On the set with 'Father Brown' in the Cotswolds

Today is our last day in Moreton-in-Marsh on the set of principle production filming for the forthcoming series 3 of Father Brown. Having spent a week on set with the production team behind the camera whose faces you never see but who bring Father Brown and the drop-dead brilliant visual settings of the Cotswolds to […]

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Missing 'Hebburn' Christmas script found…and returned spoiler free!

Christmas has came early for Hebburn creator Jason Cook recently when 11-year-old twins Serena and Lauren Short and their pal Katie Luke, 13, found a top secret stack of papers lying on the ground near Hebburn Cricket Club this past week. The top secret script included storylines for the eagerly-awaited Hebburn holiday special.   In […]

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Tellyspotting interview – 10 MINUTES WITH JOHN OLIVER

Some of you may know him from his position as Senior British Correspondent on The Daily Show. You may know him from his role as psychology professor, Dr. Ian Duncan, on Community. Others may know him only from the world of stand-up. Regardless of how, and whether you do or not, the important thing is that […]

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A French and Saunders primer on Harry Potter, part 2

Unlike the upcoming ill-conceived release pattern for the “final” installment of the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, we bring you the conclusion to the French and Saunders primer, as it was meant to be, a mere 24-hours after the posting of parts 1 & 2…..and, on the very day it premieres […]

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Baseball / Cricket as explained to a foreign visitor

The Day the Earth Stood Still – almost Definitely not the magnitude of the World Cup where time seems to stop for matches at all hours of the day and night depending on where and/or who you might be watching, but, it somehow seems appropriate to turn our attention (along with much of North America) on […]

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World Cup 2010 – Is it soccer or football?

Interchanging these two words anywhere outside the United States is just a bit more dangerous than pronouncing the word ‘tomato’ or ‘potato’ differently. Using the word soccer to reference football outside the USA can put you at immediate risk of ridicule or bodily harm. I’m trying to understand this, especially as we begin the month-long […]

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I really want to get this, but just can't…

Full disclosure, up front. Have never seen a cricket match in person. Sat in Gatwick Airport in London awhile back for a 7-hour layover and I really, really tried to hang at the sports pub and grasp the concept of cricket. Even with a local on each side of me trying to talk me through […]

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