• Happy Birthday, Chef, a.k.a. Lenny Henry

    Happy Birthday, Chef, a.k.a. Lenny Henry

    Here’s wishing a coveted third Michelin star to Le Chateau Anglais and Chef Gareth Blackstock for his alter ego, Lenny Henry’s 54th birthday today. Given that Chef Blackstock’s restaurant was one of the few in the United Kingdom to receive a two-star rating from Michelin we felt it the only fitting gift we could give […]

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  • Syfy targets Blake's 7 for next American re-make effort

    Syfy targets Blake's 7 for next American re-make effort

    Thankfully, if I get a bit discouraged at the thought of yet another British telly classic getting an American re-boot, I’ll have plenty of company this time around. The news that Terry Nation’s brilliant sci-fi drama Blake’s 7 will get a 21st century update courtesy of American cable outlet, Syfy, has not set well with […]

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  • Downton Abbey cast tweet a bit of fun in response to 'Sherlock' comments

    Downton Abbey cast tweet a bit of fun in response to 'Sherlock' comments

    Downton Abbey cast has fun with Twitter When Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of the BBC’s brilliant Sherlock series, offered up his rather uncomplimentary thoughts to Reader’s Digest on the biggest phenomenon since sliced bread, Downton Abbey, taken out of context or not, the initial inclination might have been to fire off a response that you […]

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  • Sherlock Master Class highlights

    Sherlock Master Class highlights

    On the outside chance you missed the three most important words for 2013 from yesterday…. RAT. WEDDING. BOW. Thanks to stellar reporting from @digitalspy, we bring you highlights from yesterdays Sherlock Master Class in Edinburgh. In attendance were producer, Sue Vertue, co-writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and Andrew Scott (Moriarty) Even though neither Benedict […]

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  • Brit TV bits and bobs to begin the weekend

    Brit TV bits and bobs to begin the weekend

    Doctor Who 7 transmission date news — finally! News of the BBC broadcast premiere of Doctor Who finally came on Wednesday with the date of 1 September etched in everyone’s appointment television brain. This season has it all with more Daleks, more dinosaurs, more Weeping Angels and a River Song return. The newly released trailer […]

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  • A glimpse of Sherlock 3 from Steven Moffat's mind palace?

    A glimpse of Sherlock 3 from Steven Moffat's mind palace?

    Sadly, I have to be the adult in the room and say, no, this isn’t ‘official’. At this point, we are no where near the scheduled 2013 start for principle production filming of Sherlock 3 and all we really know so far from co-creators, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, is that the Arthur Conan Doyle […]

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  • Mr. Selfridge – A First Look

    Mr. Selfridge – A First Look

    Another day, another :20 of programming teaser brilliance comes our way. Yesterday, it was the first two glimpses of Downton Abbey 3. Today, comes a first look at ITV’s Mr. Selfridge starring Jeremy Piven in the true-to-life story of American entrepreneur, ‘Mile a Minute’ Harry Gordon Selfridge. It’s amazing how a mere :20 can say […]

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  • Downton Abbey 3 – A First Look at Maggie v. Shirley

    Downton Abbey 3 – A First Look at Maggie v. Shirley

    As a telly watcher, I love this time of year as you begin to be inundated with all kinds of teasers for upcoming Fall programming. Finally, one of the most anticipated series on either side of the pond, ITV’s Downton Abbey, returns and has entered the arena with a few teaser clips of its own […]

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  • The unaired Blackadder pilot episode

    The unaired Blackadder pilot episode

    If you watched the Rowan Atkinson brilliance during the Opening Ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics, hopefully, you have the performance etched somewhere in the deep recesses of your personal mind palace as it seems as though the copyright police have systematically wiped the video from its virtual existence on the planet. I guess the […]

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