Endeavour, the series which began as a single film a decade ago in 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Inspector Morse, will end its run after 33 episodes across nine seasons beginning Sunday, June 18. Leading up to series 8, a special video statement from series producers Mammoth Screen and PBS Masterpiece signaled the end […]
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While Larry, the Chief Mouser at 10 Downing Street, deservedly grabs most of the headlines these days in the British press, there’s another British cat the warrants a bit of ink (and, not just on page 3 of the The Sun). England’s Winston Churchill gained a well-deserved reputation as one of the best known and […]
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Red Nose Day has to be the single most brilliant example known to man and/or woman of how an entire country demonstrates the ability to create brilliant content and rally around a charitable cause. To label Red Nose Day in the UK as a cultural phenomenon is doing it an injustice. It’s an institution. The entire country gets […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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