[…] John Nettles—best known from his long-running TV role in Midsomer Murders and awarded an OBE in this month’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List—will return to the stage after a long absence to star as Claudius/Ghost alongside Simm and Michelle Dockery (as Ophelia), Barbara Flynn (Gertrude), Colin Tierney (Horatio) and Hugh Ross (Polonius).

Also in the cast are: Dylan Brown (Rosencrantz), Adam Foster (Guildernstern), Ben Lamb (Voltemand/Player/Fortinbras), James Loye (Laertes/Lucianus), Joseph Mydell (Player King/Francisco/Captain), Harry Lister Smith (Cornelius) and Roderick Smith (Marcellus/Player/Priest).

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Tickets for Hamlet are now available at the Sheffield Crucible website for a price ranging from £12 to £20. The play will be on from Thursday September 16th to Saturday October 23rd.

Edit: What’s On Stage is reporting that Paul Miller’s production of Hamlet is to run from September 22nd to October 23rd (with previews from September 16th). The role of Ofelia has already gone to Michelle Dockery (The Hogfather, Cranford, NT’s Burnt by the Sun).

Thanks to Lara for the heads-up!

According to The Guardian, John Simm is set to start filming a new Sky project titled Mad Dogs this week. The mini series is scheduled to be aired next year.

Philip Glenister, Max Beesley, John Simm and Marc Warren are to star in Mad Dogs, a new Sky1 high definition drama about a group of schoolfriends who get more than they bargained for when they go abroad for a retirement party.

[…] Mad Dogs is due to air on Sky1 and Sky1 HD in four, 60-minute episodes in the spring of 2011. Location filming in Majorca begins this week.

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The Manchester United documentary presented by John Simm, A Century of Dreams, is now out on DVD in the UK. Go get your copy at your local DVD shop if you live in the UK, or order it through Amazon, Play or your choice online shop.

Or if you want to try your luck, the Manchester United Official Website is giving away the DVD in a competition (you’ll need to sign up at the site).

Life on Mars actor John Simm was in town today to film his latest drama.

Scottish actress Shirley Henderson, with other cast members and crew, was also in the High Street in Stamford today for the filming of Seven Days which follows the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife.

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Actor and United fan John Simm presents A Century of Dreams, an official United DVD celebrating and showing the best action from Old Trafford’s first 100 years.

On sale from 19 April.

You can order said (region 2) DVD from online shops such as Amazon, Play or buy it at your local store if you live in the UK. Thanks a lot to L for the news!

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Mr Simm also recently attended the A Midsummer’s Night Dream press night at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, Surrey. You can see a photo at the What’s on Stage website, too.

John Simm (Doctor Who, Life On Mars), Corin Redgrave (Turn Of The Screw, Four Weddings And A Funeral), Anna Massey (Hotel du Lac, Tess Of The D’Urbervilles), Robert Glenister (Hustle, Spooks), Gerard Kearns (Shameless, Mark Of Cain), Roy Marsden (The Green Green Grass, Adam Dalgleish in PD James adaptations) and Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting, Snatch) are to star in the new series of BBC One Daytime’s critically-acclaimed drama, Moving On, with Dominic West (The Wire, Mona Lisa Smile) directing one of the episodes.

Five of the episodes have now been cast and filmed. The series comprises 10 stand-alone episodes, all linked by the common theme of how to move on in life.

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[…] actor John Simm takes the star role in the television drama and shooting for the 45-minute episode is now taking place in the city. Simm, best known for his role in Life on Mars—which was co-created by Southport writer Tony Jordan—is filming for episode five, titled Malaise.

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The Doctor Who Specials are now out on DVD in the UK. The BBC has released two editions—one that includes the Winter Specials only (with the Confidential programmes as its only extra); and another one with The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars and both parts of The End of Time, which includes extras such as audio commentaries with cast and crew, deleted scenes, video diary… plus Confidentials. This set includes 5 discs.

Go get your copy/copies at your local DVD shop if you live in the UK, or order it through amazon.co.uk, play or your choice online shop. Likewise, the Complete Specials will get a DVD and Blu-ray US release on February 2nd.