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Updated the previous entry with the latest reviews and articles for "The Norman Conquests" on Broadway.

More4 will show the drama documentary about Christian Bernard "The first new heart" on Saturday 14th February at 9pm

ITV3 are repeating "Under the Greenwood Tree" on Sunday 22nd Feb at 5.50pm

The Canadian station CBC will show "Marple: A pocket full of Rye"on Sunday 22nd February at 8pm EST

The Old Vic's production of "The Norman Conquests" will transfer to Broadway in April. According to the reports, all of the original cast will reprise their roles at the Circle in the Square theatre for a 4 month run ending in July. You can read more about this story at Playbill

I've updated the website this week with reviews for "The Norman Conquests".

Particularly loved this one which appeared in todays Times:

"...Ben Miles, as Tom, the gentle, awkward, utterly useless vet who might just, one day, pluck up the courage to ask Annie out. Cleverly cast as by far the best-looking of the three men, Miles nevertheless radiates negative sexuality and stammering nonpassion. His decency is exceeded only by his dullness. Even the neat way he rolls up his shirtsleeves is eloquent."

- Christopher Hart, The Times

First night photos: Photos at Getty
Photos as Whatsonstage.com

Interview with the cast in The Times

Video interview with Stephen Mangan and Jessica Hynes on the BBC website in which there is a clip from "Round and Round the Garden" which features Ben. I'm not sure if this content is viewable outside of the UK so try it and see!

Screenshots for "Trial and Retribution and "The Government Inspector" and some icons added.

Ben will be returning to the Old Vic again this Autumn/Winter in the Alan Ayckbourn trilogy of plays "The Norman Conquests". You can find out more information and book tickets here at the Old Vic website.

Lots of updates to the calendar on the website.

Wish I could get BBC Prime, "A thing called love" hasn't been repeated here in the UK but they seem to show it quite a lot!

In 1999, Ben appeared in an episode of "The Bill" called "Cover Stories". You can watch this episode online at YouTube.

There are also 2 photos of Ben from the new film "Ninja Assassin" over at the RAIN JUNG JI HOON blogspot site.

More4 are repeating "The Government Inspector" on June 20th at 9pm. Hopefully I'll catch it this time as I've managed to miss it each time it's been shown so far!.

Also, Ben is in the Radio 4 afternoon play next Saturday [14th June] which is "Plenty". Also starring Miranda Richardson, Hattie Morahan and Michael Gould.

Ben can currently be seen in the film "Speed Racer" as race commentator Cass Jones. You can visit the films official website or check out a trailer which features Ben.

Screenshots for "Lark Rise" episodes 9 and 10 are now here

TV to watch out for:

22nd May: Hustle, Virgin 1, 10pm

Radio to watch out for:

4th May: The Reef Omnibus, BBC 7, 8am

The site's had a bit of a re-design. Hopefully everything is working but if you should find any broken links, missing images etc, then please let me know.

There have been lots of new links added and also a new layout for the CV sections which should make finding scans, images, etc easier to find on the site.

Screenshots for "Lark Rise" Episodes 1-8 have also been added.

My 'Lark Rise' dvds arrived today! I'll be screencapping the episodes for the website next week and will post here when they're uploaded. In the meantime, I've put a selection of screencaps from the 'Making of' featurette in which Ben is interviewed here.

A few updates for your calendar:

8th April, BBC1, 11.15pm : The Wings of the Dove
18th April, BBC 7 [Radio], 11.00am : The Goverment Inspector

Various sources are reporting that Julia Mackenzie's first case as the new Miss Marple will be "A pocket full of Rye" and have released a star-studded cast list for this adaptation, including Ben.

"Julia and Wendy will be joined by a stellar cast which boasts the likes of Matthew Mcfadyen, Rupert Graves, Helen Baxendale, Lucy Cohu, Prunella Scales and Ralf Little.

Other stars set to appear in the mystery - which is based on the nursery rhyme Sing A Song Of Sixpence - include Ben Miles, Liz White, Anna Madeley, Joseph Beattie and Hattie Morahan"
- this is nottingham

If you want to view some clips of Ben as Claudio in the BBC's 1994 Performance production of 'Measure for Measure', then visit this site.

Last years pilot episode of 'Freezing' has been turned into a series which will air on consecutive nights on BBC2 at 10pm from Wednesday 20th February. Ben reprises his role of Stephen in all 3 episodes. Find out more at the BBC Press Office site. The dvd of this series is due to be released on 30th March.

"Lark Rise to Candleford" has also been given a second series. More info here. The dvd of the first series is due to be released on April 7th

Happy New Year folks :)

Some calendar updates for those of you in the UK:

"Trouble" are repeating "Ed Stone is dead" from 20th January. Haven't seen this one repeated very often so catch it while you can!

"Lark rise to Candleford" begins its 10-part Sunday evening run on January 13th on BBC1 at 8pm.

It's Christmas so another helping of Ben and Keeley, this time for our friends in the States!

Under The Greenwood Tree, BBC America: Premieres Sunday, December 23rd at 8pm et/pt.

DRAMA: After Thomas
On: ITV1 Central (103)
Date: Sunday 6th January 2008 (starting in 19 days)
Time: 16:00 to 18:00 (2 hours long)

Drama starring Keeley Hawes and Ben Miles. True story of how a couple desperate to connect with their autistic son find an unexpected answer to their problems. Six-year old Kyle Graham is scared of everything and retreats into the security of his autistic world. But his parents fear for his future if he cannot learn to interact with others, putting a strain on their marriage in the process. Could Thomas, a golden retriever puppy make a difference in this unhappy household?
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described)

Starring: Keeley Hawes, Ben Miles, Andrew Byrne, Sheila Hancock, Duncan Preston

"Lark rise to Candleford" will begin early in the new year on BBC1 - sometime during the week of January 12-18th. Even money on it being another Sunday night drama ;)

Read the Press Office release

Over the Christmas holidays I will be giving the website a much needed 'overhaul' and possibly a new look, so if there's anything you'd like to see on there then drop me a line via the website.

:)