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Top Gear Is Back! The new series of Top Gear starts tonight on BBC2 at 20:00 for us in the UK tonight and if the last series is anything to go by, it should be an alright watch. :) Harris, LeBlanc and Reid made for some enjoyable moments of motoring tv and this series is shaping up to be more of the same. Kind of hoping Harris tones down the 'grumpy old man' shtick, as it gets old fast, and that an improved genuine relationship forms between them. So, all I'm looking for is some good action, great visuals, awesome sounds, some top class driving, and a fair amount of banter. Should be easy, no? :p

Red Dwarf crew come back to earth 7 hours 25 mins ago Cult comedy Red Dwarf is returning to the small screen this Easter, 21 years since the science fiction series first blasted off. For eight series, Dave Lister wanted to return to his home planet. Now, at last, he has - in Red Dwarf: Back to Earth. Written and directed by Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor, the new show reunites Chris Barrie as Rimmer, Craig Charles as Lister, Danny John-Jules as Cat and Robert Llewellyn as Kryten. The two-part series Red Dwarf: Back to Earth, will kick start a Red Dwarf Easter weekend from Good Friday. This will be followed by Red Dwarf: Unplugged, a "no holds barred" episode with no sets, no effects - and no autocue. The weekend will climax with Red Dwarf: the Making of Back to Earth, a behind-the-scenes special from the new production. The offbeat series, set in space, has enjoyed phenomenal success since it first aired in 1988 on BBC2. It brought in more than eight million viewers for series eight, sold 7.25 million DVD and videos worldwide, broadcast in some 25 territories worldwide and won International Emmy and British Comedy Awards. From ITN via BTYahoo news

Get BBC iPlayer on your PS3! 3 Dec Oh yes! There is now a PS3 version of BBC iPlayer available for all UK owners. It’s all very simple, just go to the BBC iPlayer homepage to access the PS3 version. Now, as PS3 Fanboy points out, catching up with Merlin, Nevermind the Buzzcocks and Heroes has never been easier. Here’s to many nights of watching TV you missed yesterday because you were busy watching something from the day before! In all seriousness though, the iPlayer has only ever been held back by being only available on your computer, and now you have it on your TV. What could be better? from threespeech

Dream Team: Coulthard, Jordan join BBC F1 coverage Posted Nov 28th 2008 7:00AM by Noah Joseph Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, UK Remember how excited we got when rumors started flying about the short-list of candidates to host NBC's version of Top Gear? Well, the BBC's original version isn't about to change any time soon, but another motor-related program is coming to the Beeb, and racing fans over on the British Isles have been getting all hot and bothered as the BBC has won the contract to broadcast Formula One grands prix. And it's sure to be a star-studded cast. For starters, David Coulthard won't be staying in retirement long. After having ended his long racing career at the end of this past season, Coulthard will be joining the BBC coverage team. He'll be joined by former team owner Eddie Jordan, alongside sports anchor Jake Humphrey. BBC's radio coverage of the races will be handled by former driver and longtime commentator Martin Brundle along with Jonathan Legard, while Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie report from the pitlanes. Veteran commentator Murray Walker will stay on through the BBC Sport website, leaving the actual coverage to the new crop of talent. Hopefully we'll be able to understand half of what they're all saying. From Autoblog