Buck up, little Grantchester campers, ITV has confirmed that filming is about to begin on the second series of stories which takes its inspiration from a book by James Runcie, head of literature at the Southbank Centre in London and whose father Robert was Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1980s. The vicar-turned-detective adaptation is set […]
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UK’s ultimate baking battle, The Great British Bake-Off, is back on PBS in America in September! Once again for 2015, armed with it’s official U.S. title for PBS, The Great British Baking Show returns for a new series beginning Sunday, September 6 at 7p ET/6p CT. The series features cookery writer Mary Berry and professional […]
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Based on the Tommy and Tuppence characters created by Agatha Christie, Partners In Crime follows the husband and wife sleuths in 1950s England as they stumble into a world of Cold War conspiracy, undercover agents, mysterious evil masterminds and diabolical political conspiracy. Starring David Walliams (Little Britain, Big School, Mr. Stink) and Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife, An […]
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Exactly one year ago, we set off for the Cotswolds and Moreton-in-Marsh, in particular, to film a behind-the-scenes documentary during the third series production of Father Brown. We had the great good fortune to be able to interview the principle cast of Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Nancy Carroll, Tom Chambers and Alex Price to learn from […]
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With Planet Earth’s favorite British period drama drawing to a close, most likely, on Christmas Day in the UK, filming has begun on what will be the tentative definite final farewell to the Crawleys, the Granthams and those who work for them. As you can imagine, in a technologically advanced world that would make the […]
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It’s that time of year again. No, it’s not time for the return of Downton Abbey, Sherlock or Doctor Who. Not just yet, anyway. It’s American Emmy Awards time. The time to recognize excellence in American television for 2015. As usual, there are a healthy number of Brits that share their time and talents with […]
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As everyone is preparing for the 19 September premiere of Doctor Who 9 with Peter Capaldi returning as the Twelfth Doctor, you can rest easy knowing that there will be a Doctor Who 10 in your future. As assured as we are that the sun will rise in the east and set in the west, […]
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While millions of card-carrying members of the Downton Abbey-Nation are still coming to grips with the reality that the doors to Downton will close after series 6 this Fall in the UK and Winter 2016 in the U.S., the individuals both above and below the stairs that audiences have become so attached to over the […]
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Fear not, rabid fans of Poldark and Aidan Turner, the following news will in no way delay Captain Ross Poldark riding his horse up and down the Cornish coastline from one side of your telly screen to the other in the not-too-distant future. The second series of Poldark is due to begin filming in September so […]
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Ok, so I might be in the midst of a mild case of ‘good old days’ syndrome when it comes to British comedy but there are days that I look at the current comedy output from the UK and long for the days when a new season of As Time Goes By, Keeping Up Appearances, […]
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