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This is an archive of news about Sci-fi. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

'Friends', 'Office' pair unite for BBC3
From Digital Spy. Posted July 11 2008, 3.16pm
Comedy heavyweights from the US and UK team up for a new sci-fi comedy series for BBC Three. (more)

Heroes pulls in 3.7 million viewers on BBC2
From Media Guardian. Posted April 25 2008, 9.53am
The return of the US sci-fi drama import Heroes pulled in 3.7 million viewers to BBC2. By Ben Dowell (more)

Sky One to remake sci-fi hit Blake's 7
From The Stage. Posted April 24 2008, 2.00pm
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Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror extends hours
From Digital Spy. Posted April 10 2008, 9.00am
Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror will gain additional hours in May. (more)

ITV4 gets new stylised US sci-fi series
From Digital Spy. Posted April 7 2008, 2.51pm
ITV4 takes UK rights to a stylised sci-fi series from the makers of Stargate SG-1. (more)

ITV's unearths third Primeval series
From Media Guardian. Posted January 30 2008, 7.22am
ITV1 sci-fi drama Primeval has been commissioned for a third series less than halfway through transmission of its second run. By Maria Esposito (more)

ITV unearths third Primeval series
From Media Guardian. Posted January 30 2008, 7.22am
ITV1 sci-fi drama Primeval has been commissioned for a third series less than halfway through transmission of its second run. By Maria Esposito (more)

Premium Gallery goes Sci-Fi
From Rapid TV News. Posted January 13 2008, 2.16am
Sci-Fi, the NBC Universal Global Networks TV channel brand, will be one of the main daily programming blocks on Italy's new TV channel Steel. (more)

Video: Carling launches £14m TV campaign
From Media Guardian. Posted November 23 2007, 10.03am
Watch Carling's launching a £14m TV campaign, complete with special effects by the wizards from Danny Boyle's sci-fi film Sunshine (more)

Roly Keating secures Heroes for BBC2
From Media Guardian. Posted September 3 2007, 1.00am
3.45pm: BBC2 has secured exclusive rights to hit sci-fi show Heroes from series three onwards. By Ben Dowell. (more)

The decade that television forgot
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2007, 1.00am
The thirtysomething drama is under siege from crime shows and sci-fi. Danny Brocklehurst says shaky love lives and career woes make for proper drama. (more)

Sir Patrick Moore Blames Women for Bad TV
From Merry Media. Posted May 8 2007, 2.16am
Sir Patrick Moore has blamed women for poor tv. He gave his thoughts on female newsreaders: "these jokey women are not for me". He also blamed women as the reason why he stopped watching Doctor Who and other sci-fi shows.. (more)

Sky Movies to sponsor Sci-Fi film fest
From Digital Spy. Posted April 13 2007, 11.34am
Highlighting its move it genre-based movie channels, Sky Movies is to sponsor the Sci-Fi-London film festival. (more)

Actor George Sewell dies
From Digital Spy. Posted April 11 2007, 11.42am
Actor famous for roles in 70s shows Special Branch and cult sci-fi series UFO, dies aged 83. (more)

NBC Universal unveils international TV growth plan
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 4 2007, 3.24pm
NBC Universal plans to launch 20 TV channels across Europe, Asia and Latin America in a drive to more than double broadcasting revenue outside the United States over the next two to three years. NBC said today that existing channels, such as Sci-Fi and 13th Street, would be launched in new markets including Portugal, Hungary, [...] (more)

Doctor Who Will Return for 4th Series
From Merry Media. Posted March 22 2007, 1.50am
Russell T Davies - the Executive Producer of Doctor Who has confirmed that a fourth series will be made of the BBC One sci-fi drama.. (more)

Screen life: Ben Miller
From Media Guardian. Posted February 5 2007, 12.00am
Ben Miller, senior civil servant James Lester in ITV1's £6m sci-fi drama, Primeval, talks to Elisabeth Mahoney. (more)

Weekend Spy: Job Spec - Cameron McAllister
From Digital Spy. Posted February 4 2007, 12.00am
This week: Cameron McAllister, executive producer on new ITV1 sci-fi drama Primeval. (more)

Watch the trailer for ITV1's Primeval
From Media Guardian. Posted February 2 2007, 12.00am
Watch the promo for ITV1's new sci-fi drama Primeval, launching next weekend. By Jason Deans. (more)

Future's sci-fi and fantasy bible reveals guide to Japanese animation
From Brand Republic. Posted December 1 2006, 11.12am
LONDON - Future's SFX magazine is offering a taste of the world of anime with an issue devoted to the popular Japanese animation. (more)

Miranda Raison Stars in Doctor Who
From Merry Media. Posted November 2 2006, 4.46pm
Miranda Raison will be starring in the 3rd series of BBC Sci-Fi drama Doctor Who it has been reported. She will play a sexy showgirl apparently.. (more)

Sci-Fi Channel appoints Sky Media to handle sales
From Brand Republic. Posted October 16 2006, 11.10am
LONDON - Sky Media, BSkyB's advertising sales division, has won the contract to handle UK ad sales for the Sci-Fi Channel. (more)

Doctor Who named longest-running sci-fi TV show
From Brand Republic. Posted September 29 2006, 8.09am
LONDON - The BBC's 'Doctor Who' has won a place in the record books as the longest-running science fiction television show. (more)

Jack Dee Wants a Part in Doctor Who
From Merry Media. Posted September 21 2006, 8.50pm
Jack Dee has said in an interview that he would like to have a guest part in the next series of hit BBC sci-fi drama Doctor Who.. (more)

Stargate: SG-1 Axed
From Merry Media. Posted August 23 2006, 3.44pm
After 10 seasons of episodes and having the title of the longest running sci-fi series in the United States, Stargate: SG-1 has been axed - and will end next May when the current season finishes. The show haslow ratings but this is not the reason why it is being axed according to the Sci-Fi Channel. Producers are going to tie up loose ends in the programme. Remaining cast members will be transferred over to spin-off show Stargate: Atlantis - which has been commissioned for a fourth season for 2007. SG-1 stars Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge, Beau Bridges and Claudia Black.. (more)

BBC Three Autumn Season
From Merry Media. Posted July 24 2006, 3.01pm
This autumn on BBC Three sees a season of bold, contemporary programmes with Torchwood, the new drama from writer Russell T Davies, as its centrepiece. Starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles, Torchwood is a sci-fi crime thriller which tells the story of a crack squad of secret agents, settling their own rules and operating above the law to protect the public from both human and alien threats. Continuing with drama, Max Beesley returns in a feature length finale of the critically-acclaimed and gripping 'Bodies'.. (more)

C4 spoof Garth Marenghi sold to US
From The Stage. Posted July 10 2006, 11.45am
Channel 4 series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, which was created by Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade, has been bought by the US Sci-Fi Channel. (more)

BBC to revive more 70s sci-fi
From Media Guardian. Posted July 10 2006, 7.51am
8am: The BBC is in talks to buy the rights to 1970s sci-fi series Survivors, which was created by the man behind the original Doctor Who and Blake's 7. By Ben Dowell. (more)

BBC set to revive more 70s sci-fi
From Media Guardian. Posted July 10 2006, 7.51am
8am: The BBC is in talks to buy the rights to 1970s sci-fi series Survivors, which was created by the man behind the original Doctor Who and Blake's 7. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Ecclestone set to star in Sky's remake of The Prisoner
From Brand Republic. Posted May 4 2006, 11.05am
LONDON - Having taken on one sci-fi icon in 'Doctor Who', Christopher Ecclestone is set to take on another as he is lined up to star as Number Six in Sky One remake of 1960s classic 'The Prisoner', which will be produced by Granada. (more)

Doctor Who takes on flesh-eating bugs and the Almighty
From The Independent. Posted March 30 2006, 12.00am
It has already revived the Daleks and carried a clear anti-war message. Now the writers of BBC's hit revival of sci-fi classic Doctor Who plan to mix current affairs and television nostalgia with plotlines inspired by subjects ranging from the MRSA epidemic to Hammer Horror films. (more)

Hyperdrive gets second series
From Media Guardian. Posted February 14 2006, 7.01am
8am: The BBC has ordered a second series of sci-fi sitcom Hyperdrive, featuring Spaced star Nick Frost. By Jason Deans. (more)

American sci-fi fans travel back in time for Doctor Who
From Brand Republic. Posted January 13 2006, 11.01am
LONDON – BBC's 'Doctor Who' is to be screened in the US on the Sci-Fi Channel in a deal struck by the broadcaster and BBC Worldwide Americas. (more)

American Acquisitions: Is the flow of US quality TV drying up?
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
For a US series to become a hit in the UK, it must work on both sides of the pond, otherwise the US network pulls it and we're left with nothing to air. But US viewers aren't watching that many new shows this season. Only two bona-fide hits have emerged: Ugly Betty, already airing here on Channel 4, and Heroes, which debuted on the Sci-Fi channel last week. To adapt the old saying, American audiences sneeze and British networks get a cold. (more)