• Nicola Walker & Sanjeev Bhaskar set to star in ITV’s Unforgotten

    Nicola Walker & Sanjeev Bhaskar set to star in ITV’s Unforgotten

    First off, ITV had me with the headline, Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar to star in Unforgotten, but when they added the tag line, “Two can keep a secret – if one of them is dead“, I began clearing space on my DVR for when it premieres. Starring Nicola Walker (Spooks, Last Tango in Halifax, Scott & […]

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  • Duchess of Cambridge to check out downstairs at ‘Downton Abbey’

    Duchess of Cambridge to check out downstairs at ‘Downton Abbey’

    As hard as it is, post-Downton Abbey, life can be good as long as there is a steady stream of news from the production set where cast and crew are currently filming series 6. Especially, if the first bit of news arrives only one week removed from the finale of series 5 was broadcast on PBS’ Masterpiece series. […]

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  • Looks like another ‘Indian Summers’ in the forecast for 2016

    Looks like another ‘Indian Summers’ in the forecast for 2016

    Thankfully, this is getting to be commonplace with respect to hearing good news about quality British drama series before the previous or even the first series is aired in America. In what has seemed to become more the norm in recent years, series such as Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife, Mr. Selfridge, Endeavour and even […]

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  • Dame Maggie Smith to depart ‘Downton Abbey’ after series 6?

    Dame Maggie Smith to depart ‘Downton Abbey’ after series 6?

    There are some things in life that you just do not want to accept as fact. For me, growing up, it was that the hated and feared New York Yankees would pretty much be the odds-on favorite to win the World Series every year. Fortunately, times change and the Yankees are but a shell of […]

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  • Dame Maggie Smith swaps Downton Abbey for Alan Bennett’s driveway

    Dame Maggie Smith swaps Downton Abbey for Alan Bennett’s driveway

    Instead of having to forever wonder just “What is a weekend?” or endlessly question the need for electricity, Dame Maggie Smith has opted to swap her trademark Dowager Countess hat and dress for a knit cap and dirty raincoat (just for a bit, Downton Abbey fans) for her forthcoming role in playwright Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the […]

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  • Celebrating ‘Wolf Hall’ at Liverpool Cathedral

    Celebrating ‘Wolf Hall’ at Liverpool Cathedral

    It was an amazing night at the Liverpool Cathedral during the 2015 BBC Showcase. Wolf Hall stars Mark Rylance, Jonathan Pryce and director, Peter Kosminsky joined about 750 of their closest friends on Tuesday to celebrate the brilliance that is Wolf Hall. Currently broadcasting on BBC One and coming to PBS on Sunday, April 5 at 10p […]

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  • No more ‘New Tricks’ for the old dogs at UCOS

    No more ‘New Tricks’ for the old dogs at UCOS

    The long-time staple of the BBC’s police procedural line-up, New Tricks, will be ending its’ run after the forthcoming 12th series, which will air on BBC One this coming summer and in early 2016 on public television stations in America. What started as a rather non-descript, one-off episode in March 2003 that followed the work of the […]

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