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Jack Yan posted Where, Wolf? | Sep 18, 2008
Just as I wasn’t enamoured with the idea of US versions of various shows (Outrageous Fortune, The Vicar of Dibley, Kath & Kim, State of Play), and have been keeping an open mind on the American Life on Mars, I must say the reverse is true. I am not particular fond of ITV’s plan to remake Law &...
Jack Yan posted ITV’s answer to Gene Hunt: Jane Austen | Aug 22, 2008
ITV wishes to compete with Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, so it has come up with a new series, Lost in Austen, for next month. The heroine, Amanda Price (note that human time travellers must have five letters in their surname, e.g. Tyler and Drake, McFly and Brown), played by Hammersmith-born...
Jack Yan posted I might get banned from Wiltshire | Aug 16, 2008
Sometimes the best stuff is in the comments, especially when Nick Tomlinson eggs me on. Am I just a lazy blogger recycling content now? And on that last point below, why are the most famous Swindonians, apart from Julian Clary, well endowed blondes? Nick Tomlinson wrote: on Aug 16, 2008 at 12:43 AM ...
Jack Yan posted BBC v. ITV—as remade in the US | Aug 15, 2008
Looks like Life on Mars (US) is filming South of Houston and on the Lower East Side of Manhattan—as Bowery Boogie shows. Also in the news is that this BBC remake on ABC is up against an ITV remake on CBS: that of Eleventh Hour, which originally starred Patrick Stewart. Both are on Thursdays this...
