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Yup, after a ridiculously long break, FlashForward is going to be back on Five later this month. We hear the channel will also be showing a handly little recap show beforehand to remind us what happened.
Here, in the meantime, is a trailer which has just aired in the States…
A little backstory: A couple of years ago, Fox announced that it was going to make a US version of Channel 4’s cult Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright/Jessica Hynes comedy Spaced. Pegg, Wright and Hynes were reported to be less than happy, and then a few months later Fox had second thoughts and dropped the idea after the pilot episode was universally panned… And a good job, too, judging from these clips that have just emerged. [via spaced-out.org.uk]
It’s not long now until Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s new World War Two mini-series The Pacific makes its debut on Sky Movies Premiere – the latest we’re hearing is Sunday 4 April – and the folk at Sky are helping build up the anticpation with the launch of a splendid new website. If you’re as excited about this show as we are, we strongly recommend checking it out.
No question about it, the HBO mini-series The Pacific looks like being one of the TV events of the year. It airs in the States later this months, and can be seen in the UK on Sky Movies Premiere from the beginning of April.
A US version of the BBC1 genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are? begins on NBC next month, and they have certainly got themselves a stellar line-up: Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Spike Lee, American football legend Emmitt Smith and and Lisa Kudrow
Not that you’ll need reminding, but the sixth and final - sob! - series of Lost starts on Sky1 on Friday 5 February.
Not caught up with the wonderful Glee yet? Well, more fool you, we say – but it’s not too late. Here, to bring you up to speed, are a series of the recaps of all the episodes that have been shown in the UK so far – right up to the fourth episode, shown on E4 last Monday and repeated on Channel 4 on Sunday. Hey, don’t say we don’t do anything for you…
The Pilot Episode
Episode 2: Showmance
Episode 3: Acafellas
Episode 4: Preggers
While we’re still lapping up series one of Nurse Jackie here in the UK, those lucky folks in America are about to get series two. Here’s a rather splendid trailer for it…
Those damn fine Fine Bros reversion Petula Clark’s Downtown to celebrate the return of Lost…
