No matter where you are in the world today, if you are merely practicing social distancing, ‘working from home’ or are full-on ‘sheltered in place’, take comfort in the fact that, beginning today on AcornTV, Miss Phryne Fisher is back after a 5- year hiatus, which seemed like an eternity, from the popular Australian series, Miss […]
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The most recent TV and film industry casualty of the coronavirus pandemic reaches all the way to Poplar and the bike-riding resident nuns of Nonnatus House as the BBC has shut down filming of this year’s Call the Midwife Christmas Special and the forthcoming series 10.
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As the world desperately tries to come to grips with closed borders, sheltering at home and social distancing, filming of two of the most popular shows on British television, Peaky Blinders and Line of Duty have been postponed as the UK film and TV production industry begins an overall shutdown in the face of the spread of the coronavirus.
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Regular readers of Tellyspotting may recognize this post from St. Patrick’s Day in years past. Well, it’s been several years since I re-posted it so I thought it was worth repeating given most of us will be spending tonight at home. So bear with me today as this day just isn’t the same without Frank. […]
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It was inevitable that Sir Julian Fellowes’ newest endeavor would be forever linked and compared to the greatness of Downton Abbey. And, given the fact that his newest effort, Belgravia, starts out with a promotional tag line of ‘secrets, sex, class warfare and corsets’ among the upper echelon of London society, it’s no wonder. While both series explore […]
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Aside from the brilliant series, I Claudius, it seems like an ‘Ides of March’ cannot pass without thinking of the classic BBC comedy, Up Pompeii, starring the late, great Frankie Howerd. The series, which ran only two short seasons back in 1969-1970, was written by and starred a number of Carry On film alumni, would probably have […]
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With Sanditon in the books following the series 1 conclusion in the U.S. as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series, Tellyspotting had the extreme good fortune to sit down recently with delightful Rose Williams, aka Charlotte Heywood, to talk about the series, the role of Charlotte, Jane Austen and everything in-between. We even talked her into divulging her secret to playing cricket! It’s a long one, so grab a bag of popcorn and settle in.
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ITV has announced a new crime drama series based on the hit Belgian series of the same name, Professor T. The series will star Ben Miller (Death in Paradise, Worst Week of My Life) as Professor Jasper Tempest, genius OCD criminologist with Frances de la Tour (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Vicious) as his colorful but overbearing mother, Adelaide. […]
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