Saying goodbye to Cricket St. Thomas, the home of To the Manor Born, the KERA Tour of England continued further west this past week with a tour of Port Isaac and the Cornwall coast followed by a walk-through of the Greenway Estate, the holiday home of Agatha Christie and the setting for the final Hercule Poirot […]
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Day 3 of the To the Manor Born KERA Tour of England begins with the Roman Baths in our rearview mirror as Jim points the motor coach west and heads to Cricket St. Thomas in Somerset, England. While the name may not be immediately familiar, I’m guessing that the staircase might give it away as the home of Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, then Richard DeVere then Audrey fforbes-Hamilton AND Richard DeVere in To the Manor Born.
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The To the Manor Born KERA Tour of England got off to a brilliant start on Monday with a chamber of commerce/postcard perfect day in Windsor touring Windsor Castle. After a whirlwind beginning in Windsor, we boarded the motorcoach with Jim at the helm carefully navigating his way to Highclere Castle (a.k.a. Downton Abbey). The folks with […]
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Beginning Monday and continuing over the course of the next week, 30 intrepid British drama and comedy enthusiasts will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see first hand the locations used in the filming of such series favorites as Victoria, Poldark, Downton Abbey, Doc Martin and To the Manor Born, in addition to such iconic places as Hampton Court Palace and The Greenway Estate, the home of author Agatha Christie.
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Next up on the American re-make horizon is the brilliant BBC series, Mum. According to Deadline, Tony-winning playwright and actor Tracy Letts (August: Osage County and Killer Joe) will write the remake of the BAFTA-winning U.K. television series Mum with producer Scott Rudin (To Kill a Mockingbird, Moneyball, The Social Network) developing the series with Big Talk Productions. Mum, […]
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I feel like the following story has to have a ‘do not try this at home, these are professionals’ disclaimer at the head before allowing readers to proceed. Yes, that was Sir Paul McCartney seen recently hanging out by the railroad tracks on Long Island, New York, and photographed leaving coins on LIRR tracks near his home in the Hamptons, then returning to collect them after the trains had gone through.
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Fresh off her current stint as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, the 2019 Best Actress Oscar-winner for The Favourite is headed to the animated world of The Simpsons as a ‘femme fatal’ who only has eyes for the one-and-only Homer Simpson.
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In the day and age of present day comedy whereby a number of classic British and American situation comedies are being re-made even if it’s just for a one-off special, one has to wonder whether or not the much more politically correct climate of 2019 would lend itself to a remake of the Jeremy Lloyd/David Croft classic, ‘Allo ‘Allo.
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At long last, it’s Afternoon Tea Week in the U.K.! Running from 12th – 18th August and celebrated in venues across the U.K, ranging from quaint tea rooms, to 5-star hotels and countryside manors all paying tribute to the nation’s favorite pastime. Someone we should all be acquainted with especially during this week is Grant W.V. Harrold, a.k.a. […]
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The second episode of the sixth series of ITV’s hit detective drama, Endeavour, sees Morse investigating a murder with links to a film studio that bears a strong resemblance to the one once operated by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson in the 1960s. The story is set in July 1969 against the optimism and excitement of […]
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