Editor’s Picks By GQ.COM Liat Clark 17 Aug 2010 It’s been a very long time since we’ve been excited by a homegrown British drama on Sky1. Featuring a great cast that sees the reunion of Life On Mars stars John Simm and Phillip Glenister, as well as Marc Warren and Ben Chaplin, the plot sees four … Continue reading
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Serial / Television / TV
Mad Dogs: Brand new drama for Sky1 HD
Sky1 HD 3 August 2010 Sky1 HD today announces Mad Dogs, a new four-part drama serial for transmission in Spring 2011. Written by Cris Cole Mad Dogs centres around the reunion of a group of old friends. Woody (Beesley), Quinn (Glenister), Baxter (Simm) and Rick (Warren) have been mates since sixth form. The fifth member of the … Continue reading
Stage / Television / Theatre
Top TV Stars Join Simm’s Sheffield Hamlet
What’s On Stage Vicky Ellis 25 June 2010 Today Sheffield Theatres announced the full casting for its winter production of Hamlet starring John Simm. Simm, who takes the lead role of Hamlet as we reported last year (See News:: E8831260527830, 11 Dec 2009), will be joined by John Nettles, of Bergerac and Midsomer Murdersfame, with Michelle Dockery and Barbara Flynn. Nettles will … Continue reading
John Simm and Philip Glenister to star in Sky1’s Mad Dogs
guardian.co.uk Jason Deans 5 May 2010 07.17 Drama will also star Max Beesley and Marc Warren, as a quartet of fortysomethings who go abroad for a retirement party Philip Glenister, Max Beesley, John Simm and Marc Warren are to star in Mad Dogs, a new Sky1 high definition drama about a group of schoolfriends who … Continue reading
Life on Mars – ‘The Original U.K. Series: The Complete Collection’
TVShowsOnDVD.com David Lambert 22 April 2010 8-disc release brings the award-winning program to DVD in one complete set Crazy, in a coma, or back in time? Struck by a passing car in modern-day Manchester, detective Sam Tyler (John Simm, State of Play, Doctor Who) wakes up in 1973, where he’s the newest member of his … Continue reading
High-profile cast announced for BBC One Daytime drama Moving On
BBC – Press Office 21 Jan 2010 John Simm (Doctor Who, Life On Mars), Corin Redgrave (Turn Of The Screw, Four Weddings And A Funeral), Anna Massey (Hotel du Lac, Tess Of The D’Urbervilles), Robert Glenister (Hustle, Spooks), Gerard Kearns (Shameless, Mark Of Cain), Roy Marsden (The Green Green Grass, Adam Dalgleish in PD … Continue reading
Doctor Who End Of Time Action Figure: The Master
Recreate scenes from ‘The End of Time Part One & Two’ with … realistic and highly detailed action figures! One of four 5″ figures, this one depicts The Master, played by John Simm, back in dark and dusty clothes! Pre-Order now! Available at Forbidden Planet Continue reading
DVD Release – ‘Doctor Who: The End of Time – Parts One & Two’
Get ‘Doctor Who: The End of Time – Parts One & Two’ available to order NOW on DVD! [Click image below to super-size] Continue reading
Interview / Print / Television
John Simm interview: who’s the baddie?
Telegraph.co.uk By John Preston 24 Dec 2009 John Simm, an actor so affable he lives in fear of offending every fan he meets, is tight-lipped on whether he actually bumps off David Tennant’s Doctor Who this Christmas. But he certainly had fun trying In the night before we meet, John Simm had caught the Tube … Continue reading
The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter
The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter http://www.kasterborous.com Mick Karma November 17, 2009 Following reports of a major new edition of Doctor Who: The Writer’s Tale by Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook, BBC Books have announced publication of The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter. Set to be released on 14th January 2010 as a £16.99 … Continue reading
‘Life On Mars’ Series 2 DVD Hits The US
Pop Culture Zoo Joseph Dilworth Jr. November 22, 2009 As the saying goes, “ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby.” While the American version of the popular British drama Life on Mars arguably carried the spirit and flavor, it still never achieved the sublime greatness of the original. Thankfully, Acorn Media now gives the Yanks … Continue reading
Craziest Dr Who villain ever says his final showdown with David Tennant will scare us all witless
Master of the Loonie-verse: Craziest Dr Who villain ever says his final showdown with David Tennant will scare us all witless DailyMail.co.uk Patrick Marmion 12 November 2009 John Simm has just acquired an iPhone, but with it comes a quandary: should he protect it with a leather case, or would that constitute a style error? … Continue reading
Interview / Radio / Television
Dr Who end a ‘brilliant send-off’
BBC Newsbeat 30 September 2009 The final scenes in Doctor Who are a “brilliant send-off” for David Tennant, his co-star has said. The Life On Mars actor John Simm returns as The Doctor’s nemesis, The Master, in a two-part Christmas special. He says he had loads of fun working on David Tennant’s last episodes, which … Continue reading
BBC series ‘Life on Mars’ superior to American remake – US DVD Release 28 July 2009
The Olympian – Olympia, Washington US Bruce Dancis 27 July 2009 Everything you know about “Life on Mars” is wrong. Or, to put it another way, if all you know about “Life on Mars” is that it was a recently canceled ABC-TV series starring Jason O’Mara and Harvey Keitel, you’re in for a treat. The … Continue reading
BBC – Doctor Who News: John Simm Returns for the Finale!
http://www.bbc.co.uk News 27 Jul 2009 John Simm will return as the Master in the two special episodes which bring David Tennant’s era as the Doctor to a stunning conclusion. There’s been speculation about Simm’s involvement with the show but we can confirm he’ll be back later this year, once again playing the Doctor’s deadly nemesis. … Continue reading
Film / Film & Movie / Film & Movie / Reviews / Television
Skellig Review: Thank you for sending me an angel
NewStatesman.com Rachel Cooke 16 April 2009 Skellig: Sky 1 The Department Store: BBC2 Mostly, I prefer being an adult to having been a child; my childhood was often miserable, and I longed to escape it. One of the things I do miss is the ability to lose myself completely in fiction. The child who is … Continue reading
Life on Mars (UK) new US DVD Release – Series 1: Box Art & Extras News
TVShowsOnDVD.com David Lambert 7 April 2009 Legendary author Stephen King was quoted as saying that the U.K. version, “…blows the American version out of the water”. A month ago we broke the news with Acorn Media’s press release that the original U.K. version of Life on Mars – Series 1, starring John Simm (State of … Continue reading
The Devils Whore is nominated for 3 BAFTA TV Craft Awards
Congratulations to The Devil’s Whore, nominated for 3 BAFTA TV Craft Awards (Costume & Production Designs, Photography & Lighting Fiction)! guardian.co.uk Leigh Holmwood 6 April 2009 BBC1’s Little Dorrit and Wallander lead Bafta craft award nominations BBC1’s dramas Little Dorrit and Wallander have each been nominated five times in Bafta’s awards for TV production … Continue reading
The Devil’s Whore up for TV BAFTA – Best Drama Serial
‘Who’, ‘EastEnders’ up for TV BAFTAs Digital Spy Mayer Nissim 24 March 2009 The nominations have been announced for the 2009 British Academy Television Awards, which will be held on April 26. Stephen Fry will battle it out with Harry Hill, Ant & Dec and Jonathan Ross in the best entertainment category, while Rob Brydon, … Continue reading
The Devil’s Whore awarded Best TV Drama at South Bank Show Awards
BBC NEWS | Entertainment 20 January 2009 Mercury Prize-winning band Elbow have been honoured at the annual South Bank Show Awards in London. The sensitive Manchester band were named winners of the pop award ahead of Laura Marling and Estelle. Bafta-nominated movie Hunger won the film award at the ceremony and Channel 4’s The Devil’s … Continue reading
Awarded / Awards / Emmy / Serial / Television
Life on Mars picks up second International Emmy
Britain wins 7 International Emmys International Herald Tribune The Associated Press 25 November 2008 NEW YORK: The time-traveling detective show “Life on Mars” picked up its second International Emmy for best drama series, leading a British sweep of seven of the 10 awards handed out Monday night at a ceremony that also honored “Law & … Continue reading
Interview / Print / Serial / Television
John Simm on The Devil’s Whore
Times Online Amy Raphael 18 November 2008 After Life on Mars, John Simm is happy to be himself and to play the antihero in The Devil’s Whore, a new period drama After Life on Mars won an Emmy in 2006, John Simm decided to try “the LA thing”. He met the revered director-producer J.J. … Continue reading
Interview / Print / Serial / Television
I find some aspects of stardom quite strange, admits Doctor Who star John Simm
Daily Record Tim Oglethorpe 12 Nov 2008 I find some aspects of stardom quite strange, admits Doctor Who star John Simm JOHN SIMM has been here, there and everywhere over the last couple of years and he is on the move again for his latest TV project, the hard-hitting historical drama The Devil’s Whore. After … Continue reading
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