Tag Archive | "BBC"

Kevin F Sutherland’s comics masterclass

Friday, July 15, 2011

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Kevin F Sutherland often gives very well received comics masterclasses in schools, libraries and other venues on top of his comics artwork and his hugely enjoyable Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre (always worth catching if it is in your area). And recently he did an interview and comics masterclass for Arts Live on BBC Northern [...]

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Scottish Comic Book Heroes on the Beeb tonight!

Monday, July 11, 2011

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Artworks Scotland tonight has a special, Scottish Comic Book Heroes, looking at some of the creators from Scotland who have become some of the biggest names in the global comics biz like Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, Alan Grant and Mark Millar. From the looks of it the programme is only being broadcast in the BBC [...]

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Luther returns

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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The mighty Idris Elba returns to BBC 1 this evening (at 9pm) for a new series of Luther. And as an extra side treat Daniel Buchuk from the Beeb tells us that they are also having a comics version of Luther, penned by Neil Cross (who has also written episodes of the compelling Spooks series), [...]

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Alan Moore on the box

Thursday, June 2, 2011

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Well we thought it might have happened last week, but on this week’s episode of the excellent Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle on BBC3 he did indeed have a special guest, a good friend of his, a certain Mr Alan Moore… Aired last night and is available right now (sorry, UK only, I think) to watch [...]

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New Doctor Who trailer

Thursday, March 31, 2011

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Okay, what more do we need to say? We want to see this! All of it! The Doctor! Amy! River Song! nasty surprises! We want it all and I think we’re going to get it. Soon. (tip of the hat to Jamie Smart for spotting the link when he really should have been working)

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Sarah Jane Adventures webcomic

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

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Neil Roberts has been a busy chap, creating a webcomic to go along with Doctor Who spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures for the BBC: (panel from the Sarah Jane Adventures webcomic, art by Neil Roberts, SJA (c) BBC)

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Doctor Who Live!

Monday, September 13, 2010

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Prepare yourselves for some Doctor Who awesomeness coming to a venue near you soon! Prepare for excited kids demanding to be taken along and equally excited parents too for that matter! The monsters are coming! A new musical stage show featuring the monsters from Doctor Who – Daleks, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and more – is [...]

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From the BBC archives: In Their Own Words – British Novelists Collection

Monday, August 16, 2010

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The BBC’s extensive archives offer up a veritable literary treasure trove – some 40-odd British writers in their own words, including several notable writers from the SF&F stable such as JRR Tolkien, TH White and John Wyndham, as well as several authors who haven’t been averse to using elements of science fiction or fantasy in [...]

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Culbard talks Holmes with the BBC

Friday, August 6, 2010

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“There’s a very rich, visual identity with the character. You have the pipe and the deerstalkers and we started by stripping that away and going back to the original texts. From that point of view it was a case of finding our feet by referring back to Doyle himself rather than anything that has gone [...]

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Neil Gaiman on the Beeb

Monday, July 5, 2010

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Neil Gaiman chats in a five minute video on the BBC website, in a piece that starts, appropriately enough, with Camile Saint-Saens Danse Macabre (a favourite classical piece of mine, as it happens). It’s only five minutes or so but they do cover his comics, his books for children and adults and the multiple awards [...]

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Rude Britannia

Monday, June 14, 2010

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The first part of the BBC’s Rude Britannia aired this evening, in a format similar to others in the series (such as the fine Comics Britannia), with some good talking heads – including Martin Rowson and Steve Bell – dropped into the artwork, which was drawn (no pun intended) from the finest of that first [...]

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a 1981 documentary….

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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Batmitey has posted up five videos on YouTube, The Comic Strip Hero, which was made for the BBC’s Arena programme in 1981, on the enduring popularity of Superman and includes Siegel and Shuster, Chris Reeve, Margot Kidder, Will Eisner and science fiction legend Larry Niven (via Dan McDaid):

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Paul Cornell has his finger on the Pulse

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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Some of you have probably spotted references online here and there about an upcoming programme penned by Paul Cornell, Pulse. It’s a pilot for a potential series, due to air at some point in June on BBC3, part of an initiative to showcase some new original drama, not unlike the initiative which first brought the [...]

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Doctor Who US trailer and more UK Who events

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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The Geek Syndicate points us to another trailer for the upcoming new series of Doctor Who, this time a trailer made for BBC America’s audience. Fab. Fabitty fab fab. Getting more and more excited. Soon, oh so soon… Meanwhile in addition to the mini-tour of some UK sites by the Who cast and crew I [...]

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Darry Cunningham and Asia Alfasi on the radio today

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Darryl Cunningham, late of this virtual parish, and Asia Alfasi are guests on BBC Radio Scotland’s Radio Cafe today; the show goes out just after the one o’clock news finishes, so normally around 1.10, 1.15pm and runs through to 2pm (one of the show’s producers tells me they will probably be on towards the latter [...]

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