Ballard Berkeley, who played the bumbling Major Gowen that seemed to always be locked in an endless quest for the afternoon paper in Fawlty Towers, would have been 117 on Friday. The English actor, who appeared on stage and screen, passed away in 1988. Prior to his professional career, Berkeley served as a Special Constable with the […]
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In an attempt to shed their title of being voted ‘the least funniest country in the world‘ following a 2011 international survey conducted by Badoo.com, Germany has begun filming on a German language version of the British sitcom, Miranda. Currently with the working title of Ruby, the series will star German actress Anna Böger in the […]
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What had been rumored for some time, is now official. Jodie Whittaker is leaving Doctor Who, with showrunner Chris Chibnall also set to depart the series in 2022. Doctor #13 and series showrunner will both bow out following a six-part series (set to air later in 2021), two specials (already planned for 2022), plus one final feature-length adventure for […]
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It’s amazing how just a few words can make one happy these days as long as they are the right few words and in the right order. ‘Grantchester returns October 3rd‘ doesn’t quite erase all that 2020 has unleashed on Planet Earth but it does give us something to look forward to in the not too distant […]
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As if it wasn’t enough for fans of British drama to be in the middle of the new season of Unforgotten and Professor T and then possess the knowledge that new seasons of Call the Midwife, Grantchester, Baptiste, Endeavour, All Creatures Great and Small, Sanditon, Vera, Shetland, Father Brown, Death in Paradise and Miss Scarlet and the Duke are on […]
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What do Monty Python’s dead parrot and series 4 of Victoria have in common? Like the parrot, unfortunately, according to reports surfacing in Radio Times, The Sun and The Daily Mirror, the Daisy Goodwin period drama starring Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes seems to no longer be resting after being tired out after a long squawk. Apparently, it […]
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Cameras have begun to roll in the fictional yet picturesque coastal resort town of Sanditon as a new wave of residents are set to join Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams), Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke), Sir Edward Denham (Jack Fox), Lady Denham (Anne Reid) and Tom Parker (Kris Marshall) for the long-awaited series 2. The Sanditon story will […]
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The producers of Death in Paradise must be feeling a bit like Father Christmas this week with the announcement of a new, first-time ever, Christmas special coming our way this holiday season. As producers wrap up production of their 10th anniversary series, the Caribbean crime drama will see some new faces while welcoming back some extremely welcome old faces including Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf) as Officer Dwayne Myers.
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The long-awaited series 4 of Unforgotten finally arrived on our Sunday night telly doorstep a couple of weeks ago. While it has been three long years since we last touched base with DCI Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker) and DI Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar), the audience has already realized after only two weeks that it was worth the wait.
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Created and written by John Sullivan and launched on 8 September 1981, Only Fools and Horses has the distinction of being the most popular British situation comedy of all-time. Seven series and 64 episodes later, OFAH called it a day after three successive Christmas specials airing from 2001-2003. Now, according to the British Comedy Guide, Lovely Jubbly: A Celebration […]
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