The Big Bang Theory stars Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik, who played Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler on the recently ended CBS sitcom, have partnered for Carla, a new multi-camera comedy to be based on Miranda Hart’s BBC series Miranda.
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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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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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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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Douglas Adams’ comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is headed for an American television remake. The brilliant British staple originated as a comedy radio series in 1978, became a hugely successful series of novels and, subsequently, a classic 6-part television series for BBC2 in 1981. According to Deadline, it will be developed for an American audience by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Bates Motel, Locke & Key) and feature writer Jason Fuchs.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of what has to be one of the most refreshing British situation comedies to come along in recent memory, the cast of Miranda will reunite this November for a special evening of more fun than the law allows. Careful to be clear that this is not going to be a new […]
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With the greatness of Monty Python’s Flying Circus getting ready to mark their 50th anniversary since they first took UK audiences either by storm and/or surprise in October 1969 on BBC1, fans around the world should brace themselves for an endless amount of brilliant stuff from the mind palaces of the comedy troupe that not only has […]
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Known for his brilliant command of the English language, who better to address America on this Fourth of July holiday and the question “What if the British won?” than the man, whom Ricky Gervais so eloquently likened to both a ‘stick insect with glasses’, Stephen Merchant.
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Set in space, the show’s iconic spaceship Starbug breaks down on a desolate alien world. Instead of Kryten or Rimmer coming to the rescue, the crew is forced to call in the services of the AA to get back off the ground as tech-savvy Dave Lister springs into action.
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If left up to Blackadder co-creator/co-writer Richard Curtis, fans of the classic British situation comedy might just witness Edmund Blackadder telling kids to ‘get off his lawn’ in the not-too-distant future. Curtis is envisioning the possibility of one last reunion of Edmund (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Tony Robinson).
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