News Archives 2008
News Archives 2007
News Archives 2006
News Archives 2005
News Archives 2004
News Archives 2003

2008

Bleak Expectations will be released on CD in the UK on March 3, 2008.

Persuasion will be released on DVD in North America on January 15, 2008.

Sensitive Skin will be released on DVD in the UK on February 25, 2008. 

According to an article in The Stage, Free Agents (show page) is likely to return as a full series. The pilot episode aired in November 2007 as part of a series of specials on Channel 4.

Please note this is not confirmed by anthonyhead.org nor by Channel 4. 

Anthony Head is scheduled to appear at the following UK conventions:

Collectormania Manchester This event will be held at the Central Hall in Manchester, March 8 and 9, 2008. For more details, please visit the event's website.

Bad Wolf This Doctor Who event will be held at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham, July 12 and 13, 2008. For more details, please visit the event's website.

Anthony Head and his partner Sarah Fisher will be appearing on an updated version on the ITV game show Mr. & Mrs. which tests couples' knowledge about each other. This version will feature celebrity couples competing for charity.

The date and time of the show are not yet known.

According to anthonyhead.org, the short film, Amelia and Michael will be screened at the British Film Institute on February 15, 2008 at 3:50 pm. Please visit the BFI website for more details.

The release dates of Hotel Babylon and Sensitive Skin on DVD have been updated:

Hotel Babylon, series 1 will be released in North America on February 26, 2008

Sensitive Skin, series 2 will be released in the UK on April 14, 2008 

An audio clip of a press conference, held a few months ago, with the cast of Repo! The Genetic Opera is available at Dread Central. (Thanks to Lola for pointing this out!)

On February 21, 2008, Anthony Head made a cameo appearance as himself on a BBC2 comedy called Freezing (show page). This is available on the Multimedia page (full show and clip)

Anthony Head and Sarah Fisher are starting a new charity to continue the work at Tilley Farm. Anthonyhead.org is holding a charity auction for a 30 minute phone call with Anthony.

For full details, please visit anthonyhead.org.

According to anthonyhead.org, Anthony Head will be appearing in an upcoming BBC series Merlin playing Uther Pendragon, father of King Arthur. The series will focus on the early years of Merlin.

Some preliminary information on the show can be read here

Tickets are available for filming of the upcoming game show Mr & Mrs on which Anthony Head and his partner Sarah Fisher are scheduled to appear. Anthony and Sarah are scheduled to film on Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 pm.

Ticket website

The UK DVD release date for series 2 of Sensitive Skin has been pushed back to May 12, 2008.

Sweeney Todd will be released on DVD in the US on April 1 and in the UK on May 19, 2008. Anthony Head had a brief uncredited cameo appearance. It is not yet know if additional scenes which may have been filmed are being included with the extras, but I will update if that is the case.

The Complete Manchild Collection has been pushed back once again, this time to April 6, 2009.

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Nescafe, a special photo spread will appear in Vanity Fair. This will include Anthony Head and Sharon Maughan who starred as the Gold Blend / Taster's Choice couple in a series of ads through the 1980s and 1990s.

Articles:

Mirror.co.uk This article includes a small photo from the new photo shoot.

Daily Record.co.uk This article mentions that there is behind the scenes footage at www.nescafe.co.uk, but I was unable to locate it. If anyone does find it, please let me know in the comments.

NBC announced their 2008 fall lineup and it will include Merlin, the BBC series which will be starring Anthony Head. It is an unusual move for one of the American networks to air a British series as part of their prime time lineup. More details as they become available.

Anthony Head is once again narrating Doctor Who Confidential, the behind the scenes look at each episode of Doctor Who. Episode 4.01 is available on the Multimedia page.

Some updates on previous news:

The release date of Repo! The Genetic Opera has been pushed back and is currently scheduled for release on August 8, 2008. The film's official website has been recently updated with further information to be added.

Anthony Head has had to cancel his appearance at the Bad Wolf convention in July due to work commitments.

According to anthonyhead.org, the title of the upcoming television series Desperadoes has been changed to The Invisibles.

The BBC has issued a press release regarding the first episode of the BBC series, The Invisibles, which stars Anthony Head as Maurice Riley.

It will be shown on Thursday at 9 pm beginning May 1, 2008.

It will also be shown on BBC HD at 11:15 pm

Warren Clarke, Anthony Head, Dean Lennox Kelly and Jenny Agutter star in William Ivory's new comedy drama series.

Syd Woolsey and Maurice Riley are old friends who return from the good life on the Costa del Crime, where they have spent their ill-gotten gains, to a quiet Devon fishing village, planning to eke out their retirement fishing and availing themselves of the NHS. However, the quiet life is not for them and, with money running short, they quickly find themselves drawn back into a life of crime – only to find that crime has moved on and they've got new things to learn.

In the opening episode, Maurice is determined to keep his promise to his wife, Barbara, and not return to crime, but Syd's son, Joe, is in trouble and the only way they can help bail him out is to rob again. With the help of Hedley, son of their old – now deceased – colleague Vernon, the boys try one last job. Or so they say...

Warren Clarke plays Syd who – with four wives and three divorces under his belt – finds the single life hard. Anthony Head plays Maurice, Syd's rock – though that creates its own stresses for Maurice. Dean Lennox Kelly plays Hedley,
30-something-year-old son of the late Vernon Huthwaite, Syd and Maurice's former partner in crime. When Hedley hears Syd and Maurice are planning to settle locally, he wants in on the action.

Jenny Agutter plays Barbara Riley, quite aware of her husband's penchant for cracking open the odd safe or two. Emily Head plays Grace Riley, who thinks her dad can do no wrong ... because she has no idea how he's made his money. Paul Barber plays Young Nick who, together with Maurice, Syd and Vernon, pulled off some of the most notorious robberies in the country's colourful history. Mina Answar plays Helen Huthwaite, Hedley's wife, who knows what he does but hates it, realising that Hedley is basically a decent bloke whose involvement in crime is largely due to his need to prove to himself he's worthy of his father, who was the great crook. Joe Tithe plays Syd's son, Joe, who is usually causing his dad immense trouble.

Anthony Head will be making the following appearances to publicize The Invisibles :

* Jonathan Ross on BBC Radio 2, Saturday April 26. This airs between 10 am and 1 pm and is available to listen online live or later.
* Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC , Friday May 16 at 10:35 pm.

BBC has also released a Press Pack for the show. This includes interviews with Anthony and his daughter Emily who is playing his daughter on the show.

Anthony Head is narrating Doctor Who Confidential and the first four episodes of the current series are available on the Multimedia page.

He is also narrating the second series of Heroes Unmasked for BBC2. The first two episodes are available on Multimedia page.

Anthony Head Interviews:

What’s On TV (video interview with Anthony Head and Emily Head) another link to video

This is Bath

Sunday Mirror

The Scotsman

Digital Spy (NOTE: in this interview, Tony talks about Ripper still being a possibility.)

BBC News

Other Actor interviews:

Manchester Evening News

Sunday Sun

Glasgow Daily Record

Reviews / Previews:

Digiguide

The Times

Glasgow Daily Record

TV Scoop

The Telegraph

The Stage

The first episode of The Invisibles is available on the Multimedia page. There are two versions: one in standard definition and one in HD. I won't be doing clips of this episode since Tony was in 95% of it. Screencaps will follow-later this week.

Also added are the latest episodes of Doctor Who Confidential and Heroes Unmasked.

Anthony Head and his partner Sarah Fisher will be appearing on ITV1's All Star Mr and Mrs on Saturday, May 17.

ITV's website. This includes videos and other behind the scenes footage (videos are viewable in the UK only).

The Invisibles is scheduled to be released on DVD July 14 in the UK.

Anthony Head Interviews:


The Manchester Evening News NEW

The Sun (also talks about the possibility of Anthony appearing in the upcoming US version of Little Britain for HBO

The Guardian

icWales
What's on TV (video interview) (another link to video)

The Telegraph

Daily Mail
 
Reviews / Previews:


DigiGuide

The Mirror

The Guardian

Orange.co.uk

The Guardian (ratings)

The Times

The Telegraph

The Independent

The Scotsman

The Telegraph

The Times

The Independent

The Guardian

The Sunday Mirror

Pop Vultures

Scans of several recent articles and interviews have been added to the Photo Gallery. (If anyone has other articles they would be willing to share, please let me know).

New additions to the Multimedia Page:

• The Invisibles (show page) episode 1.03 (standard definition and HD versions)
  
• Doctor Who Confidential (show page) episode 4.07
  
• Heroes Unmasked (show page) episode 2.04
  
• All Star Mr & Mrs full episode and clips
  
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross clip

According to anthonyhead.org, a second series of Bleak Expectations will be recorded for Radio 4. An air date will be announced later.

Entertainment Weekly has named Anthony Stewart Head as one of 33 Hotties Over Age 50

ANTHONY STEWART HEAD
He first made us swoon in steamy coffee commercials — coffee commercials?! We're so easy! — but it's his role as Watcher Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer that forever sealed the deal. The British accent and librarian wardrobe are stuffy, but knowing that the man beneath them is nicknamed ''Ripper''? Sexy as all hell. (See also: Head's willingness to put on stockings and play Frank-N-Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show.)

Sorry for the long time between updates. Real life blah, blah blah. I'm still catching up on emails and such but hope to have done so by the weekend.

So, on to the stuff people really care about...

New items added to the Multimedia page:

* Doctor Who Confidential episodes 4.08 - 4.12
* Heroes Unmasked episodes 2.05 - 2.09
* 50 Ways to Leave Your TV Lover - clips with Tony commenting on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doctor Who
* 50 Greatest TV Endings - clips with Tony commenting on Gold Blend commercials and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The following have been removed due to DVD releases:

* Sensitive Skin
* The Magic Door
* The Invisibles