• Teletubbies say ‘Eh-Oh’ with 21st century makeover

    Teletubbies say ‘Eh-Oh’ with 21st century makeover

    Here come the Teletubbies. Since they first appeared on our collective telly screens in 1997, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po, the creation of Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport, have been seen by over one billion children in more than 100 countries. Teletubbies say “Eh-oh!”, the single based on the show’s theme song, reached number 1 […]

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  • ‘Britain’s Hardest Grafter’….Hey, even I can’t make these things up.

    ‘Britain’s Hardest Grafter’….Hey, even I can’t make these things up.

    Over the years, it has almost become a guaranteed conversation starter on both sides of the pond to weigh the relative merits of and/or discuss the many differences between British and American television. Be it comedy or drama, a majority of individuals who reside in the UK think that American television is better while their Americans counterparts will […]

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  • ‘Thunderbirds’ get a 50-year makeover with 21st century, ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’

    ‘Thunderbirds’ get a 50-year makeover with 21st century, ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’

    Saturday’s 21st century return of the Tracy brothers in Thunderbirds Are Go could have been disastrous. It was not for one simple reason. Respect. Respect for their elders. The elders, in this case, being the original Thunderbirds, the brilliant mid-60’s creation of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson which featured marionette puppetry combined with scale-model special effects sequences in a hybrid filming technique dubbed “Supermarionation”. Aside from what […]

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  • It’s no April Fools joke as Royal Mail celebrates the greats of British Comedy!

    It’s no April Fools joke as Royal Mail celebrates the greats of British Comedy!

    Britain’s Royal Mail rolled out a long-overdue collection of stamps celebrating British comedy greats on Wednesday, April 1. Thankfully, this was no April Fools Day joke. The brilliant set features British comedy greats from the 1950s to the modern day, from Norman Wisdom and Morecambe and Wise to Spike Milligan and Victoria Wood. Stamps featuring […]

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  • Happy St Patrick’s Day, Frank McCourt

    Happy St Patrick’s Day, Frank McCourt

    Regular readers of Tellyspotting may recognize this post from several years ago. It’s worth repeating so bear with me today as St. Patrick’s Day just isn’t the same without Frank. Several years ago, we had an incredible opportunity to spend several of weeks ‘working’ in Dublin with Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Angela’s […]

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  • R.I.P. Terry Pratchett — creator of ‘Discworld’ dies at 66.

    R.I.P. Terry Pratchett — creator of ‘Discworld’ dies at 66.

    R.I.P. Terry Pratchett — Discworld has stopped spinning…. As sentiments on Twitter have poured in from around the world, the above tweet, which easily came in under the 140-character limit, seemed to say it all. The literary world is a much lonelier place today as Terry Pratchett, the mind palace that created the brilliant Discworld series […]

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  • Behind the scenes bits with ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Movie’

    Behind the scenes bits with ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Movie’

    It’s been a long journey to the big screen for Shaun the Sheep ever since he made his debut in the 1995 Aardman short, A Close Shave. Watching that or any one of a number of Wallace and Gromit features, have you ever wondered just what goes into the making of an Aardman movie? If you were one of those […]

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  • H2G2’s Douglas Adams predicted the future of television….no, really!

    H2G2’s Douglas Adams predicted the future of television….no, really!

    A huge TOH to our friends over at the British Comedy Guide for guiding us over to the UsvsTh3m site where there is absolute proof positive of something many have known for decades. Douglas Adams was, and still is, a genius.  Adams, who is best known as the author and mind palace behind Hitchhikers Guide […]

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  • CBBC’s Blue Peter to send kids to MI-5 spy school

    CBBC’s Blue Peter to send kids to MI-5 spy school

    In November 2013, the longest-running children’s TV show in the world (a.k.a. Blue Peter) paid tribute to the longest-running science fiction series in the world (a.k.a. Doctor Who). In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the CBBC children’s magazine series launched a competition for kids ages six to 15 to design a sonic gadget that could […]

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