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CINEMA VOD SPORTS TECH + 14 DAYS OF TV LISTINGS JUNE 15TH – JUNE 28TH ISSUE 3 TVGUIDE.CO.UK TVDAILY.COM Entourage True Detective Royal Ascot Innovative TVs FREE True Detective Season 2 Saturdays at 9pm on Sky Atlantic TV Guide Magazine Issue 3 V20.indd 1 12/06/2015 10:13 JUNE 15TH – JUNE 28TH ISSUE 3 Contents TVGUIDE.CO.UK TVDAILY.COM EDITOR’S LETTER 4 News 16 Fashion The times are changing The biggest news from the world of television. Steal the style of the most bad-ass characters in the film industry. In on television. This week’s theme: the races. 2015, film actors at the height of their careers are habitually hopping across to television. Sometime in the last ten years, the 17 Drinks old barren wastelands Drink like the characters of Mad Men with of space between film and television were tips on tipples and local watering holes. developed into a high- speed rail service. No show illustrates this better than True Detective, which Sports returns to our screens on 18 June 22. To celebrate its Race information, quirky facts and hot tips return, we’ve dedicated a feature to the hit on horses for this year’s Royal Ascot. crime-drama (p. 6), and a 6 True Detective second on the intertwining trajectories of film and television (p. 14). Long Transforms TV 21 Youtube may TV reign! How HBO’s True Detective changed television Susan Brett, Editor Our guide to the best gaming channels. for the better when it fi rst aired in 2014. TVGuide.co.uk 104-08 Oxford Street, London, W1D 1LP Innovative Televisions [email protected] 22 8 Films A buyer’s guide to the TVs we wish we had. CONTENT Editor: Susan Brett Everything you need to know about what’s Deputy Editor: Ally Russell Artistic Director: Francisco on at the Box Offi ce right now. Torres 24 Family Heirtoons FOR ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES Head of Cross-Platform: Dads bring back retro cartoons. 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TVGUIDE.CO.UK | TVDAILY.COM 3 TV Guide Magazine Issue 3 V20.indd 2 12/06/2015 10:14 TV Guide Magazine Issue 3 V20.indd 3 12/06/2015 10:14 NEWS News Marvel’s Agent Carter to air James Wan on FOX UK announced Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat Richard as Aquaman to attend Doctor Who festival Hammond and director James May offered £4.6m to continue Top Gear Aquaman Furious 7 director James Wan has signed up to direct the upcoming Aquaman film, which will star Game of Thrones’ Jason Momoa as Top Gear Marvel’s Agent Carter the King of Atlantis. The film is scheduled for release in 2018. Top Gear presenters Richard Hammond and FOX UK has picked up the rights to Marvel’s Agent Carter, which stars Hayley James May have reportedly been offered Atwell as Peggy Carter in the titular role. The series is a spinoff from a whopping £4.6m to return to the series the Marvel Cinematic Universe and sees Peggy working for the Strategic following the departure of co-presenter Jeremy Clarkson. One suggestion is that the Scientific Reserve while coping with the loss of her World War II love interest COMMISSIONING NEWS show could return with a rotating guest host Steve Rogers, otherwise known as Captain America. Marvel’s Agent Carter in place of Clarkson, similar to the format of will premiere on FOX UK on July 1. THE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE GAME SHOW (ITV2) Have I Got News For You. ITV has ordered a new gameshow from the producers of Total Wipeout, in which ten contestants must complete several difficult The BBC has announced a new festival themed around the hit sci-fi series, with physical challenges. Twelfth Doctor actor Capaldi and showrunner Moffat scheduled to attend. FOX US reviving Series fi ve Gary Lineker IT’S A FUNNY OLD WEEK (ITV) Speaking about the festival, Capaldi said, “If having the world’s favourite Time Lord back Prison Break for of Arrested Jason Mansford’s annual comedy review on screen every week isn’t enough for you (and it’s not for me) then The Doctor Who signs non- show, It’s A Funny Old Year, will be transformed “limited series” Development on into a weekly review show for ITV. Festival in London is the place to be. […] Prepare yourself for total Time Lord mania.” exclusive fi ve- The festival will be held at London ExCel from November 13 to 15. Tickets are £65 for run the way adults and £30 for children and are available to buy from www.doctorwhofestival.com. year deal with RENEWALS NEWS the BBC HOME FIRES (ITV) Season 2 The wartime drama about the lives of women in rural Cheshire during World War Jason George to Shane Richie II has been renewed for a second run after be series regular to appear on achieving high ratings for ITV. NINJA WARRIOR (ITV) Season 2 on Grey’s Anatomy Benidorm The tough obstacle course gameshow, adapted from Japanese gameshow Sasuke, will return for a second season after achieving solid ratings in the UK. Gary Lineker Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has Prison Break Grey’s Anatomy renewed his contract with the BBC, which Arrested Development Shane Richie will keep him as the face of BBC football A new series of Prison Break is reportedly George has been promoted to series regular coverage until 2020. However, the deal is in development at FOX US. It will initially Arrested Development executive producer for the long-running drama’s twelfth season EastEnders star Shane Richie will make a reportedly non-exclusive, meaning Lineker be a “limited series” with a self-contained Brian Glazer has confirmed Netflix are STAY UPDATED WITH ALL THE in the wake of Patrick Dempsey’s departure. guest appearance in the upcoming eighth could also front coverage on other channels. storyline. The show originally ran from 2005 making a new season of the critically He has guest-starred as Dr. Ben Warren on series of the ITV sitcom about a holiday resort He is currently being linked to BT Sports’ to 2009 and starred Wentworth Miller and acclaimed comedy, set to run for seventeen LATEST TV NEWS ON TVDAILY.COM the medical drama since 2010. in Spain. Champions League coverage. Dominic Purcell. episodes in 2016. 4 TVGUIDE.CO.UK | TVDAILY.COM WANT MORE INFORMATION ON SHOWS? DOWNLOAD THE FREE TVGUIDE APP! OUR FRIENDLY GRID IS ALWAYS UP TO DATE – DOWNLOAD THE FREE TVGUIDE APP! TVGUIDE.CO.UK | TVDAILY.COM 5 TV Guide Magazine Issue 3 V20.indd 4 12/06/2015 10:14 TV Guide Magazine Issue 3 V20.indd 5 12/06/2015 10:14 TRUE DETECTIVE True Detective The Auteurs: Since the heart-stopping season one finale of True Detective last March, which set Whereas the vast majority an HBO ratings record of 3.5 million viewers, we’ve been expecting huge things of television series are for season two. The cast and crew announcements have made things even more team efforts constructed tantalising, as Pizzolatto has got a slew of superstars on board for the new storyline. collaboratively in writers’ Just check out this lineup! True Detective rooms, every episode of True Detective seasons one and two has been penned by novelist revolutionised Nic Pizzolatto. While Forbes estimates that television when it fi rst the former college lecturer earned $2,600 a week as a union writer for The Killing, hit our screens in 2014. Pizzolatto told The Hollywood Reporter that he now earns $1,000,000 per annum. Employing a cast of movie stars at the height of their respective careers, probing darker themes previously unexplored by the TV crime drama, and costing over $4,000,000 per episode, season one of this highly acclaimed anthology series changed the game for premium cable shows. Colin Farrell Vince Vaughn True Detective Notable films: Seven Psychopaths (2012), In Bruges Notable films: The Internship (2013), Wedding (2008), Miami Vice (2006), Phone Booth (2002) Crashers (2005), Dodgeball (2004), Old School (2003) Season 2 begins on Sky Atlantic on Notable TV: Ballykissangel (1998-1999) Monday June 22. Nic Pizzolatto Catch up on Season 1: THE STARS: Matthew McConaughey (Rust Cohle) Woody Harrelson Michelle Monaghan If we’re completely honest with ourselves, the 11 million viewers of (Marty Hart) (Maggie Hart) True Detective season one were probably tuning in to see Matthew Academy Award nominated for Known for her leading roles in McConaughey, who played Detective Rust Cohle while also taking on The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) Hollywood action blockbusters, Executive Producer duties and The Messenger (2009), Monaghan played a small Rachel McAdams Taylor Kitsch Along with Dallas Buyers Club (2013), for which he won an Academy Harrelson rose to prominence supporting part in the TV Award, True Detective marked the apex of the 45-year-old actor’s as bartender Woody in the ‘80s comedy-drama Boston Public Cary Fukunaga Notable films: About Time (2013), Wedding Crashers Notable films: Lone Survivor (2013), Battleship reinvention, from washed-up rom com surfer to one of Hollywood’s sitcom Cheers.