UK viewers who find themselves left with a big Poldark hole in their television viewing on Sunday nights have but only this Sunday (10 May) to find something to occupy their time. According to Eddie Marsan, there will still be “plenty of totty on Sunday nights” when the new fantasy drama Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell […]
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One of the main reasons it takes in the neighborhood of two excruciatingly long years between Sherlock series is the fact that both Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman seem to be on the top of everyone’s short list for every film that is green-lit for production on the planet. The brilliant news is both stars […]
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Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, World’s End), stars as Neil Clarke, a teacher at a failing secondary school who is unexpectedly given the power to do anything by simply saying it so by a group of power-crazed aliens. Sounds harmless enough, right? Well, maybe not as the ‘aliens’ aren’t quite what you’d […]
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With the Downton Abbey body not even warm yet, news comes that writer/creator Sir Julian Fellowes’ next project for ITV, Doctor Thorne is already in the works. Adapted from the Anthony Trollope novel, Doctor Thorne tells the story of the penniless Mary Thorne, the niece of Doctor Thomas Thorne, who grows up with her rich […]
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UPDATE: Leading up to the August 23 premiere of Season 2 on PBS, McKellen and Jacobi will serve as Grand Marshals of New York City’s 46th Annual Pride March on Sunday, June 28, the largest gay pride parade in the United States. Joining them as Grand Marshals are J. Christopher Neal, a New York artist […]
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The ‘small rouge one’ is set to return for two new series in 2016 and 2017. Speaking at Dimension Jump XVIII, series co-creator, Doug Naylor, announced that Dave (the home of witty banter in the UK) has commissioned not one, but TWO series of Red Dwarf. The last time viewers were treated to the space exploits of […]
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It’s no secret that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second baby. What they might have been trying to keep secret is that when the time is right for the royal bundle to arrive, Prince William knows exactly who to call. While the Queen stands ready to lend a helping hand when […]
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If you happen to reside in the UK, cancel all plans on Sunday and watch Sheridan Smith in The C-Word. Having had the great good fortune to have seen this at the 2015 BBC Showcase in Liverpool back in February, this is powerful telly. Unfortunately, most 60-minute programs on the small screen seem like they are 90 […]
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Cosplay – performance art in which participants called ‘cosplayers’ wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character or idea. When you combine spot on cosplay with an individual’s ability to play the piano brilliantly, you automatically think that this has to be considered the ultimate cosplay. Emerging from the TARDIS amidst a cloud of […]
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Some of you might think this is a bit of a stretch to be featured on Tellyspotting but not really come to think of it. Follow me here. Game of Thrones essentially follows the the story lines of the novel, A Song of Ice and Fire. It is set in the fictional Seven Kingdoms of […]
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