John Barrowman: scheduled guest on 'Fern Britton meets ...'

 

Fern Britton Meets... John Barrowman

Series 4 Episode 2 of 5

Duration: 1 hour

Known to some as Captain Jack Harkness, John Barrowman is an actor, a singer, a writer and an all-round showman who describes himself as an entertainer with a capital E.
Fern Britton meets the man with a dual personality, born in Scotland but brought up in the United States. Barrowman talks frankly about what drives him on - and the beliefs that underpin his life.Sun 2 Dec 2012 10:00 BBC One
Source: BBC   

John Barrowman on Black Friday, Pirating Music, Call Of Duty
John Barrowman tackles today's top issues, like how we have to deal with another Black Friday, the latest study about people who illegally download music, and the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 flu epidemic.

Source: G4TV

John Barrowman: 'Hollow Earth' signings, Attack of the Show schedule

Public appearances
Hollow Earth
(US release 30 October)
Signings:
30 October - 7.00pm The Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL 60077
31 October - 7.00pm Anderson's Bookshop, Naperville, IL 60540
2 November - 7.00pm Alverno College Wehr Hall, Milwaukee, WI 53234
3 November - 6.00pm The Red Balloon Bookshop, MN 55105
24 November - 4.00pm Just Fabulous, Palm Springs, CA92262
Source: John Barrowman (official site)
Review of Hollow Earth at Star Tribune


Attack of the Show
As G4 finalizes plans for a channel makeover in 2013, the young male-skewing network will conclude the runs of its two signature series, Attack of the Show and X-Play. Both long-running shows will wrap up production at the end of this year.
Attack of the Show and X-Play will continue to roll out new episodes through December. Leading up to their finales, a rotating lineup of guest co-hosts will join Attack of the Show hosts Candace Bailey and Sara Underwood, including John Barrowman, Michael Ian Black, Josh Myers, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Horatio Sanz. Various stars are also expected to join X-Play hosts Morgan Webb and Blair Herter on their show.
Read more at TV Guide 
John Barrowman's official site has a full schedule of John's appearances in November

John Barrowman: new show, project updates, book review

• Attack of the Show

G4TV have uploaded more videos from John Barrowman's hosting week:

John Barrowman on Japanese poop bikes and football
John Barrowman on HBO, the economy, and Stripper Laws  
John Barrowman kicks off football season!

• Arrow

The Examiner has 'Arrow' cast photos and spoilers: more on John Barrowman's role
Read more here

Also reported, with a video preview, by Digital Spy

• Make My Musical  

Broadway World TV exclusive: John Barrowman announces MAKE MY MUSICAL reality show 
With the success of musical-themed shows like “Smash” and “Glee,” Broadway is truly taking TV by storm and VPE’s “Make My Musical” is poised to be the next big thing. 

VPE is looking for talented troupes (consisting of 8-12 members) of Broadway performers-- as well as a panel of experts to join Broadway veteran John Barrowman. In the video below, Barrowman introduces the new reality series! 

This series will ultimately follow ONE troupe as they prepare to mount a musical theater review in New York City Theatre. And luckily they've got an amazing team of award winning talent (some of Broadway and West End's most decorated talent, musical directors and choreographers) to help along the way.
For additional information, visit: http://makemymusical.com/ 

Source (with video): Broadway World 

• Torchwood: Exodus Code - review

Release Date: 13 September 2012
368 pages | £16.99 (hardback)/£16.00 (audiobook)
Authors: John Barrowman and Carole E Barrowman
Publisher: BBC Books 

John Barrowman’s ongoing quest to be a sort of Saturday night renaissance man continues. As well as his acting, presenting and singing careers, he can now add “novelist” to his CV. Exodus Code, co-written with sister Carole, is his second book this year (the first, Hollow Earth, being a standalone Young Adult novel).
It’s a Jack-centric tale, set in the aftermath of the Torchwood gang’s recent American adventure. While the rest of the world is recovering from Miracle Day, Gwen is down in the dumps. Confined to the house with baby Anwen, she flips out and attacks Rhys. She’s not the only one feeling a bit off; hundreds of women around the world are having violent breakdowns. The answer may lie in an event from Jack’s past… Yes, again.
This is clearly intended to be Torchwood‘s first “event” book, and it largely succeeds. With a globe-trotting storyline that encompasses all the surviving regulars, it’s easy to imagine this as the show’s fifth season. The writing is competent and crammed with references sure to please hardened ‘woodies.
It takes an age to get going, mind. The first part, where Jack crashes a biplane then lolls around tripping his tits off for 90 pages is a bit of a chore, and the whole book is in need of a good trim. It’s frequently daft and cheesy, and there are some inevitable Garth Marenghi-isms, with numerous characters gazing lustfully at Jack, but hey, that’s Torchwood.

Reviewer: Will Salmon
Source: SFX
 

John Barrowman, Scarlett Strallen, BBC Concert Orchestra
The singers and orchestra, with conductor Larry Blank, perform a tribute to the singer and dancer, Gene Kelly.
Where: Hackney Empire
When: Sep 19, 8pm
Genre: Gigs - rock
Cost: £20-£35
Source: View London

John Barrowman: Attack of the Show clips, book signing dates, DragonCon appearance

• Attack of the Show 

John Barrowman on Apple, Scientology, Teen Wolf 
John Barrowman gives his take on today's current events, like the latest Apple iPhone 5 rumors, allegations about Scientology and Tom Cruise, as well as the Internet's favorite Teen Wolf couple. 
 

Source: G4TV 

John Barrowman on Teen Wolf, Shipping & AfterElton 
John Barrowman talks about the latest controversy over an Entertainment Weekly poll on shipping, fandom and same sex couples. Now AfterElton.com is responding with their own poll and John tells us why you should vote for Doctor Who/Captain Jack!

Source: G4TV

• Torchwood: Exodus Code 

John Barrowman will be attending a number of book signing events during the next few weeks. Check out the dates and venues at John's official site here

• Doctor Whooligan on the road: Dragon*con 2012 Day One & Two – Barrowman and McCoy  

 Day one of Dragoncon was all about John Barrowman. The actor treated the exuberant audience to showing off his bum during his opening panel. Barrowman answered questions and laughed it up with his fans during his one hour panel with Kai Owen. Owen appeared on stage with Barrowman and it was obvious the two actors have great chemistry together. Owen treated the crowed to an excerpt of The Tempest in Welsh along with several great stories about filming Torchwood. 

The Doctor Who 2013 panel offered a chance for fans to discuss and postulate on what could be in store for Whovians in 2013. A discussion of what plans could be in motion for the 50th anniversary dominated the panel along with ideas for who should return for this special event. 

Read more at Anglotopia

John Barrowman: Fan Expo panel, and project updates

John Barrowman Q&A at Fan Expo 2012

Torchwood star John Barrowman took part in a Q&A session at Canada's FanExpo 2012 in Toronto at the weekend.

Watch the full Q&A...

Source: Cult Box 

Also reported by Spin Off 

People Roundup: John Barrowman

John Barrowman has popped up in the news a bit, recently, covering both his career and personal ambitions.

Talking about other shows he'd like to do in America, the actor said: "I would love to be on one of those wonderfully edgy cable TV series like True Blood or The Walking Dead.". And "I’d like to do a North American version of this British TV series of mine (Tonight's The Night), where people’s performance dreams come true." [Toronto Star, 10 Aug 2012]

Speaking of which, the actor will join the cast of a new comic book-based action drama series Arrow, which kicks off in the Autumn. His character is under wraps at present, described only as a "well-dressed man who is as mysterious as he is wealthy". [Entertainment Weekly, 15 Aug 2012]

One show he might well consider would be the revival of hit American soap Dallas: "My motto is that I only ever do programmes that interest me rather than doing them for money. It always comes across better if your heart and soul are in it. Since I was a kid, Dallas was part of my growing up and I even wrote about it in my first autobiography. On a Friday night, as a family, everything would stop at 9pm and we would sit and watch Dallas." The actor will be presenting a behind-the-scenes show, John Barrowman's Dallas on Wednesday evenings on Channel 5. [Express, 26 Aug 2012]

Another appearance next week for the actor, this time as a guest on G4's Attack of the Show!, whose host Candace Bailey he worked alongside during G4's Comic-Con earlier this year. [BroadwayWorld, 20 Aug 2012]

Source: DoctorWho News 

John Barrowman to be replaced by younger Captain Jack in Doctor Who anniversary episode?

Looks like naughty Captain Jack could be Doctor Who’s new version of River Song. Whispers from a well placed source tell us that 2013 will see the appearance of a young Jack Harkness. Writers are setting up the possibility of the characters involvement in the 50th anniversary without it becoming burdened by difficult current Torchwood continuity brought on by it’s last series and the question of John Barrowman actually being available now he is working in the USA more and more.

It would also make sense where the Doctor/Jack timeline is concerned. With Jack’s memory loss in later life he wouldn’t remember the Doctor the ‘first’ time they met (when he was the Ninth Doctor,) and he wouldn’t remember the ‘real’ first time they met because it would not happen until he was the Eleventh. It would make for a reverse River story with the Doctor now in River’s situation. Confusing, yes, but Moffat loves to cause confusion.

Just one problem: who would be capable to pull of a new version of a part made so legendary by John Barrowman?

Source: Divine Varod 

David Tennant: appearances and project updates

• Television Critics Association

On Wednesday 1st August, David Tennant appeared at the at Television Critics Association Summer Tour in Beverley Hills to help promote The Spies Of Warsaw.
Although the BBC America panel was only 15 minutes in length it gave about a hundred television journalists the chance to talk to David and the writers and to watch a clip of the drama which wil start being broadcast in the US in November.

Some journalists also interviewed David later too.
More details about David Tennant at the Television Critics Association can be found here. 
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

• Attack Of The Show

On Thursday 2nd August, an interview with David Tennant was broadcast on the programme Attack On The Show in the US and Canada.
Attack Of The Show is geared towards the male viewers as the description on the G4TV website says "Welcome to TV's only source for all the stuff you care about from the coolest viral videos to the hottest new gadgets, comics and movies. Attack of the Show gets it before it gets out."
Attack Of The Show was broadcast at 7pm ET on G4 in America (repeated at 2am) and at the same time on G4 TechTV in Canada. It was also shown in Australia on the channel Fuel at 4.30pm the following day.
Click here to watch a video of the full interview. 
More information on David Tennant on Attack On The Show can be found here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

David Tennant Talks Spies Of Warsaw & Doctor Who

David Tennant joins Matt Mira in studio to share the latest on his upcoming miniseries, The Spies of Warsaw, on BBC America and what life is like as the most popular Doctor Who.

Source: G4TV 

Also reported by BBC America 

• Broadchurch

David Tennant will start filming Broadchurch in Somerset and the Bristol area on Monday 13th August 2012 and it will be broadcast on ITV during early 2012.
Inspired by the series The Killing, David's 8 part series is written by Chris Chibnall, directed by James Strong and produced by Richard Stokes for Kudos Productions.
David Tennant will play a gritty detective who investgates crimes which other policeman have been unable to solve.
More information can be found here. 
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

Town to become star of ITV drama
A new ITV drama starring David Tennant will be filmed in Clevedon from this month with shops, houses and a church to be used as integral locations throughout.
Kudos Film and Television will produce the eight-part drama, entitled Broadchurch, which will centre around a murder investigation in a fictitious Dorset town of the same name.
Hill Road will be used to represent Broadchurch High Street, where a number of exterior scenes will be shot.
The former Seeley’s Newsagent in Hill Road will be adapted, both inside and out, to turn it into the offices of local newspaper, The Broadchurch Echo. The film company is also in talks to use another property in Hill Road as a key location.
A number of scenes will also be shot in the West End area of the town, around Marshall’s Field and Clevedon Pill. Two private houses in St Andrews Drive and Lavington Close will be used to represent the homes of some of the characters and St Andrew’s Church will represent the Broadchurch parish church.
Filming is due to begin on August 13 and will run until the end of November, mostly in North Somerset. Some scenes will also be shot in West Dorset.
David Tennant, a star of film, theatre and TV, will be joined by Olivia Coleman, star of Peep Show and Twenty Twelve, in the lead roles as the police officers heading up the murder investigation. They will be joined by BAFTA-winning actress Vicky McClure.

The story will explore what happens to a small community when it suddenly becomes the focus of a major event and is subjected to the full glare of the media spotlight.
Writer Chris Chibnall said: “Broadchurch focuses on a small British community which finds itself at the eye of a storm. In the wake of one boy’s death, the residents of Broadchurch come under scrutiny and suspicion.”
All eight episodes, to be screened in 2013, will be filmed in order, meaning cast and crew will return to Clevedon a number of times over the coming months. The team will set up a base in the Salthouse Fields car park when filming in Clevedon, consisting of trailers for costume and make-up, a mobile kitchen, toilets and a mobile dining facility.
When filming in Hill Road, vehicles carrying technical equipment will be parked in The Regent car park.
Source: The Weston Mercury 

• The Politician’s Husband

David Tennant has just completed filming The Politician's Husband in and around London.
David attended the read-through and a photo shoot on Saturday 9th June and started filming on Monday 11th June 2012. The final day of filming was Wednesday 25th July.
The drama will air as a series of three one hour programmes during early 2013 on BBC Two.
The Politician's Husband is a drama exploring what happens in a political marriage when the wife becomes more successful than her husband.Emily Watson will play his wife and Ed Stoppard is also in the drama which was written by Paula Milne.
More information can be found here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter
 

• Twenty Twelve DVD

On Monday 6 August, the second series of the David Tennant narrated Twenty Twelve will be released on DVD in the UK and Europe. For £2 more you can buy both Series One and Series Two together.Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• On Her Majesty's Secret Service audiobook

The audiobook (on both download and CD) of On Her Majesty's Secret Service is available to pre-order via the AudioGo website. David Tennant reads On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the audio CD also features a bonus interview with David.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

AudioGo have a competition to win a David Tennant signed copy of the hardback book of On Her Majesty's Secret Service if you pre-order the CD or download from them.

The CD version of David Tennant reading On Her Majesty's Secret Service is £4.01 cheaper (at £10.99) if you purchase it via the BBC Shop. It is available for pre-order and will be released on 6th September.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

John Barrowman: forthcoming appearances

Forthcoming appearances

• Attack of the Show G4 TV

John will be a guest presenter on G4's nightly Attack of the Show from Tuesday, 4 September to Friday, 7 September inclusive.

G4 is a cable network channel available in the USA. Attack of the Show is live weeknights at 7.00pm Eastern Time.

• The BBC 999 Awards

You'll be able to see John presenting an award on the BBC 999 Awards on BBC1 at 8.00pm on Thursday, 16 August 2012.

The awards show (pre-recorded) is presented by Kirsty Young and Lenny Henry.

• Fan Expo Canada 2012

John will be at the Fan Expo Canada 2012, which is due to take place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 23 to 26 August. John will attend for three days, from 24 to 26 August.

Fan Expo Canada is the third largest pop culture event in North America, featuring comics, sci-fi, anime, horror and gaming.

• Dragon*Con Atlanta

John is now confirmed as a guest at Dragon*Con which this year runs from 31 August to 3 September. This huge popular culture convention takes place each year in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and focuses on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film. John is currently expected to attend on the first three days.

Source (and more information): John Barrowman's official site

Tweet update by John Barrowman News:

John Barrowman is thrilled to support Down's Syndrome Scotland @DSScotland you can see more about their fantastic work http://t.co/KN1wtovw / http://www.johnbarrowman.com/fanzone/charityindex.shtml

Source: @Team_Barrowman on Twitter