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Interview with The Wire creator David Simon
FX have very kindly posted footage of Charlie Brooker’s fantastic interview with David Simon, co-creator of the one and only The Wire, where he ponders what early man’s storytelling might have been like punctuated by adverts, why Barack Obama lists the show in his top 10, and gives some hints as to what inspired the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Interview with The Wire creator David Simon", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/th..." });
Pick of the Day | Monday 11 August
8pm, CSI, Five US It’s an oldie but a goodie, as the team limber up for the annual Law Enforcement relay race (presumably this is the day when criminals schedule their biggest crimes). Worth watching for a truly classic Jerry Bruckheimer opening scene and some great Catherine/Grissom moments. Apparently the premise is based on a real-life [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Pick of the Day | Monday 11 August", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/va..." });
Pick of the Day | Monday 4 August
7pm, Will & Grace, Living If you’re fed up with the endless reruns of Friends and Sex and the City, look away now - Will & Grace is back again too! If you’re a fan though, it’s great news - Living are showing the very first episodes all over again, and not in a pre-teatime slot [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Pick of the Day | Monday 4 August", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/va..." });
Generation Kill | The new drama from the creators of The Wire
Here’s the trailer for gritty new drama Generation Kill, created by David Simon and Ed Burns, the men who brought you The Wire. The seven-part series, due to air early next year on FX, is based on a book by a reporter from Rolling Stone magazine who accompanied a Marine battalion on a tour of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Generation Kill | The new drama from the creators of The Wire", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/va..." })
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The first five minutes from tonight’s first episode
OK, look, it’s not as if we haven’t been banging on about this for days now. The fifth and final series of The Wire, aka the greatest TV drama ever made, starts tonight on FX at 10pm. It’s brilliant. You should watch it. End of. Don’t believe us? Below you will find the first five minutes [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The first five minutes from tonight’s first episode", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/th...
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The prequels
I’ve always been a fan of a good back-story and this trio of cute little prequels, cooked up by HBO as part of the publicity campaign for the fifth series when it aired in America earlier this year, are a real gem. The first clip, set in 1962, shows a young Proposition Joe hustling his way [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The prequels", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/th..." });
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | All hail The Wire’s No.1 fan, Mr Charlie Brooker
No man has done more to spread the word about The Wire than Charlie Brooker. The Guardian columnist and presenter of the superlative BBC4 TV review show Screenwipe has been championing the show for years now, fighting a one-man battle to get more people to watch it. You can read some of his articles on the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | All hail The Wire’s No.1 fan, Mr Charlie Brooker", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/th...
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Those series-end montages in full
Yesterday, as part of our week of posts building up to the start of the fifth series of The Wire on FX next Monday, we posted about the different versions of the Tom Waits song Down in the Hole that are used for the opening credits of each series. Today, we thought we’d take a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Those series-end montages in full", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/th..." }
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | A short clip from last night’s Culture Show interview with The Wire creator David Simon
Didn’t heed our advice yesterday and watch Lauren Laverne’s interview with The Wire creator David Simon on last night’s Culture Show? Well, here’s little clip to give you a taste of what you missed. The original programme is still available to view on the BBC’s iPlayer and will be repeated on BBC2 on Thursday at 11.20pm, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | A short clip from last night’s Culture Show interview with The Wire creator David Simon", url: "http:/
Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | 10 great moments from the first four series of The Wire
Hopefully, those one-minute recaps we posted yesterday will have whetted your appetite for some more choice moments from The Wire. And so, with no further ado, here are 10 of our favourite scenes… Please feel free to let us know if there are any others you think we should have included. 1) “The king stays the king…” [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | 10 great moments from the first four series of The Wire", url: "http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/th...
