If the Gruffalo, with its warts, bad teeth and jaundiced eyes, has seemed inescapable recently, then it is with good reason. Full Article at The Independent

OK, three of my neighbors, two coworkers and myself in 1979. Bernard, where are your ears? My favorite remains the Robbie Coltrane one. How many people have a grid on their face? It wouldn't be that hard to figure out. This is only a preview. Full Article at The Dave Barry Blog

Robbie Coltrane will voice the Gruffalo, which is at the heart of BBC1's Christmas schedule Photograph: BBC/MAGIC LIGHT COMPANY/BBC As anyone who's ever had the pleasure of reading it will tell you, there's no such thing as a Gruffalo… And yet, in the 1... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

His eyes are orange, his tongue is black, he has purple prickles all over his back – and now the Gruffalo has the voice of Robbie Coltrane. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

Peter Fincham, director of programmes at ITV. Photograph: Linda Nylind Peter Fincham has perfected the art of sidestepping awkward questions. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

ITV1 detective drama sees lead over BBC1 rival Life, voiced by David Attenborough, cut to just 200,000 viewers ITV1's Robbie Coltrane detective drama Murderland came out on top in the 9pm Monday ratings battle again last night, 26 October. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

ISTOPPED watching television crime drama around the time that a torture device involving barbed wire and a chair with a conveniently cut hole in the seat was used in the lamentable Wire In The Blood. Full Article at The Scotsman

SHE went from playing Inspector Lynley’s sidekick to a cake-baking wronged wife in Mistresses. Now Sharon Small is playing a child psychologist in ITV1’s Murderland. Full Article at The Northern Echo

As one cuddly TV treasure departs, so another returns. In recent days, ITV's drama department has given audiences two reasons to be thankful – not a feeling it inspires very often, it must be said. Full Article at The Independent

Let’s face it — we all miss Cracker. We miss it like we’d miss The Angel of the North if it fell over; or the White Cliffs of Dover, if they sheared off. Full Article at Times Online

Oh. My. God. Can it really be, like, 16 years since it was 1993? I very much fear it can and the reason the thought is so bothersome is that I remember thinking, even back then, ‘Blimey, I really am getting on a bit. Full Article at Spectator Magazine

Robbie Coltrane makes successful return to ITV1 drama in crime three-parter Murderland Robbie Coltrane made a successful return to ITV1 drama in crime three-parter Murderland last night, Monday 19 October, with more than 6 million tuning in. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

LONDON - ITV1 topped last night's primetime ratings with 6.3 million viewers tuning in to Robbie Coltrane's return as a TV detective in new drama 'Murderland', according to unofficial overnight figures. Full Article at Brand Republic

As the alarmingly alliterative hairy Hogwarts handyman, Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane did plenty of acting with children, but none of them, and certainly not the wand-wooden Daniel Radcliffe, could ever have held even an enchanted candle to young Bel Powley. Full Article at The Independent

Of course, Roman Polanski is a gifted film director and not just a disgusting old man who consorts with young girls. How do we know this?Well, there was a letter from Woody Allen vouching for him. Full Article at The Daily Record

The title of the writer David Pirie's new thriller, the one marking Robbie Coltrane's return to ITV, should have given its makers a clue about which way to go with it - if, that is, they wanted to avoid it becoming a Coltrane-fest. Full Article at Times Online

VICTORIA, B.C. - Actors Sean Connery, Ewan McGregor and Robbie Coltrane are among 10 celebrities who paired up with Scottish silversmiths to create works featured in an exhibition at the Royal BC Museum. Based on the theme "a drink with a close friend," Full Article at Canoe

Buy this DVD at Amazon.com Rating: Not Rated Starring: Rowan Atkinson as Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh Elspet Gray as The Queen Tim McInnerny as Percy Patrick Allen as Narrator Robert East as Harry, Prince of Wales Brian Blessed as King Richard IV... Full Article at Comingsoon.net

CRACKER star Robbie Coltrane is back on duty in ITV’s new crime drama Murderland, which asks the question: can you ever move on from terrible events that befall you as a child, and grow up and make a new life? Full Article at The Northern Echo