A few years back, the plotline of Cobra (Cabinet Office Briefing Room A) seemed a little ‘out there’ to say the least. Imagine, the United Kingdom brought to its knees by a global catastrophe as unprepared politicians scrambled to respond and even the weird notion of panicked citizens stockpiling toilet paper thrown in to make it even […]
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For me, Friday, February 7, 1964 will forever occupy a special place in my music history heart as it marked the first ever television appearance of The Kinks (performing “Long Tall Sally”) as part of the Ready Steady Go series in the UK. For most of the rest of the world, however, the date of February 9, […]
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THE classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers is being revived and developed by Castle Rock Television with original series co-writer and star John Cleese and his daughter Camilla Cleese set to write and star. Filmmaker Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner, Matthew George, and Derrick Rossi will executive produce the series. According to early reports, the new FT will explore how the over-the-top, cynical […]
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For public television fans of Midsomer Murders, you undoubtedly know how difficult it is to survive life in a small English village. With a overall body count that has, ultimately, risen above 400 during filming of the 23rd season of the extraordinarily popular British drama, the long-running series was adapted by Anthony Horowitz (Foyle’s War, Magpie Murders) and Douglas […]
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There are certain series such as Poldark, Downton Abbey and Sanditon where the costumes should be considered as important to the storyline as the supporting cast. Just like scenic locations (i.e. the Cornwall countryside or Port Isacc), costumes can be equally as important as a strong ensemble cast. This is never more evident than with the latest adaptation of All […]
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While UK fans of Call the Midwife have been enjoying the new series since early January, PBS viewers in the U.S. don’t have much longer to wait as the bike-riding midwives from Nonnatus House return to Sunday nights beginning March 19 on PBS. Based originally on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth who worked with the Community of St. John the […]
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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 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 involved. The entire British […]
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Armed with a newly acquired deep Disney pocketbook, it looks like there are potential Doctor Who spin-off programs in the works. Programs, good or bad, that weren’t even on the ‘let’s discuss’ track until the recent streaming acquisition by Disney+. While new Doctor Who episodes might still be months away, returning showrunner Russell T Davies has kept the news coming, now […]
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Given the roller coaster events of the past several years, you’re probably at a point where you feel like you are either living in the middle of a sitcom or more like a nightmare. Nightmare aside, if you’ve ever thought, as I’m sure we all have at one time or another, 1) this would make […]
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You know the story. You studied it in school somewhere along the line. The future king of France is not exactly a catch. Marie Antoinette, barely a teenager at 14, has been sent from Austria to be married off to Louis-Auguste, the eldest son of the King of France. Airing Sundays, March 19 through May […]
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