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Barrowman unhappy with new Torchwood format
- Posted at 4:34pm
- 03 July 2009
- by PaulJones-RT
On Monday 6 July series three of alien-busting Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood comes to BBC1 and BBC HD. A five episode "miniseries" being shown across the week, Monday to Friday, Children of Earth is what creator Russell T Davies calls a "first contact story" - a story that begins with children across the globe coming to a complete halt to chant in unison, "We are coming. We are coming."
Sounds like a job for Torchwood. But with two members of the team - Owen and Tosh - killed off in the previous series, that leaves their leader Captain Jack Harkness,...
Big Brother's Best Bits: week four
- Posted at 11:02am
- 03 July 2009
- by PaulJones-RT
Sree proves he's a bad sportsman…
Biggest barrel of laughs
As his tenuous part of the "Italian-themed" task, Siavash wore silver glam-rock boots, a chicken on his head and a giant barrel, and was told to jump on a pedestal and strike a pose whenever BB played Madonna's Vogue into the house. Actually less funny that it sounds.
Genuinely hilarious, though, were his doomed attempts to sit down in the diary room chair while wearing the costume. He finally collapsed into a corner of the room calling feebly, "I'm not sure I can get up…you are a horrible, horrible person."
Best musical performance
Torchwood
- Posted at 4:45pm
- 02 July 2009
- by AlisonGraham-RT
Torchwood star John Barrowman is mightily miffed at the latest series's length and scheduling. In the new RT he claims the show is being "punished" for its increasing success. Torchwood started on BBC3, then went to BBC2 and next week all five episodes of the new series Children of Earth will be shown consecutively, Monday to Friday, at the peak time of 9:00pm on BBC1.
Barrowman's wider point is that this latest series is a mere five, rather than 13, episodes, and it's clear he doesn't like the changed back-to-back format. Of course, he's entitled to his anger as he's the show's star after...
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