Uptown Downstairs Abbey – a house divided…by stairs

Unfortunately, the whole of the UK seems to be reeling this week with the news that the second series of Sherlock will now not broadcast until early 2012. Well, as a card-carrying member of the U.S. Sherlock support group, welcome. As most of you now know, Sherlock 2 will not air in the U.S. until […]

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Lost Hitchcock film gem unearthed

Lost Hitchcock Film Discovered in New Zealand Yes, I know the master of suspense spent much of his later years in Hollywood, but he was born in Leytonstone, London, England. Widely regarded as the greatest British film director of all-time in a 2007 poll of film critics conducted by the Daily Telegraph, Alfred Hitchcock was […]

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Happy Great British Beer Festival 2011 to all!

We (or you) may already be several days into the 2011 Great British Beer Festival, but there’s still plenty of beer and plenty of time to sample over 1000 different real ales, ciders and foreign beers from around the world. So much for the saying, so much beer, so little time. In the case of […]

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Jane Horrocks trades Tesco for Valco tonight in Trollied

Full disclosure, I’m a long-time Jane Horrocks fan. Forget her brilliance in AbFab. We’re talking mid-90’s when I first became a fan watching what, I believe, was called Watch with Nanny, a segment from a one-off Channel 4 program, Never Mind the Horrocks. Playing a 1950’s British television show presenter to perfection, this is one […]

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More Sherlock 2 photos and updates

As promised, a follow-up to yesterday’s Sherlockology efforts with more Sherlock 2 filming bits and bobs and some great first person narrative from the generous folks over at Cumberbatchweb. As we are constantly in search of anything that will delay us all from seeking out a Sherlock support group, here are some behind-the-scenes photos from the […]

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Sherlock 2 – a 221B Baker Street update

Thanks to some brilliant detective work over the past several months from the folks over at Sherlockology, looks like the door is cracked open to where we can take a peek behind the front door of 221B Baker Street and hear some brilliant first-person narrative from a source at the scene. In between some well-deserved […]

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From the TV Critics Tour – A PBS Masterpiece and more…

Lots of news coming out of Los Angeles this past week as the Television Critic’s Association’s Summer Press Tour 2011 is in full swing. For about two solid weeks, broadcast, cable and pubic television trot out the best and the brightest from in front of and behind the camera for programs/series that their respective networks […]

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Sunday bits and bobs with the Doctor, Downton Abbey and more….

Torchwood —> Doctor Who = Yes Doctor Who —> Torchwood = No We’ve seen and heard a lot in recent weeks from various particulars involved in both series that there’s a good possibility of seeing Torchwood’s Captain Jack Harkness in an upcoming Doctor Who episode. Now, in a recent interview, Doctor Who series exec, Steven […]

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Anyone know of a Sherlock support group?

I’m such a sucker for this type of behind-the-scenes stuff. Even though this was created leading up to the brilliant first season of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ Sherlock, it just amplifies how much I continue to be amazed at the talent surrounding this production both in front of and behind the camera. Hope this […]

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