Some extremely welcome news on the comedy front as Sky1 HD unlocks the doors of Valco later this month for a second series of Trollied on Sky1 HD. You might remember, Trollied was renewed for a second AND third series, a massive 26 episode commitment, after a very successful first series run last Summer. Set […]
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In 2011, the Guinness Book of World Records called Downton Abbey the most critically acclaimed English-language television show, the first British production to have ever received such recognition. After the first two series, Downton Abbey has amassed 27 Primetime Emmy nominations (winning 6 so far), making it the most nominated non-American program in Primetime Emmy […]
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Richard E. Grant joins Doctor Who cast for Christmas special Aside from the fact that it is, yet again, another 100+ degree day across most of the U.S. this summer, I so can’t wait for December and this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. In addition to the fact that Jenna-Louise Coleman will debut as the […]
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Just when you thought Twitter was a good thing, along comes the harsh 21st century reality of a seemingly innocent tweet that is taken as gospel and spread through the land without any effort to verify the source first. Last weeks uploaded photo by the Earl of Grantham himself, Hugh Bonneville, of the cast of […]
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If there has ever been a question as to the validity of Twitter or any other form of social media, time to put those questions to bed. One simple tweet last week by the Earl of Grantham himself (@hughbon), Hugh Bonneville, has put a priceless value on Twitter for the time being. Seems as though […]
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Let’s get ready to rumble…. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s newest web series about nothing seems to be causing quite a stir in the UK. Seems even web series aren’t safe any longer from a bit of format copying these days. According to The Daily Beast, this has been a lifelong ambition of Seinfeld’s….to make a show […]
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An event of Olympic proportion is currently happening with faithful P1’s marking their individual Downton Abbey Countdown Calendar’s on a daily basis. While signaling the Downton Abbey September UK transmission and January 2013 United States broadcast of series 3, it is with the utmost respect that I have to mention…there’s a new sheriff in town […]
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As most everyone that is a P1 Downton Abbey watcher knows, the long-awaited series three, which begins in September on ITV1 in the UK and in January 2013 on PBS in the States, starts with Shirley MacLaine’s arrival at Downton days before the wedding of Lady Mary and Matthew Crawley. She immediately riles the Dowager […]
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In what has all the makings of the ultimate UK version of the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s, the BBC has fast-tracked its answer to the upcoming ITV drama, Mr. Selfridge, with a department store drama of its own based on the classic French novel, The Ladies’ Paradise, by Emile Zola. Adapted by Bill Gallagher (Blackout), the […]
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As if I needed any more reason to book my trip to now to San Diego for Comic-Con 2013. Peter Jackson’s next epic, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will enter our lives on 14 December 2012. The second installment, The Hobbit: There And Back Again, is scheduled to be released a year later, on Dec. […]
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