• New Tricks adds 'youngster' Nicholas Lyndhurst to cast for series 10

    New Tricks adds 'youngster' Nicholas Lyndhurst to cast for series 10

    Great news on the New Tricks front. After 9 seasons of greatness from the likes of Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam, the old dogs at the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad will be adding a ‘new’ old dog come series 10. Nicholas Lyndhurst (Butterflies, Only Fools and Horses, Goodnight Sweetheart, […]

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  • From Downton Abbey to Dracula

    From Downton Abbey to Dracula

    While this may be old news to some, it’s bound to be new and/or odd news to at least a few out there in telly-land. American broadcast network, NBC, announced at this summer’s Television Critics Association gathering that it was green-lighting an adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic, Dracula, for a 10-part series starring The […]

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  • Post Hobbit, it's now official! Sherlock 3 confirmed for January 2013 filming

    Post Hobbit, it's now official! Sherlock 3 confirmed for January 2013 filming

    Anytime Mark Gatiss talks Sherlock, I consider it official. While it has been the subject of intense speculation ever since Sherlock lept from atop St Barts Hospital, it has now been confirmed by stv Entertainment that the third series of Sherlock will begin filming in January 2013. Co-creator/co-writer (and Sherlock’s elder brother, Mycroft), Mark Gatiss, […]

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  • DCI Banks set for public television premiere in Jan 2013

    DCI Banks set for public television premiere in Jan 2013

    As with most police procedural programs that come out of the UK (i.e. George Gently, Daziel and Pascoe, Prime Suspect, Inspector Lewis, Endeavour, etc.), brilliant as they are, they all tend to constantly reinforce the thought that there is a definite pecking order within the department between the DCI and everyone else from DI on […]

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  • Fancy a tour of Julian Fellowes’ Historical Houses in 2013?

    Fancy a tour of Julian Fellowes’ Historical Houses in 2013?

    Forget the obligatory countdowns that are beginning to surface with regards to how many shopping days until Christmas, etc. The real countdown is that, in the States on PBS, we are exactly 9 weeks from today away from the premiere of the new season of Downton Abbey – (insert a public thank you to all […]

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  • Time to book another stay at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Time to book another stay at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    With Hollywood studios finally beginning to recognize that older people do go to the movies and that there is, in fact, money to be made with films that actually place more emphasis on script than special effects, the word on the street is that there is a sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in […]

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  • Sherlock Holmes Society's take on Sherlock vs. Moriarty

    Sherlock Holmes Society's take on Sherlock vs. Moriarty

    Who knew that there may actually be a Sherlock Holmes Separation Anxiety Society. Unofficially, they’ve been dealing with the separation for 125 years as opposed to most of us that have been at it for only a little over 2 years now, ever since the premiere of the BBC’s Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin […]

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  • BBC brilliance from the Big Easy – Comedy

    BBC brilliance from the Big Easy – Comedy

    Working very hard on your behalf, Tellyspotting, along with representatives from a number of PBS stations across the country, have taken over New Orleans for the last few days for a sneak peak of what’s in store, programming-wise, for public television viewers in the coming months. With over 50 program/series offerings being made available for […]

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  • Doc Martin to make series 6 house call in 2013

    Doc Martin to make series 6 house call in 2013

    Bad news for patients, but good news for fans of Dr. Martin Ellingham came Monday with the announcement by ITV that the Martin Clunes series, Doc Martin, has been renewed for a sixth series comprised of eight episodes. According to the ITV Press Centre, all regular cast members will all but take over the fictional […]

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