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Posted September 21, 2023 - No Comment

Post TIFF, ‘Alice & Jack’ headed to PBS Masterpiece in 2024

Fresh off a very successful premiere last weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Alice & Jack will find its American broadcast home in 2024 as part of Masterpiece on PBS. In collaboration with British broadcaster, Channel 4, Alice & Jack will star Academy Award®-nominated actress and producer Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, Birdman) alongside actor, director and screenwriter Domhnall Gleeson (Brooklyn, The Revenant). […]

Posted October 8, 2018 - No Comment

Good & Evil join forces to avert the Apocalypse in ‘Good Omens’ from Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Based on the satirical 1990 end of the world novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens looks to be devilishly fun (sorry, couldn’t help it). For starters, David Tennant stars as the rockstarish demon Crawley and Michael Sheen as the angel Aziriphale. The on-screen greatness begins when David Tennant’s ‘Crowley’ says, to Michael Sheen’s Aziriphale, “We need to talk…about […]

Posted October 19, 2015 - No Comment

‘Doctor Thorne’ next up for ‘Downton Abbey’ creator/writer, Sir Julian Fellowes

With the Downton Abbey body not even cold yet on either side of the pond, writer/creator Sir Julian Fellowes is already busy adapting one of his favorite novels for the small screen with his next project for ITV, Doctor Thorne. Adapted from the Anthony Trollope novel, Doctor Thorne tells the story of the penniless Mary Thorne, the […]

Posted August 26, 2014 - No Comment

It's a 'Sherlock' sweep at the 2014 Emmys…almost.

The 2014 Emmy Awards have come and gone with British entries more than holding their own for nominations and winners. Most of the categories from a British standpoint were dominated with twelve nominations apiece by the usual suspects involved both in front of and behind the camera with Downton Abbey and Sherlock. Especially in the […]

Posted August 24, 2014 - No Comment

'Downton Abbey' meets 'Mad Men' in 'Queen of the Earth'

Ok, technically, it’s not actually Downton Abbey meets Mad Men. It’s actually not even Lady Mary meets Peggy Olson, but it is Michelle Dockery meets Elisabeth Moss in an upcoming film, Queen of Earth, written and directed by Alex Ross Perry. Most recently, Perry directed Listen Up Philip which premiered at Sundance this year and […]

Posted May 7, 2014 - No Comment

Mark Gatiss goes from Mycroft to Tycho Nestoris in this weeks Game of Thrones

Full disclosure up front. I’ve never seen an episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Unfortunately, this goes in the stack of DVD boxed sets of series television gold such as Mad Men, Breaking Bad and West Wing that I have never seen in their entirety. Before you get up and leave the room, I have […]

Posted May 2, 2014 - No Comment

Nick Frost is Mr. Sloane….that's Sloane with an 'e', like the Square

“Unfortunately, the ’60s didn’t swing for everyone…” Television set in the 60’s these days dials up a pretty high coolness quotient given that, for the most part, our frame of reference is Mad Men or BBC’s The Hour. Mr. Sloane, set in Watford in 1969, however, is at the opposite end of the Earth from […]

Posted March 29, 2014 - 1 Comment

Bear with…Miranda Hart joins cast of Paul Feig comedy spy feature

After conquering both small screen comedy (Miranda) and drama (Call the Midwife) and, now, in the midst of her first comedy concert tour, the My, What I Call, Live Show tour, Miranda Hart has mastered riding a bike so will now set her sights on the big screen. According to Deadline, the ‘as yet […]

Posted September 23, 2013 - No Comment

The British invasion of the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards

Overall, unfortunately, it was a night to say how much an honor it was to just be nominated as all of the British representation in this years Primetime Emmy Awards fell prey to some pretty stiff competition from the likes of Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Homeland, HBO’s entries of Behind […]

Posted July 20, 2012 - No Comment

Downton Abbey, Sherlock dominate Primetime Emmy nominations

Even though the hit ITV/PBS drama, Downton Abbey, has had a presence at the Primetime Emmys the past couple of years, this year they have a lot of company that they are bringing with them from across the pond, laying further claim to the fact that the UK continues to produce the best television on […]