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Gillian Anderson in Any Human Heart

Great Expectations

27 July 2011

With a menacing escaped convict, a handsome young man who has his heart broken and a nutty old bird in a decaying wedding dress, what’s not to like about Great Expectations? It’s probably one of Charles Dickens’s best loved novels which might explain why there have been more than 250 adaptations (stage and screen) over the years with another on the way this Christmas.
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Matt Smith Karen Gillan

Doctor Who is back!

6 April 2011

To London’s ancient Olympia exhibition centre for the launch of the new series of Doctor Who. Why Olympia? Well, that’s where the Doctor Who exhibition is being held, with props, monster and costumes from the show’s 40 plus years’ history on display. We gathered for drinks among the exhibits, with press and fans alike being snapped by the TARDIS, or with their arms around Cybermen. It’s not the biggest exhibition in the world but ...
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Sarah Jane Adventures Elisabeth Sladen Katy Manning

An adventure with Sarah Jane!

27 April 2010

I always get excited when I’m booked to go to Cardiff (and it’s not just because I love the sound of a Welsh accent and am a secret fan of the daily Welsh soap, Pobol y Cwm – yes really!)! But a work trip always means it’s Dr Who-related. And this time, I went to interview some of the cast of the spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures – and to sit in on a read-through of four scripts (two, two-part episodes). These are usually done ...
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Doctor Who Matt Smith

Meeting the new Doctor

19 March 2010

On the evening of Thursday18th March, the press assembled in Cardiff to witness new Doctor Who Matt Smith’s maiden episode. We were there – of course, and it was brilliant! – but better than that, earlier in the day we enjoyed a special tour of the Doctor Who studios in Upper Boat, three miles outside Cardiff. And here’s what happened…
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