Jack Davenport on the town in “Smash”

Cash before Smash, though: we’re very happy to inform you that our contribution to the help_japan auction on Livejournal (you could bid on a “Little Box O’Switzerland”) raised an amazing $ 150.00 for Doctors Without Borders! Woohoo and woof for the generous donour! *wild applause* The Facebook-poll has come to an end, and 59.09% of [...]

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Help Sparky and Frank to help Japan, and get goodies in return

There’s a time for words, and there’s a time for action. Looking at the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, now’s the time for the latter. Fans have proved to be very generous people in the past; the help_haiti auction alone raised close to 115’000 dollars. help_japan has just started, and already [...]

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What have Sparky and Jack Davenport been up to, lately?

We’ll get to Jack Davenport’s whereabouts in a minute, but let me introduce a friend of mine first: Frank the Poodle! As you can tell, Frank’s a bad role model. Frank doesn’t care, though. Nor do I. So please, no emails about the dangers of smoking again, cheers. He’s not particularly interested in Jack Davenport [...]

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas…

I wish all of you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas, a blessed Yuletide and a peaceful, healthy New Year with many memorable moments and lots of laughter (and at least 17 seasons of “Flash Forward” for the dedicated fans of Jack Davenport!) It wasn’t easy to convince Sparky to pose for a picture, [...]

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19 May, World Hepatitis Day

Michelle Gomez and Jack Davenport are among those people who use their popularity for more than just getting goody bags in VIP lounges. I don’t wear hats, but I take my cap off and salute them for their efforts. Along with many others, they try and raise awareness for the various types of hepatitis, one [...]

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Good Boy, Sparky! on Holiday Hiatus / Charity Appeal

Bells are jingling, dreidls spinning, yule logs burning – and Good Boy, Sparky! will go on a (hopefully) well-deserved holiday hiatus. We’ll be back in the new year, continuing to deliver Jack Davenport news to your virtual doorstep. Thanks a lot for your support; we’ve had over 100’000 visitors so far and running the website [...]

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Swingtown: Bravo! / News from Ziko

That’s where “Swingtown” will be moving to – so if you want to see Jack Davenport et al, tune in on “Bravo”, which will air all 13 episodes from 5 October on. This does not mean a second season of “Swingtown” will be produced – yet. But it’s a good start, and maybe the show [...]

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Sparky got himself a mate

There is one thing no decent website about an actor should be without: Message board? No. Chat room? No. SuppahSekritMemberSection? Hell, no! We’re talking about – a rat. Yes, a rat. But not just any rat – a HERO RAT! We’re very happy to inform you that we will have neither a message board nor [...]

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Jack Davenport – two more pictures and a wee note from the webmaster

You might remember our various entries about the “Home Time – Photography Finding A Home” exhibition by Cambridge Jones at the Getty Images Gallery in London, in connection with “Barnardo’s”, the charity promoting adoption in the UK. Thanks to Dora, we can now share two more pictures of Jack Davenport with and without the two [...]

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Jack Davenport in “Marie Claire” Magazine (UK), June Issue

In connection with the recent “Home Time – Photography Finding A Home” exhibition at the Getty Images Gallery in London, “Marie Claire” runs an article in its June issue about both the exhibition and “Barnardo’s”, the charity promoting adoption in the UK. It kind of baffles me that one even has to promote adoption. If [...]

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