Doctor Who

• Torchwood to have a one-off Radio 4 special episode written by Joe Lidster [free registration required]
• It's Saturday 5th April. It's 6.20pm. It's time for Doctor Who

Film

• Simon Pegg talks about Star Trek and the new Spaced, as well as the Spaced Region 1 DVDs (commentaries with Matt Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith and Diablo Cody)
• James Cromwell and Ellen Burstyn to play George W Bush's parents, Scrubs' Elizabeth Banks to play Laura Bush (?) in the forthcoming W
• Tobey Maguire to produce comic-book adaptation Afterburn
• GI Joe to be an origins piece?
• X-Files 2 talk from Chris Carter
• Old Twilight Zone episode to be turned into movie

Theatre

• Rowan Atkinson to play Fagin in Oliver!

British TV

• Living's bought up Private Practice
• Channel 4's Spring and Summer line-up
• Heston Blumenthal takes Gordon Ramsay's idea and runs with it: let's fix Little Chef for Channel 4

US TV

• Four join the cast of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, including BSG's Tahmoh Penikett
• The other ending of Jericho
• 24's Elisha Cuthbert to star in the NY-LON remake
• Trailer for The Wire's creators' Generation Kill
• ABC greenlights some more pilots

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Doctor Who

• Last three Torchwood episodes to be written by Chris Chibnall and have crap titles

Film

• George Takei to be in Star Trek XI?
• Justice League to come out in 2009
• Ridley Scott planning movie about Reagan and Gorbachev

US TV

• Second season of Flight of the Conchords pushed back to 2009
• Cashmere Mafia about to get cancelled?
• CBS picks up weirdly Psych-esque Bruno Heller pilot The Mentalist
• CBS boss says strike help cut costs permanently

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Doctor Who

• BBC4 to air Verity Lambert tribute night

Film

• Who won which Oscars
• Odeon bans Rambo
• X-Files 2 talk from cast and crew
• There will be a Bourne 4
• Tom Cruise cameo for Star Trek?
• Iron Man to link up with The Avengers

Comics

• Mr T to feature in a graphic novel

British TV

• Moving Wallpaper spared from cancellation
• Longest ever commission for Taggart, just as Rebus is cancelled

US TV

• Rufus Sewell to take Patrick Stewart's role in Jerry Buckheimer remake of Eleventh Hour
• BBC America buys Primeval [free registration required]
• Six more episodes for Lipstick Jungle
• Three more episodes for Women's Murder Club
• Previews of the next Lost
• Jericho producers looking for a new home for the show

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Film

• Oliver Stone to make George Bush biopic?
• Sarah Michelle Gellar rules out a Buffy film
• Cloverfield got $41 million in its opening weekend
• Chris Pine talks about being the new Captain Kirk

Radio

• Radio 4 celebrates Paddington's 50th birthday

Theatre

• Michael Barrymore to play Spike Milligan in stage debut

British TV

• Beeb adapting Tess of the D'Urbervilles [free registration required]
• BSkyB ups its stake in Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine

US TV

• Selma Blair and Molly Shannon lined up to play Kath and Kim for NBC
• CBS drops 20 development projects because of writers' strike
• NBC close to cancelling Upfronts [free registration required]
• Brotherhood picked up for a third season

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Doctor Who

• Big Finish to sell plays as MP3s from February 1st

Film

• A dodgy-quality version of the teaser trailer for Star Trek XI
• Ryan Gosling to be the next Jack Ryan?
• British industry falters because of US writers' strike
• Julie Benz talks about Rambo
• Photos from Prince Caspian
• Michelle Monaghan up for Wolverine role
• Site for 10,000BC launches

Radio

• Ken Branagh to play Cyrano de Bergerac on Radio 3

British TV

• A clip from Ashes to Ashes
• BBC should share the licence fee with other broadcasters
• Neighbours coming to Five from February 11th?
• Hugh F-W says good chickens aren't just for the rich
• Working Title wants to develop British programmes with the appeal of Lost and Heroes [free registration required]

US TV

• Lena Headey criticised for being too weedy to be Sarah Connor
• Gordon Ramsay gets chased by chef with knife in Kitchen Nightmares
• Sophia Myles explains the British invasion
• David Milch deals with 1970s police corruption
• Jericho has two endings
• Eidos developing Highlander game. Maybe that's why the bosses have quit

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Film

• Phillip Noyce to direct and Scarlett Johansson to star in Mary Queen of Scots
• Star Trek XI set talk
• Justice League too mediocre to live?
• Kate Winslet to replace Nicole Kidman on The Reader

British TV

• CBBC to get a comedy sketch show
• Damages' ratings not so good

US TV

• Season four hints in a cast photo of Battlestar Galactica
• A Monk feature film?
• What's up in Medium, season four

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Welcome to 2008, news readers, the year everything changes. Don't forget to vote for the daily news in the reader survey if you want it to continue!

Doctor Who

• Danni Minogue to appear in Torchwood?
• Sun spoilers plus the suggestion of a movie
• Phil Collinson not producing the four specials?

Film

• Stills from The Time Traveler's Wife
• Tyler Perry to appear in Star Trek XI?
• Trailer for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Books

• Eighth Harry Potter novel a possibility – in ten years' time

Theatre

• Kristin Chenoweth to make her ENO debut

British TV

• Kudos to make Law and Order: London?
• The Catherine Tate Show under investigation

US TV

• Bust ups behind the scenes at Brothers and Sisters
• Fox moves its mid-season schedule around
• Is The Wire's depiction of the Baltimore Sun realistic?
• Big Shots not cancelled?
• Eight Fox affiliates sold

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Happy Thanksgiving, US readers!

Doctor Who

• Fifth Doctor celery sells for £5,500

Film

• Brad Pitt walks out of State of Play
• Christian Bale to play John Conner in McG's Terminator: Salvation?
• Watchmen extra material being shot?
• Naomi Watts in Angels and Demons?
• Wizard of Oz munchkins get a Hollywood star
• R2D2 launches toilet shower campaign

British TV

• Dave now 10th largest channel
• Channel 4 unveils its new season of programming
• Virgin Media to offer Star Trek on demand

US TV

• Dancing with the Stars producers working on mixed martial arts version

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Doctor Who

• Writers' Guild gives award to series three writers. Yes, even Chris Chibnall and Helen Raynor
• Sweet FA to appear on The Omid Djalili Show

Film

• Ben Cross to play Spock's dad in Star Trek XI
• Sarah Michelle Prinze 'too scared' for Buffy movie
• High quality trailer for Cloverfield now available
• Sienna Miller cast in GI Joe
• The X Files 2 to include Millennium crossover?
• Angels and Demons, Bruno, JLA postponed by strike

British TV

• Christian group wants to sue the Beeb over Jerry Springer
• BBC HD channel approved
• Pipes is up for porn award

US TV

• Journeyman on verge of being cancelled?
• Red Hot Chili Peppers suing Showtime over use of the word Californication
• Warner Bros trying to launch global on-demand networks
• 'Celebrity' contestants for The Apprentice named
• New promo for BSG: Razor
• US version of Little Britain delayed by strike

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Doctor Who

• Lily Allen to be the next companion?
• Tom Baker would have liked to have been The Master instead of John Simm

Film

• Misdirection or the complete plot to Star Trek XI?

British TV

• Line-up for new Saturday Live revealed
• Rough Justice to end after 27 years

US TV

• Damages back for not one but two more seasons
• What happened to one restaurant after Gordon Ramsay left
• Lost webisodes to air from Friday
• NBC launches its downloads service
• Greg Grunberg to reappear as the pilot on Lost

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