IT Crowd Creator Graham Linehan Bringing the Geeky British Sitcom Back For One Last Episode

During a Q&A session at the German re:publica digital conference, IT Crowd creator and writer Graham Linehan announced that he is bringing the award-winning geeky British sitcom and cast members (Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry) back to Channel 4 for one last special forty-minute episode. According to Bleeding Cool, this final episode is to be filmed in three weeks time. The script for the special was written over a year ago, but due to a pregnancy and the actors being busy in other TV and film projects, it was postposed. Haven’t seen IT Crowd or need to catch up? All four seasons are available to watch via Netflix, Hulu and Channel 4.

via Laughing Squid.

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The History of Television

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Mark Sheppard really should play Avon in Syfy’s Blake’s 7 reboot

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

Syfy is apparently racing ahead at speed Standard by Six with its remake of Blake’s 7, the classic British show about criminals who join a political prisoner to fight an evil space empire. This show will live and die based on the character of Avon, and there’s one actor who’s uniquely qualified to play him.

Avon, of course, is the sarcastic computer expert who is both an indispensible part of Blake’s crew and a huge liability to Blake — likely to betray the rebel leader at any time. In the original BBC version, writers Terry Nation and (more likely) Chris Boucher gave Avon the lion’s share of the insanely quotable dialogue, with a sharp barb for absolutely every occasion. And yet, Avon also shows immense vulnerability, and develops one of the all-time great conflicted love stories with Blake, the man he says he wants to be free of.

Read the full article @ io9.com.

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New Blakes 7 coming to SyFy

You can read the press release over on io9. But I just want to point out that it looks like the new version, beyond giving Blake a dead wife to avenge, is going to be using an apostrophe in the title. Blasphemy!

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Reality TV

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Have you ever noticed the similarities between The Walking Dead and Toy Story?

This guy has:

See it all @ Imgur.com.

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What kind of A/V connector is this?

I’m 42 years old and have been dealing with A/V equipment since the early 80s but I have never seen this connector before on my life. It’s on the back of the Commission’s VCR: the blue one labeled “TV (OUT)”. Can anyone fill me in?

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QR Codes on Alzatraz

I was watching episode 2 of J.J. Abrams’ Alcatraz last night and I noticed a QR code:

I was unable to get a good enough freeze frame to scan it but according to the one location online that mentioned this, someone claimed it resolved to “F82F3”. After some searching I was able to determine that it’s an invalid unicode character…

Anyone have any ideas?

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What Packard Bell through of libraries back in 1996

I was clearing off some Zip Disks this evening (remember those?) and found this video. What I want to know is where can I get one of those snazzy red library uniforms?

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The Origin of Sesame Street

As a child of the 70s, I recently read Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street and enjoyed it thoroughly. That experience only may this, the pitch film from 1969 all the more interesting.

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