A very familiar face (i.e. Bill Bailey) is taking home the Glitterball trophy from the 2020 Strictly Come Dancing competition which just concluded Saturday evening in the UK. The awesome thing is, that the familiar face to most people in North America comes from his time on the brilliant Dylan Moran comedy, Black Books. Bill Bailey was equally as […]
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While public television fans of the ‘little engine that could’ British mystery series, Midsomer Murders, are getting set for the series 16 premiere within the next couple of months (March 2020 to be exact), UK viewers are settling in for the ITV’s series 21 premiere at 8p on the 21st of January. In the era […]
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Following a series of clues from The One Show hosts Alex Jones and Matt Baker, Danny John-Jules was confirmed Monday evening as the third and newest contestant to take the dance floor on the 2018 edition of Strictly Come Dancing. Dancing is nothing new to John-Jules who began his pre-television career as a dancer in the West End for […]
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Unimpressed by the quality of dancing on Strictly Come Dancing, don’t expect to see Aidan Turner anytime soon tripping the light fantastic on the popular television dance competition. The long-running BBC1 series, which features contestants, celebrities and individuals from all walks of life, paired with professional dance partners competing in a Survivor-like, weekly voting contestants off […]
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Time for one of my Howard Beale moments while pondering where the heck is Lewis Black when you need him. Reading the stories in a number of Sunday papers in the UK suggesting the government is about to impose much greater restrictions on when the BBC can schedule its favorite shows, one has to wonder about its priorities […]
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Every so often, along comes a television series that simply defies logic. Realizing that I’m a day late and a dollar short when it comes to hearing about this series, I am rapidly becoming a huge fan of the Channel 4 ‘documentary’ series, Gogglebox. I used to religiously watch The Royle Family because I knew, at some point, Jim Royle […]
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Is there no end to what America thinks it can remake bigger and better on the telly? The streets are littered with American versions of hit British series that have met a quick death due to the fact they just weren’t very good. History dictates that something has to be really, really bad for American […]
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When your day job of filming series 5 of Call the Midwife begins to wind down in the not-too-distant future, just what does one do to occupy your new found free time? For Helen George, who plays Nurse Beatrix ‘Trixie’ Franklin, aside from running in the recent London Marathon, you sign up for the forthcoming […]
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With the announcement this week that both Gavin & Stacey and Spy have been picked up in pilot stage by U.S. television networks, Fox and ABC, respectively, and the news weeks back that there will now be an ‘American’ Downton Abbey, one can’t help but revisit some past history of comedies trying to head west […]
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Aside from the fact that the BBC Sport Relief efforts happen to be one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK, it’s a country-wide effort to ‘get active, raise cash and change lives according to event organizers. If you are either outside of the UK or the one person within the UK that aren’t […]
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