Peter Sallis, best known for his role as mild-mannered Norman ‘Cleggy’ Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine and also as the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit died Friday, 2 June at the age of 96 at Denville Hall (a retirement home for actors) in Northwood, a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, his agent […]
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Ditching his signature Ford Cortina and Audi quattro for an RV Park, DCI Gene Hunt will soon be Living the Dream in an upcoming new comedy for Sky1. Philip Glenister (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, Mad Dogs) and Lesley Sharp (Scott & Bailey, Afterlife) as Brits abroad in the new Sky1 comedy drama, Living the Dream. The […]
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Cornish. It’s a way of life that’s quite unlike any other. While there are those that say it’s a laid back attitude, some say it’s simply not taking life too seriously. Others say it’s just plain quirky. Beginning Monday, whatever it may be, Kelly’s School of Cornish aims to give you a delicious taste of it […]
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Fresh off another brilliant performance as French detective Jules Maigret in the Easter Sunday broadcast of “Maigret: Night at the Crossroads“, Rowan Atkinson has dropped a few hints that he and long-time BFF Richard Curtis could have another Mr. Bean feature storyline ready to share with the masses in the near future. According to reports from the Daily […]
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John Cleese is back and the British sitcom world is all the better for it. Almost four decades removed from the world of sitcom, the former founding member of Monty Python will appear in his first BBC sitcom since Fawlty Towers ended in 1979. Edith will see Cleese head an all-star cast including Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey, […]
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Living vicariously from 5000 miles away, the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival took place this past weekend and, as usual, there was no shortage of brilliant bits and bobs for those interested in British television of any genre. Fresh off his most recent effort of flawlessly bringing the fictional French police detective, Jules Maigret, back […]
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There’s something about British comedy over the course of time that makes you wonder how two people could ever hook-up much less cross paths. You know, those like Basil and Sybil Fawlty who are constantly at each others throats but you get the sense that neither of them would survive without the other. The same […]
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It’s hard to believe but 2020 is just around the corner. Unfortunately, it’s getting closer by the day for the Japanese as organizers continue to prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Aside from the traditional Olympic planning that takes place such as making sure there are venues built and ready to support the […]
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The independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, a.k.a. U.K. TV watchdog Ofcom, is considering launching an investigation into the content of the charity fundraiser, Comic Relief, following last Fridays broadcast of Red Nose Day. Among the content broadcast on the 24 March live TV event that was the target of a majority of the […]
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The greatness that is Red Nose Day 2017 descended upon the U.K. last night with their usual brilliant sketches highlighting the comic genius of many folks familiar to us all. First up has English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge, Stephen Hawking, embarking on […]
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