Sky Anytime+ No Longer Needs Sky Broadband
Sky Anytime+ coming to a router near you!
Sky’s on-demand service Sky Anytime+ has been around for a while, but Sky have been holding it to themselves, only allowing Sky Broadband customers access. Today however, that’s all changed, and from now on Sky Anytime+ will be available to any Sky+HD home with a ANY broadband connection.
Sky Anytime+ gives access to around 1,000 hours of content from various Sky Channels, and partner channels on the Sky network. Earlier this year, Sky also announced new content agreements with the BBC and ITV with ITV archive content such as Secret Diary of A Call Girl and Cold Feet box sets available to customers immediately. BBC’s iPlayer service is due to arrive later this year. Popular programmes such as Doctor Who, Outnumbered and Top Gear are already available through Sky’s existing deal with UK TV.
Luke Bradley-Jones, Director of TV Products, Sky commented:
“It’s great to be able to bring our on demand service Sky Anytime+ to even more customers, helping them to get more out of their Sky subscription. We already know how popular Sky Anytime+ is and how the flexibility of the service gives customers more choice and control over how they watch an amazing range of content. We’ve seen strong demand for it to date which we hope to increase now that the service is available with any broadband provider.”
This announcement comes as Sky introduces a new, enhanced Sky+HD 1TB box with even more storage capacity for on demand content. Alongside the existing 1TB of personal storage, there is now a full additional terabyte of space dedicated to Sky Anytime showing the best of the week’s Sky TV and Movies.
Customers can access Anytime+ by simply connecting their Sky+ HD set-top box to their broadband router, either with an Ethernet wire or wireless connector, and activating the service on the website.
For more information and to activate the service visit: sky.com/shop/tv/anytime-plus/get-it-now
Jenna-Louise Coleman Joins Doctor Who (plus other Who news!)
Jenna-Louise Coleman
The cat had slightly got out of the bag earlier today, but it’s now official…
Jenna-Louise Coleman will be accompanying Matt Smith as Doctor Who’s new companion.
Steven Moffat has said
“We saw a lot of brilliant actresses. But Jenna was the only person going faster than Matt – he had to keep up!”… “Who she’s playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor’s standards, this isn’t your usual boy meets girl.”…
Humm… Steven, you tease! I predict this new relationship could be quite manic, and very interesting! 
Who’s Jenna-Louise Coleman?
Well she best know as Lindsay James in BBC’s Waterloo Road, and Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale. She’s also recently appeared on the big screen in Captain America: The First Avenger as Connie, and is about to star in ITV’s four part mini-series, Titanic.
Doctor Who Air Date News
They have also confirmed Doctor Who is only going to be 6 episodes aired in 2012 (that includes the Christmas special), with the remaining 8 episodes airing in 2013. Given the way they’ve broken up the run it’s not unsurprising to learn (slight spoiler coming) Amy & Rory’s last episode will be episode 5, with the Christmas special being Jenna’s introduction.
So what do you think? Good choice? Bad Choice? Leave us a comment!
Doctor Who is due to air Autumn 2012.
GeekTown’s Unofficial Dr Who Tour of London!
Tardis in London
London is a fantastically exciting and atmospheric city and it is little wonder that many films and TV shows use it as a backdrop when filming. There are many locations across the country where you can find great scenery for filming. Dr Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures have made great use of Cardiff and other UK towns and cities. But if you want real iconography, if you want Big Ben, Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, then there really is only one place to go… London!
Dr Who filming is largely kept under wraps and the producers will go to great lengths to keep locations secret and ensure that spoilers are kept to an absolute minimum. But for avid sci-fi fans it can be great fun to visit locations you have seen in the series. There is even an Unofficial Dr Who Tour of London, during which you can visit key locations from both the classic series as well as the new ones, learning new facts and trivia along the way.
Rose Tyler in Union Jack T-Shirt
While the indoor scenes for Rose Tyler`s flat were shot in Cardiff, if you want to see the estate where Rose lived, then don’t look for the fictional Powell Estate… Instead, head to the Brandon Estate in Kennington. A fair bit of filming was done there, including the Christmas Invasion with the spinning Christmas trees and Aliens of London, where the less than attractive and rather flatulent Slitheen were seen hell bent on taking over Downing Street!
Westminster and the Houses of Parliament feature heavily in Dr Who, Torchwood and also the spin-off for the younger generation, the Sarah Jane Adventures. Filming for Invasion of the Bane and The Sound of Drums took place in College Green, Westminster. However, you may not be too surprised to learn that Aliens of London was not filmed in or outside Downing Street. If you want to see the famous door that was used to depict No. 10 then you need to take a trip to John Adam Street, Westminster.
Daleks in London
For lovers of the classic series and Daleks, a trip to the Embankment is a must. The Albert Embankment, which runs along the east side of the Thames from Westminster Bridge to Vauxhall Bridge, is where filming took place for The Dalek Invasion of Earth. Daleks seem to have quite a penchant for London and have featured in various well-known locations throughout the city, including Battersea Power Station and Shad Thames in south-east London.
On a side-note, south-east London was also popular with the 1998 sci-fi show Ultraviolet, the vampire show that gave us Idris Elba. Fans of this series will find a lot of memories in Southwark, particularly on a night visit to Southwark Bridge.
A lot of filming is done in London and a visit to many of the main London sights will bring back memories of scenes from any number of hit sci-fi shows. Buckingham Palace only narrowly missed being destroyed by the spaceship Titanic in the Dr Who Christmas special Voyage of the Damned. Big Ben is where Rose Tyler, wearing a Union Jack T-shirt and in one of her more precarious situations, dangled out of the TARDIS in The Empty Child, only to be rescued by one Captain Jack Harkness. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was where the Dr Who Episode The Shakespeare Code was filmed.
A lot of filming, particularly for high-profile shows, is never publicised but word soon gets out, especially in city locations where it is hard to keep secret. So it is worth keeping your eyes peeled and checking for breaking London news for your chance to get a look at some sci-fi heroes in action.
Breaking Bad Season 3 Comes to the UK… On DVD
Breaking Bad Season 3
Okay, I know it’s not quite the news we were all hoping for, and I’m still amazed they still haven’t worked out a deal to bring Breaking Bad Season 3 to our tvs – But, at (long… loooong) last, the 3rd season of the critically acclaimed Breaking Bad is finally (legally) going to be available in the UK on the 14th of May 2012.
The critically acclaimed series stars Bryan Cranston, winner of three Best Actor Emmys for his role as Walter White, chemistry teacher turned drug dealer and Aaron Paul (TV’s “Big Love”), Emmy winner (Best Supporting Actor) for his portrayal of Walter’s partner-in-crime, Jesse Pinkman. Breaking Bad also stars Anna Gunn (TV’s “Deadwood”), Dean Norris (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Betsy Brandt (TV’s “Back When We Were Grownups”), and RJ Mitte. Featuring all 13 episodes, the third season release is packed with special features including deleted scenes, cast & crew commentary on five episodes, four all-new behind-the-scenes featurettes, mini video podcasts and much more!
Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season DVD will be available for £29.99.
Sony Entertainment Television To Air Community, Season 2!
Community Season 2 UK
News recently came to light that Viva had drop the critically acclaimed US comedy ‘Community‘. This made UK television viewers very sad…
However, Community fans, can dry those tears!
News has just come to GeekTown that Sony Entertainment Television (Sky 157/Virgin 193) will be launching season 2 of ‘Community‘, exclusively in UK on Tuesday 10th April at 10.30pm!
Created by Dan Harmon (“The Sarah Silverman Program”), “Community” is a smart comedy series about a band of misfits who attend Greendale Community College. At the centre of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, “The Soup”), a fast-talking lawyer whose degree has been revoked.
With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work. Also among the series stars are comedy legend Chevy Chase (“Chuck”), Gillian Jacobs (“The Book of Daniel”), Yvette Nicole Brown (“Rules of Engagement”), Danny Pudi (“Greek”), Alison Brie (“Mad Men”), Donald Glover (“30 Rock”), Ken Jeong (“The Hangover”) and Academy-Award® winning screenwriter Jim Rash.
“Community” is a Krasnoff Foster Entertainment, Harmonious Claptrap, Russo Brothers production, Universal Media Studios production in association with Sony Pictures Television. Harmon serves as an executive producer along with Russ Krasnoff (“The Soloist”), Joe Russo (“Arrested Development”), Anthony Russo (“Arrested Development”), Garrett Donovan (“Scrubs”), Neil Goldman (“Scrubs”) and Gary Foster (“The Soloist”).
For more UK Premiere Dates, take a look at our UK Air Dates page!
New and Returning shows on UK TV in March!
As we are just at the start of a new month I though i’d highlight a few of the new and returning shows coming in March that the residents of GeekTown are really looking forward to!
Castle, Season 4
The Nathon Fillion cop/writer drama ‘Castle‘ returns to Alibi for it’s 4th season, and after the dramatic and shocking conclusion to season 3, the tension continues into the start of season 4. This season also sees the inclusion of a new regular cast member, in the form of Penny Johnson Jerald (that’s Sherry Palmer to the 24 fans!)
Castle, Season 4 returns to Alibi on the 7th March at 9pm.
Touch, Season 1
Kiefer Sutherland is back! This time not as a hard-as-nails CTU agent, but as Martin Bohm, a father to Jake, his mute son, who’s obsession with numbers seem to allow him to predict future events… Touch is written by Heroes creator Tim Kring, and is due to air on Sky 1 later this month. Definitely one to watch out!
Touch, Season 1 will air on Sky 1 on the 20th March at 8pm.
Dexter, Season 6
Dexter is arriving much earlier than usual this year, as everyone’s favourite serial killer makes his return to FXUK. Set a year after the events of season 5, Dexter’s head is very much back in the serial killing game. This season is also has a number of notable guest stars including Colin Hanks, Edward James Olmos and Mos Def.
Dexter, Season 6 airs on FX UK on the 30th March 2012 at 10pm.
