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Posted March 18, 2023 - No Comment

Grand parties, wise and outspoken women and friendships that stand the test of time await as ‘Sanditon’ S3 premieres Sunday on PBS!

With an eager fiancé in tow, Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) returns to a now thriving Sanditon. It’s Georgiana Lambe’s (Crystal Clarke) 21st birthday, and while a lavish party awaits, an awkward reunion between Charlotte and Alexander Colbourne (Ben Lloyd-Hughes) raises old feelings and new questions. And it’s not all celebration for Georgiana, who’s called on […]

Posted March 17, 2023 - No Comment

Another year, another raising of a ‘virtual jar’ to Frank McCourt this St. Patrick’s Day!

Regular readers of Tellyspotting may recognize this annual post from St. Patrick’s Day in years past. Given it’s officiall St. Patrick’s Day 2023, 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, the fact that many of us probably will spend tonight […]

Posted March 16, 2023 - No Comment

It’s St. Paddy’s Day Eve from Craggy Island

You can wear green all you want, have a pint of Guinness, maybe some Irish Stew or Corned Beef and Cabbage or even go to a parade but it just wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day without a trip to Ireland’s favorite destination – Craggy Island. With the realization that many across the globe have been […]

Posted March 15, 2023 - No Comment

Beware the Ides of March — courtesy of ‘Up Pompeii’

Aside from the brilliant series, I Claudius, it seems like an ‘Ides of March’ (the 74th day of the Roman calendar) cannot pass without thinking of the classic BBC comedy, Up Pompeii, starring the late, great Frankie Howerd.

Posted March 14, 2023 - No Comment

Happy National Pi(e) Day, America!

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 Pie Day here in the U.S. Unfortunately, North American Tellyspotting readers are usually a bit behind their U.K. counterparts as they set aside an entire week devoted to pie which just concluded on Sunday.

Posted March 9, 2023 - No Comment

‘All Creatures Great and Small’ begins filming on S4!

It seems like the credits just ended on the final episode of series 3 of All Creatures Great and Small with the final episode airing on PBS a little over two weeks ago. Thankfully, our collective separation anxiety will be short-lived as production has begun on series 4 with cast and crew returning to the Yorkshire […]

Posted March 7, 2023 - No Comment

‘Two Ronnies’ comedy gold is money in the bank for this Norfolk garden shop

A garden shop in Norfolk recently sold out of fork handles after designing a special window display in tribute to a classic BBC comedy sketch courtesy of the Two Ronnies. While the shop has previously won awards for its displays, shop manager Sarah Colman said she thought it would raise a smile, but was a bit […]

Posted February 28, 2023 - No Comment

More deaths in paradise in the works as ‘Death in Paradise’ commissioned for two more series

In addition to it being a bit hazardous to your health to live in a small English village, it appears that visiting the picturesque fictional Carribean island of Saint Marie is no less dangerous.

Death in Paradise creator/writer, Robert Thorogood, will continue to find a few more ingenious ways to kill off said visitors as the BBC announced that the series has been comissioned for 2 additional series (S13 and 14). In addition, two feature-length Christmas special episodes are also on their way beginning in December 2023.

Posted February 25, 2023 - No Comment

Happy 80th, George Harrison, 25 February 1943.

Sometimes known as ‘the quiet Beatle’, George Harrison would have been 80 years young today. The Liverpool-born musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer and, oh yeah, lead guitarist of the Beatles passed away in November 2001 of lung cancer at the extraordinarily young age of 58. While most Beatles fans will immediately identify with songs written […]

Posted February 25, 2023 - No Comment

For your viewing pleasure — a Dutch parody of ‘Keeping Up Appearances’ courtesy of De TV-Kantine

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then satirical parody imitation must be off the charts. From the the Dutch satire TV show De TV-Kantine, comes their own take on the iconic BBC series, Keeping Up Appearances with Carlo Boszhard, Dutch TV personality, singer, impersonator, and host as Hyacinth. While admittedly just a tad bit ‘over the top’, […]