What the Beeb has in store

Last night the BBC showed a promo of some of the various TV drama productions that will be reaching the screens


ABC Murders - John Malkovich becomes the latest actor to play to Herclue Poirot. The Belgian sleuth finds himself on the trail of a taunting serial killer

Doctor Who - Without a doubt the most talked about casting in British TV in the last decade, Jodie Wittaker becomes the first Female Doctor

Killing Eve - Sandra Oh gained an Emmy nomination for her role as a MI5 agent on the trail of a Female assassin played by Jodie Cromer

Little Drummer Girl- based on the John le Care novel. An English actress finds herself embroiled in a Mossad operation. Florence Pugh plays the role le Care based on his own half Sister

War of the World - H G Wells classic tale of an Alien invasion comes to British TV for the first time. Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson head the cast.

Worst result for a sponsor

Today France plays Croatia in the World Cup final and for one the tournament big name Sponsors it will be a nightmare. Adidas the sports wear sponsor will have to see the final being contested by 2 teams whose kit is not by them since Brazil beat Italy in 1994. Down below is how the finals between then and now have turned out.

1998 France (kit by Adidas) beat Brazil (kit by Nike)
2002 Brazil (kit by Nike) beat Germany (kit by Adidas)
2006 Italy (kit by Puma) beat France (kit by Adidas)
2010 Spain (kit by Adidas) beat Netherlands (kit by Nike)
2014 Germany (kit by Adidas) beat Aregetina (kit by Adidas)

Both France and Croatia will wearing kit by Nike in the final. France in beating Belgium in the semi finals ended Adidas hopes of seeing a team wearing their kit in the final. we shall see who takes home the greatest prize in Football by the early evening.

Resurrection of the original Alien 3

This November sees the publication of an unique comic series, William Gibson's Alien 3 will see what Gibson whose reputation as one of the pioneers of the Science Fiction sub genre Cyber Punk had intended for the third film in the film series that featured the chest busters. However the script was passed over thereby leading to one of the most infamous productions in the last 3 decades of Hollywood history. Vincent Ward a director of somewhat avant grade films landed the job of Director/Writer. Ward had came up with the idea of setting the film on a wooden planet populated by monks. Just as sets for the film were being built Ward was fired and his script was heavily rewritten with the monks being replaced by convict. Replacing Ward as director was David Fincher whose prior work was made up of Pop Promos and TV Commercial. The finished film was released to a muted response in 1992 and Fincher (who has gone on to make such films as Se7en, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Gone Girl) rarely talks about Alien 3. The forthcoming offers a chance of what could have been.

TV ratings 11-07-2018

England's defeat to Croatia in the World Cup semi final was watched by over 26 million viewers. This is the largest rating since the 2012 London Olympics closing cermonary. It may be the case that the third place play off may have a highest audience than the actual final.

what beckons us tonight

England play Croatia to decide who will play France in the World Cup final tonight. Here are some things to look out for in the press depending on the result


If England lose narrowly the team will be called gutsy and courageous losers

If the referee tonight makes a contervisonal decision expect him to be made an enemy of the English people

In the even of a plenty shoot out and an English player makes a horrendous miss expect him to labelled a villain.

And in the event of an English victory the press will act as the team have only 1 hand on the trophy.

The return of an intergalactic scoundrel

In news that will make Star Wars fans happy it has been announced that Billy Dee Williams will be appearing in Star Wars: Episode IX as the rogue Lando Calrissian. After the diviese The Last Jedi which saw critical acclaim but fan backlash over the film's treatment of certain beloved characters of the series. Williams appearance will mean a classic character will appear in the final film of the new trilogy which is due out in 2019. This comes after Donald Glover played an younger Lando in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Bye bye Boris

The day started with the news that David David had resigned as Secerty for Exiting the European Union but this was trumped (no pun intended) by the news that Forgien Sectary Boris Johnson had also quit his job over the direction of Brexit. They will be those who will shend no tears for Johnson, one such person is James O'Brien the one time show biz reporter turned Radio phone in show host. O'Brien has been very forthright in crictising Johnson. One example is O'Brien taking Johnson's view that Winston Churchill's opposition was a case of political opportunism rather than principle.

You can see O'Brien view on Johnson on Youtube.