Exit the King opposite Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon and is well-known for her role on HBO's Six Feet Under, will join the cast of Torchwood: Miracle Day, ew.com reports. ...
Nick Briggs, Nigel Planer, et al. to Star in DOCTOR WHO LIVE 10/8-11/7
by Abigail Arnold - August 27, 2010 Nick Briggs will play Winston Churchill in DOCTOR WHO LIVE, contactmusic.com reports. Briggs will also voice several monsters, include Daleks and Cybermen....
DOCTOR WHO LIVE Tours the U.K. Beginning 10/10
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2010 A new live stage show based on the BBC's popular Doctor Who television series is being launched in the UK this October. Doctor Who Live will open at Wembley Arena on October 8, the beginning of a UK-wide tour that will span cities in England, Scotland and Ireland.... |