• 'Vera' returns tonight to ITV; soon to public television

    'Vera' returns tonight to ITV; soon to public television

    UPDATE – For those that emailed asking where Vera was filmed, the 4th series, which premiered Sunday on ITV, was filmed in Alnmouth in Northumberland. While previous episodes have also been filmed in Northumberland, such as Druridge Bay, Low Hauxley and Embleton, series 4 was shot entirely in Alnmouth. Vera is back! Vera is Detective […]

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  • Remember, don't blink if you see a Weeping Angel

    Remember, don't blink if you see a Weeping Angel

    Sometimes, the Internets is a reminder that too many people have way too much time on their hands. Every once in awhile, however, it is the home to video greatness. Such is the case for a couple of video pieces that come from the mind palace of John Smith. You might remember a pretty amazing […]

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  • Sherlock, Mycroft and 'the other one'. Could there be another Holmes brother?

    Sherlock, Mycroft and 'the other one'. Could there be another Holmes brother?

    As Planet Earth anxiously awaits the next series of Sherlock, could it be that there might be another Holmes in the family that we don’t know about? Our first introduction to there being another member of Sherlock’s family came when older brother, Mycroft Holmes (played by series co-creator and writer, Mark Gatiss), kidnaps John and […]

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  • Bill Nighy returning in the Worricker trilogy on PBS this Fall

    Bill Nighy returning in the Worricker trilogy on PBS this Fall

    While there will be the inevitable comparison to the Cornetto Trilogy, the Worricker Trilogy may just have a minor leg up given the greatness of Bill Nighy and Christopher Walken. As we reported earlier this month, The Worricker Trilogy, which began with Page Eight, is set to continue with Bill Nighy reprising his role as […]

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  • 'Sherlock' tops Captain America's "to-do" list in the UK

    'Sherlock' tops Captain America's "to-do" list in the UK

    This is beyond cool. After missing nearly 70 years of pop culture due to being frozen in ice, Captain America has a lot of catching up to do. With so much to do and so little time to do it in, the iconic Marvel superhero was going to need a lot of help. We all […]

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  • More Morse on the way as 'Endeavour' returns for second series

    More Morse on the way as 'Endeavour' returns for second series

    Shaun Evans (The Take, The Last Weekend) returns in the lead role as young Morse, with Roger Allam (The Thick of It, Parade’s End) as his senior Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, in the second series of Endeavour, the successful crime drama prequel to Inspector Morse.     The new series of Endeavour will comprise 4 […]

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  • Taking a 'Sherlock' tribute to new heights

    Taking a 'Sherlock' tribute to new heights

    While Downton Abbey parodies have been endless, there have been few spoofs/parodies/tributes to the greatness of Sherlock. One truly brilliant effort was the recent Sherlock: The Musical. As evidenced by the following video tribute, you almost have to be as much of a fan as were series creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Creators Albert […]

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  • So, you want to be the next Hercule Poirot?

    So, you want to be the next Hercule Poirot?

    After watching the brilliant Sir David Suchet for the last 25+ years lend his excellence to the creation of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, it would be hard to imagine anyone even attempting to re-create perfection should another Poirot series materialize somewhere, someday. Of course, I said the same thing in the 1980’s when finding it […]

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  • It's more 'Death in Paradise' for the island of Saint-Marie

    It's more 'Death in Paradise' for the island of Saint-Marie

    Pretty soon, they are going to stop calling the quiet little fictional island of Saint-Marie in the Caribbean anything close to paradise. You certainly don’t want to be up for the job of the police department’s lead inspector next time it comes open as they don’t seem to leave the island….well, breathing. You’ll remember that […]

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  • Wallander to return for fourth and final series

    Wallander to return for fourth and final series

    Wallander, the police procedural drama series adapted from Swedish novelist Henning Mankell’s Kurt Wallander novels and starring Sir Kenneth Branagh will return, most likely, to BBC One and PBS in 2015. That’s the brilliant news. The bad news is that the fourth series will be the last according to Branagh.   The three episode fourth […]

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