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DVDs in the Works

Archive for August, 2009

Look Around You

Look Around You

Greetings from the Spaced-time continuum! We’re working on a shamefully-late release of the first series of Look Around You, a Pythonesque send-up of educational films that first aired on the BBC in 2002. Each episode covers an important learning module, such as Ghosts and Sulphur, with silly puns, absurd experiments, and lots and lots of pencils. What’s the Spaced connection? Co-creators Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz met on the set of Spaced. Popper had commissioned the series for Channel 4 and Serafinowicz played Pegg’s arch-nemesis Duane Benzie. Look Around You is looking to release in spring of 2010. If you can’t wait, you can watch it on Adult Swim now, but we’ll have plenty of extras to tempt you back to the DVD.

Richard Armitage joins MI-5!

Richard Armitage joins MI-5!

Those of us who have thrilled to Richard Armitage’s smoldering (yet manly) presence in Robin Hood, North and South and even Shakespeare Retold were excited to learn he’d joined MI-5 for its seventh season. And we can now confirm we’re releasing this season, never before broadcast in the US, on DVD early next year. Armitage plays Lucas North, an MI-5 officer who has spent eight years in a Russian prison (hence the cool tattoos). Lucas is anxious to get back in action, but even his old friend Harry Pearce (Peter Firth) doubts his reliability. Expect more super-smart stories and nail-biting action from this long-running favorite. We’re already on the edge of our seats!

Russell T Davies says goodbye to the TARDIS

ComicCon 09

Here at BBC America we’re just back from Comic-Con where we rolled out our biggest Doctor Who talents including writer-producer Russell T Davies, star David Tennant and director Euros Lyn. Russell and David’s visit to Comic-Con – their first – came as they wrapped up their final episodes of all time (for now!). Please click through to see a fun interview Russell recently gave after Doctor Who Specials wrapped. Watch until the end for a quick preview of the penultimate David Tennant story “Waters of Mars.”

There’s a great deal to look forward to from David Tennant in the coming months. In addition to the three exciting Doctor Who specials at the end of this year, David will also make a guest appearance as the Doctor in the upcoming third season of The Sarah Jane Adventures. But the pièce de résistance is the news that his recent performance as Hamlet (which quickly sold out in London) has been picked up for the next season of PBS’ Great Performances. Look for the DVD sometime next year.