Given it's officially still St. Patrick's Day 2025, I thought it was worth repeating another year as not only is it hard to let St. Paddy's Day pass without thinking of Frank McCourt. As you read this, raise a virtual 'jar' or two of Guinness to Frank McCourt.
While it, technically, is the day set aside to celebrate the mathematical constant knows as "Pi", one can never have enough pie be it American or British so, no matter where you are and whether you are a fan of the traditional American ‘pie’ or British ‘pie’, today is National Pi(e) Day here in the U.S.
There are a handful of actors that I would be content to just sit and let them read the phone book. We're talking the likes of Nicola Walker, Suranne Jones, Bill Nighy and, obviously, Benedict Cumberbatch.
Douglas is Cancelled is worth keeping an eye on for a number of reasons. One being the outstanding cast that starts with Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Twenty Twelve, W1A), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy), Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, ER), Ben Miles (Coupling, Forsyte Saga, The Crown) and Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and, two, the mind palaces behind the series are acclaimed writer Steven Moffat (Coupling, Sherlock, Dracula) and Sue Vertue's Hartswood Films (Men Behaving Badly, Coupling, Sherlock, Jekyll, Dracula).
Good Karma Hospital is a medical drama about a junior doctor, Ruby Walker, who becomes disillusioned with her life and broken relationship, and decides to leave her cold, grey world in the UK behind.