• Downton Abbey – The Historical Oracle

    Downton Abbey – The Historical Oracle

    As we press ahead towards the day that all America has had circled their calendars since February 2012 when that still shocking conclusion to series 3 of Downton Abbey broadcast on PBS, it’s time to meet some of the folks that are behind the camera who are responsible for what has become the highest-rated drama […]

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  • America's Test Kitchen turns your kitchen into Downton Abbey

    America's Test Kitchen turns your kitchen into Downton Abbey

    America’s Test Kitchen meets Downton Abbey as Chris Kimball takes on Mrs. Patmore. Last year, Chris Kimball, host/founder/editor of public televisions signature culinary series, America’s Test Kitchen, and a card-carrying fan of Downton Abbey, created a menu inspired by the 1920s. He says the kitchen scenes in particular always catch his eye, as food was […]

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  • May I get you a Claret or Blanc with your favorite Sunday night drama?

    May I get you a Claret or Blanc with your favorite Sunday night drama?

    It’s hard to imagine the Crawleys at the dinner table during just about any episode of Downton Abbey and not seeing wine served. Without question, when Mr. Carson pulled a bottle of wine from the cellar for Lord and Lady Grantham, one could be assured it was a fine French Bordeaux, the wine of choice […]

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  • Sherlock in LEGO anyone?

    Sherlock in LEGO anyone?

    For my money, if it’s good enough for the Winchester Pub, it has to be good enough for Sherlock. With over 10,000 votes of support, the thought of a LEGO version of the BBC/PBS Sherlock is a bit closer to reality…only a bit, unfortunately, as the LEGO Group and the Cuusoo team still have to […]

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  • Come to find out, translating Sherlock isn't all that elementary

    Come to find out, translating Sherlock isn't all that elementary

    if you haven’t figured it out by now after almost four years of reading Tellyspotting, I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to behind-the-scenes material. In the case of television, I have always wanted to know how the sausage is made. For the record, I absolutely do not want to know ‘how the […]

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  • Inside and outside the Tardis courtesy of Google Street View

    Inside and outside the Tardis courtesy of Google Street View

    Given the fact that the relatively unassuming but iconic blue Police Call Box has occupied a prime spot outside the Earl’s Court tube station in London since 1996, it has always provided a nice photo opportunity. Unfortunately, until recently, passersby never put two and two together that you could actually step inside for a glimpse […]

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  • Want your house to 'look a bit more Downton' on the inside?

    Want your house to 'look a bit more Downton' on the inside?

    In recent months, fans of the most popular British period drama of all time, Downton Abbey, have been able to drink wine like the Crawley family, thanks to Wines That Rock who have set about recreating the rich Bordeaux wines that Lord Grantham, himself, would have been proud to serve in Downton’s dining room. This […]

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  • It's zero hour! For the 12th time, Who is the Doctor?

    It's zero hour! For the 12th time, Who is the Doctor?

    Today, Sunday 4 August, will see the 12th Doctor revealed to the world.   From 1933 to 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a series of radio addresses or ‘fireside chats’ designed to help restore the confidence of the American people during understandably difficult times. We are, again, faced with difficult times in that we […]

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  • The Red Dwarf ship – a piece of it, anyway – could be yours!

    The Red Dwarf ship – a piece of it, anyway – could be yours!

    Make a contribution to Tellyspotting’s sister station KERA, and you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing for your very own piece of Red Dwarf history: an autographed piece of the actual Red Dwarf ship (8″ x 3″), signed by Doug Naylor, the creator/writer of Red Dwarf.

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  • Now empty, BBC Television Centre bits up for auction

    Now empty, BBC Television Centre bits up for auction

    As we reported in a recent Tellyspotting report, the classic BBC Television Centre is like the parrot in a Monty Python sketch. It has ceased to be. It’s an ex-Television Centre. Bereft of life, the Centre has gone to meet the choir invisible. Like Elvis, production staff and crew have left the building. Now that […]

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