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Monk Season Seven – DVD Release August 23, 2010
Aug 6th
AVAILABLE ON DVD FROM 23RD AUGUST 2010 via Universal Playback is the Seventh Season of show about the Obsessive. Compulsive. Detective.
Tony Shalhoub returns to his acclaimed three-time Primetime Emmy® Award and Golden Globe®-winning role for a stellar seventh season in the quirky and irreverent detective show, Monk. Join him and fantastic guest stars Brad Garrett, Eric McCormack, Sarah Silverman, Hector Elizando and more in 16 hilarious, unforgettable episodes – including the all-star 100th episode, “Mr. Monk’s 100th Case!”
Despite his photographic memory and his amazing ability to piece tiny clues together, Monk is now on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco More >
Channel Five Clinches Exclusive Deal with Warner Bros. International
Aug 5th
Channel Five has secured an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution to acquire a raft of new and continuing series and blockbuster films, it was announced today (THURS).
The channel has acquired exclusive terrestrial and digital rights to the third season of the critically-acclaimed hit drama The Mentalist, starring Emmy® and Golden Globe Award nominee Simon Baker as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation who has a remarkable track record for using his razor sharp skills of observation and psychological manipulation to solve serious crimes. The series, created by Bruno Heller (Rome), averaged 2.5 million More >
FOUR CORNERS: HIDDEN VOICES
Aug 5th
Airing: Monday 9 August at 8.30pm on ABC1
Next Monday on Four Corners, “Hidden Voices “ – the story of an Australian town that holds a lesson for each and every person who’s been touched by mental illness.
Typical of many regional centres around Australia, Mackay in Queensland is a place that appears to have it all – tourism, lucrative mines and lush farmlands. But like so many other places, it struggles to properly take care of members of the community who are mentally ill. Now reporter Quentin McDermott asks, why have Australia’s Governments deserted those who need their help most?
On 27th More >
HEARTBEAT – AUGUST 8, 2010
Aug 5th
Brand new episode of Heartbeat this Sunday on ITV1 at 8.00pm
A domestic dispute between Vic (Hugo Speer) and Eileen Needham (Michelle Holmes) threatens to rage out of control when a violent argument leads to Eileen making a complaint against her husband for destroying a family heirloom. The situation becomes really messy once Eileen decides to file for divorce and her solicitor Sylvia Swinton (Samantha Bond) gets involved. Using the full powers of the law, Swinton appears to be out to ensure that Vic and Eileen do not reconcile, and the whole case proves to be a headache for the police.
Meanwhile, More >
THE UNFORGETTABLE BOB MONKHOUSE
Aug 5th
The Unforgettable Bob Monkhouse – Sunday 8th August ITV1, 8pm
The series that pays tribute of some of Britain’s best-loved actors, performers and personalities returns for an all new series. Featuring moving stories from the people who knew them best, each programme peers beneath the veneer of showbusiness to discover the truth about each star’s life and career.
This episode explores the life’s work of one of Britain’s most fondly remembered celebrities – Bob Monkhouse. Heralded as the king of one-liners and in possession of a dazzling wit, Monkhouse became known as the quintessential TV gameshow host, in addition to prolific work as More >