Visit the official Doctor Who website

Visit the official Doctor Who website
Look to the future

Asylum seekers...

Asylum seekers...
Refuge of the Daleks

Doctor Who picture resource

Doctor Who picture resource
Roam the space lanes!

Explore the Doctor Who classic series website

Explore the Doctor Who classic series website
Step back in time

Infiltrate The Hub of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood

Infiltrate The Hub of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood
Armed and extremely dangerous

Investigate The Sarah Jane Adventures

Investigate The Sarah Jane Adventures
Fearless in the face of adversity

Call on Dani’s House

Call on Dani’s House
Harmer’s a charmer

Intercept the UFO fabsite

Intercept the UFO fabsite
Defending the Earth against alien invaders!

Uncover the secrets of the Dollhouse

Uncover the secrets of the Dollhouse
Programmable agent Echo exposed!

Hell’s belles

Hell’s belles
Naughty but nice

Love Exposure

Love Exposure
Flash photography!

Primeval portal

Primeval portal
Dressed to kill or damsels in distress?

Charmed, to be sure!

Charmed, to be sure!
The witches of San Francisco

Take on t.A.T.u.

Take on t.A.T.u.
All the way from Moscow

Proceed to the Luther website

Proceed to the Luther website
John and Jenny discuss their next move

DCI Banks is on the case

DCI Banks is on the case
You can bet on it!

On The Grid with Spooks

On The Grid with Spooks
Secret agents of Section D

Bridge to Hustle

Bridge to Hustle
Shady characters

Life on Ashes To Ashes

Life on Ashes To Ashes
Coppers with a chequered past

Claire’s no Exile

Claire’s no Exile
Goose steps

Vexed is back on the beat!

Vexed is back on the beat!
Mismatched DI Armstrong and bright fast-tracker Georgina Dixon

Medium, both super and natural

Medium, both super and natural
Open the door to your dreams

Who’s that girl? (350-picture Slideshow)

Thursday 1 September 2005

Much Ado About Billie!


There's plenty to look forward to in the forthcoming autumn season on BBC television. Having seen the trailer twice, I have to say it all looks very colourful. There are four modern interpretations of Shakespeare plays, presumably in the same vein as the adaptations of "The Canterbury Tales" a few years ago. They boast a host of well-known faces. Bill Paterson from "Sea of Souls" and Sharon Small, best known as sidekick Havers in "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries", both appear in "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

In "The Taming of the Shrew" there are performances from "Ballykissangel" and "Brassed Off" actor Stephen Tompkinson as well as "Hustle" actress Jaime Murray. As "Spooks" returns to BBC1 for a welcome fourth season, but with none of the original leads, on September 12, former "Spooks" actress Keeley Hawes, now perhaps better known for "Tipping the Velvet", pops up in a version of "Macbeth" set in the enclosed and heated world of a top restaurant kitchen!

But, being a "Doctor Who" fan, the one I am most looking forward to is "Much Ado About Nothing" which features Billie Piper as a TV weathergirl! I have been speculating on which one she will base her performance? Though not a betting man, my money is on Channel Five's Lara Lewington. I have often been heard anticipating her appearance at the end of the lunchtime news bulletin!! To use the words with which she opens each forecast, all I can really say about that is... "Hello there"!!!

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