• 'Downton Abbey' recap courtesy of The Grantham Gazette

    'Downton Abbey' recap courtesy of The Grantham Gazette

    Sunday, all eyes will be on PBS and the return of Downton Abbey. In the wake of newspapers and print journalism giving way to the age of the Internets, fortunately, there still exists a small-town newspaper with a brilliant nose for news even though Lady Edith has her sights set a bit higher. While the […]

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  • If 'Downton Abbey 3' took place entirely on Facebook…

    If 'Downton Abbey 3' took place entirely on Facebook…

    Are you ready for a bit of Downton Abbey this Sunday? Are you one of the few remaining individuals on Planet Earth that is frantically trying to catch up on Downton Abbey before the Sunday premiere of series 4 on PBS? If so, here’s an easy ‘Cliff Notes’ way. Click the corresponding links for the […]

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  • Drama – 2014 is looking up for British telly in the U.S.

    Drama – 2014 is looking up for British telly in the U.S.

    Just in case you thought that, even for a fleeting moment, telly couldn’t get any better after a fairly stellar 2013, the BeeB and ITV bring the following to public television in 2014… Downton Abbey 4     Sherlock 3     Doc Martin 6     New Tricks 10     Call the Midwife […]

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  • 10 Reasons Why We Love 'Downton Abbey'…according to 'Garden & Gun' magazine

    10 Reasons Why We Love 'Downton Abbey'…according to 'Garden & Gun' magazine

    As we have mentioned over the last several years, series like Downton Abbey don’t grow on trees. While we all may understand and recognize its greatness, you know you’ve arrived when you become the subject of not one, but several brilliant Latenight with Jimmy Fallon parodies, when you actually make the cut on Saturday Night […]

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  • 'Sherlock 3': Let's talk…then, let's meet Arwel Wyn Jones

    'Sherlock 3': Let's talk…then, let's meet Arwel Wyn Jones

    As the UK inches closer and closer to that magical ‘do not disturb’ moment on 1 January with the long-awaited premiere of Sherlock, fortunately, there are daily bits and bobs to keep us occupied until broadcast. Following the Christmas Day release of “Many Happy Returns”, the Sherlock prequel mini-episode, comes today’s bit of greatness with […]

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  • 'Death in Paradise' returns as DI Poole becomes island statistic

    'Death in Paradise' returns as DI Poole becomes island statistic

    As a journalist, you’re told from the beginning not to become ‘the story’. For Ben Miller, the star of the BBC drama, Death in Paradise, you definitely don’t want your character to become the story. With the new season set to premiere on BBC One on 14 January, Miller’s character, DI Richard Poole, will fall […]

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  • Death Comes to Pemberley coming to PBS in 2014

    Death Comes to Pemberley coming to PBS in 2014

    Death Comes to Pemberely came to BBC One this Christmas. Christmas will come a bit early in the States in 2014 as the three-part series, which is adapted from a recent Jane Austen-inspired novel by P.D. James, will air in November 2014 on PBS. James’s novel picks up the story of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. […]

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  • U.S. "Broadchurch" adds Nick Nolte to cast

    U.S. "Broadchurch" adds Nick Nolte to cast

    Good idea or bad idea, like it or not, things seem to be shaping up for the American version of the hit ITV drama, Broadchurch. Like its UK counterpart, Gracepoint, as it will be known for the American re-make, will center around the investigation into the murder of a young boy named Danny in a […]

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  • Sherlock 3 prequel provides 'Many Happy Returns' for Christmas

    Sherlock 3 prequel provides 'Many Happy Returns' for Christmas

    Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and his name is Steven Moffat. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, the Sherlock co-creator/writer pulls 7:13 of greatness out of his red bag and delivers it to Sherlock fans across the land. The run-up to the BBC One series 3 premiere on 1 January […]

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