Issue #A14 • ships from Mar 14 2007
News-stand Price • UK £3.99 / US $6.99

132 packed pages…

• With special wraparound Collector's Cover!

Heroes Exclusive!
• We join the show’s creator Tim Kring and the cast to explore the show that has become a TV phenomenon, and discover why this is a superhero series like no other

Jane Austen Season
Exclusive!
• We meet the stars of ITV’s upcoming season of three Jane Austen classics, Billie Piper, Rupert Penry-Jones, JJ Feild and Julia Davis

Mr Hudson & The Library Exclusive!
• Singer/writer Ben Hudson tells us about the group’s début album 'A Tale of Two Cities' and why it's a balance between moaning and making a racket

Irvine Welsh Exclusive!
• The Scottish writer reflects on his varied career and his début book Trainspotting, and tells us about his first foray into TV comedy with the blackly comic film Wedding Belles

The Oscars 2007
• The Works goes behind the scenes of Tinseltown’s biggest awards ceremony to get the scoop on all the red carpet gossip

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Exclusive!
• We jetted off to Chernobyl to battle with a gang of irradiated mutants in preparation for new computer game S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl.
It’s all in a day’s work…

300
• The director and cast talk to us about their extraordinary big-budget CGI adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel

Doctor Who (2000s) Exclusive!
• We go behind the scenes of series three to meet the new woman in the Doctor’s life, as well as chatting with the stars, producers and writers

PLUS...

David Jason
• We cosy up with the TV legend to discuss his new series Diamond Geezer and find out why the actor is still trying to find a role that will fill the void of Del Boy.

Tracy Chevalier Exclusive!!
• The Girl With a Pearl Earring author reveals why travelling back in Time is the only way she knows how to write

The Painted Veil Exclusive!!
• Director John Curran discusses how a big budget shoot in China changed his view of film-making

• We devour Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Rising

• How those classic moments made it to the screen…
  We take a closer look at tv series Rome from behind the scenes

• Our columnist reflects on teenagers on TV in E4’s new drama, Skins

• So you think you know entertainment…
  More teasing trivia to get you thinking

• Through the years… Simply Red
  
  

• TV
  3lbs
  Life on Mars
  Lost
  PLUS: All the brand new dramas launching in the US…
  
  
• Movies
  300
  The Painted Veil
  Sunshine
  PLUS The hottest new Stateside releases reviewed
  A complete guide to the month’s films
  
  
• DVDs
  Casino Royale
  Happy Feet
  Pan’s Labyrinth
  And more!
  
  
• Computer Games
  Crackdown
  Ghost Rider
  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
  And more!
  
  
• Music
  Air Pocket Symphony
  Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry Mob
  Mr Hudson & The Library A Tale Of Two Cities
  And more!
  
  
• Books
  Paint It Black by Janet Fitch
  The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
  Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
  
  

• Our essential guide to the entertainment you should not miss over the coming weeks

• If you have any comments to make on the world of Entertainment then contact us at: theworks@visimag.com
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: ITV

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2007. Not for reproduction

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