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Earlier today BBCNews.com reported that David Tennant, who winds up his run on Doctor Who around the end of the year, has already lined up a starring role in a pilot for an American TV series! Click on the link for the full story.

David Tennant to make US TV debut

Yes, that phrase may be familiar to you from our Planet Earth promos, and you may wonder how many times we can use it. Well, the world is wide, and the BBC Natural History Unit keeps finding ways to film things we have never seen before. Literally. Life is a ten-part nature series intended to follow on from Planet Earthwith even more excitement, new revelations and stunning screen 'firsts.' How is that possible? Well, it takes four years, 3000 days of filming in remote, unspoiled habitats all over the world, and David Attenborough. Who else but the BBC would do it, and do it so well? This time the focus will be on the glorious diversity of living things, and on the astonishing tactics they have developed to stay alive. This is what high-def was made for! Don't miss the premiere on the Discovery Channel this spring, and keep your eye out for the Blu-ray and DVD. This is a collection you'll want to own and share with friends and family.

If you're a fan of Sean Bean's swashbuckling Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe, there's great news. Bean returns for his sixteenth adventure in Sharpe's Peril. And we know you costume drama fans have been putting off replacing your aging DVD player with a Blu-ray, so even better news is that Sharpe's Peril and Sharpe's Challenge (2006) will both be available on Blu-ray as well as standard DVD. Plus, did you know that high-end Blu-ray players will automatically bring the picture quality up to near HD? So your older Sharpe's adventures (and just about everything else) will be just a little...er... Sharpe-er.

 

UPDATE: Stephen Fry's Kingdom

It turns out we were let down by one of our sources, and the first release of Stephen Fry's Kingdom, available now, is actually Season Two. Why would someone release Season Two first? Rights for Season One and Season Two ended up with two different companies. So who wasn't on the ball about releasing the season they had? Ooops! That would be us. We're in the process of trying to iron this out and hope to share some good news with you Stephen Fry fans about the release of Season One next year. In the meantime, Stephen Fry is equally delightful in the already available Season Two.