Three SF trailers are currently on hyper repeat on UK television.
Firstly Johnny And The Bomb (press releases) which is being shown on CBBC, the BBC's Chidren's channel. This is a TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's time-slip book (which I haven't read), has some decent actors in it and looks really good.
Secondly Life On Mars, another time travelling show to be aired on BBC1, although it seems that the time travel is a once only plot device to set up what may be standard drama (or repeats of Austin Powers gags). Although the SF seems minimal it should be worth a watch as it's made by the makers of Spooks and Hustle and stars the excellent John Simm. They have a preview of the episode online.
And finally Channel 4 have their Invasion trailers running non-stop as well. No doubt they hope it will be another Lost for them. They better have learnt their lesson and reduced the number of advert breaks though.
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