Channel 5′s Celebrity Big Brother launched tonight with 13 desperate Z-listers entering a mock up Alpine ski lodge, from where it was all ‘downhill’. Befuddled balsa model Brian Dowling marshalled a baying crowd of semi-literate proto-humans as the following disciples of the damned were herded to their spiritual doom ; Natalie Cassidy (Eastenders actress) described [...]

The BBC has caused consternation amongst Whovians by cancelling Doctor Who Confidential, the behind the scenes show which has accompanied every series since the 2005 reboot starring Christopher Eccleston. The move comes as BBC Three controller Zai Bennett concentrates its slimmed-down budget on original programming in the 9-10.30pm slot. The show began as a 30 minute edition [...]

Moving a show to a new channel is always risky, but there are some TV juggernauts which are thought to be move-proof. Big Brother, with its mix of drama, voyeurism and unwitting stars was thought to be one of them, but all is not well down in Borehamwood. Big Brother is losing viewers rapidly, with [...]

In our final interview on the run up to the ‘Miracle Day’ finale we speak to John Barrowman about costume, Cardiff and Captain America. EOS : How did you indoctrinate the newcomers into your particular way of working? JB : I did the first scenes with everybody naked. No, I was really pleased when Mekhi [...]

Only two days to go until the finale of Torchwood : Miracle Day. Eve Myles tells us what the transition was like from Cardiff to California and the problems of kicking ass in heels. EOS : What was the change in scenery like from Cardiff to Southern California? EM: It was wonderful. My partner loved [...]

Not long to go now before the finale of Torchwood : Miracle Day. We caught up with Mekhi Pfifer to ask him about Rex and what it was like to be a nerd in Harlem. EOS : You said on the panel that you grew up ‘a nerd in Harlem’. MP : Well when I [...]

In the second of our ‘Miracle Day’ interviews leading up to the finale we talk to writer Jane Espenson about the challenges of writing for an established show, the relative freedoms of cable and what’s next for Torchwood.   EOS : Do you feel a big responsibility in writing for an established show with an [...]

Big Brother is back.  Channel Five has resurrected the main show, and last night’s episode provided the first real glimpse of the new housemates in action.  The episode struggled to get one million viewers, making it the lowest rated Big Brother episode to date – but I watched, as the rest of the nation couldn’t [...]

In the run up to the finale of the epic Torchwood mini-arc Miracle Day we have interviews from the main cast which took place at San Diego Comic-Con this July. We kick off with Bill Pullman who plays executed child rapist and murderer Oswald Danes. Danes finds himself a media darling after becoming an advocate [...]

In an ambitious cross promotion actors  Anton Yelchin and Christopher Mintz-Plasse visited the Big Brother house to plug their new movie Fright Night. In last night’s highlights viewers were treated to an extended trailer in the first ad break before Yelchin and Mintz-Passe entered the house to deliver tickets to a special screening of the [...]

1hr 15 minutes of stale entertainment is what I endured last night watching this show, for a numberof valid reasons I and a few others agree it’s time to call it a day with its yearly occupation on ITV1. All faith is lost in the cause of this show, we are aware that its weekly [...]

  As another instalment of X factor dominates the nation’s attention and opinions for the next few weeks it is impossible to ignore the new line up of judges. Whether we are going to miss the banter between Cheryl, Simon, Danni and Louis is yet to be discovered, but one thing is for sure they [...]

August 9th – usually around this time we would be tuning in to 24 hour footage of a group of misfits trying to get attention through anger and volatile behaviour. Funny how things change. With riots happening across the country and the government largely absent it was left to former Big Brother contestant Sam Pepper [...]

Game of Thrones Thursday, 3pm, Ballroom 20 Fan fave Game of Thrones brings Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kit Harrison and Jason Momoa and jumps straight into B20 capping a day of big TV panels.        Spartacus : Vengeance Friday, 5.4pm, 6BCF One of last year’s most raucous panels will this year [...]

***This review contains spoilers *** What would happen if everyone in the world stopped dying?  This is the question that Torchwood: Miracle Day poses, and if we know anything about the show’s past – the reasons behind it will be anything but miraculous. This new season brings some fresh blood into play alongside the few [...]