• Behind the scenes of ‘Carpool Karaoke’ with James Corden and Adele

    Behind the scenes of ‘Carpool Karaoke’ with James Corden and Adele

    Although the actual event was a bit anti-climatic, now that Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes have actually walked down the aisle, we can actually begin to focus on a few other Anglophile bits and bobs. Anti-climatic only in the sense that it took the better part of three episodes to determine if they were going […]

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  • Martin Freeman leaves Baker Street for streets of Kabul in ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’

    Martin Freeman leaves Baker Street for streets of Kabul in ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’

    If you’ve ever wondered why it takes 2 years between new Sherlock episodes, one has to understand just how popular and busy the two main stars have been, not to mention the packed schedules of co-creator/writers, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. We all know how crazy busy Benedict Cumberbatch is but his Sherlock co-star, Martin Freeman, is right up there […]

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  • BBC 3 headed to online only in February 2016 with a very ‘W1A’ looking logo

    BBC 3 headed to online only in February 2016 with a very ‘W1A’ looking logo

    With the 16 February shuttering of what ‘we call’ BBC3, the powers that be have unveiled a new logo that all-too closely resembles a redesign of the BBC logo created in the BBC parody comedy series, W1A, where a ‘new 21st century look’ was pitched to the Corporation by Jessica Hynes’ nightmarish Head of Brand Siobhan Sharpe. The […]

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  • Found ‘lost’ Dad’s Army episode to have new life in animation

    Found ‘lost’ Dad’s Army episode to have new life in animation

    While we are just weeks away from the big screen film release of Dad’s Army on 5 February, starring Toby Jones, Bill Nighy and Michael Gambon, a ‘lost’ episode of the iconic British comedy series from the creative minds of Jimmy Perry and David Croft has been found and is being given a bit of a 21st […]

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  • ‘Fawlty Towers’ in Lego – Mr. O’Reilly would be so proud

    ‘Fawlty Towers’ in Lego – Mr. O’Reilly would be so proud

    Several years ago, 21-year-old Nathan Feist, a student at Cornell University in New York, succeeded where Basil Fawlty (and, O’Reilly) failed by bringing a semblance of functionality to the most dysfunctional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay on the ‘English Riviera’. Exhibited at the BrickFair, Virginia LEGO convention back in 2014, his intricate LEGO recreation of the famous […]

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  • Basil Fawlty enters the 21st century with tree branch in hand!

    Basil Fawlty enters the 21st century with tree branch in hand!

    It has been (gulp!) just over four decades now since John Cleese (a.k.a. Basil Fawlty) last gave an automobile a ‘damn good thrashing’ for not starting. It was a cold October night in 1975 when Basil, in yet another attempt to climb the Torquay social ladder, left his friend Andres’ restaurant with duck in hand during […]

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  • Freddie and Stuart to get ‘Vicious’ once again

    Freddie and Stuart to get ‘Vicious’ once again

    Sirs Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, along with Frances De La Tour and Iwan Rheon, will return to their London Soho flat (a.k.a. London Studios) to tape a new episode of the comedy series, Vicious. According to the British Comedy Guide, the one-off special will follow what was, originally, the final episode of Series 2 […]

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  • Who will become the Abbey’s Father Christmas?

    Who will become the Abbey’s Father Christmas?

    At Downton Abbey, it’s Mr. Carson’s dream to become the Abbey’s Santa Claus. This year will be difficult as he will have to fight off stiff competition from some unlikely individuals. Unfortunately, for Carson, there’s no Mr. Molesley, no Nanny West or, for obvious reasons, no Mr. Green. Lord Grantham definitely has a tough decision […]

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  • ‘Walliams & Friend’ take on GBBO hosts in semi-cheeky, NSFW spoof

    ‘Walliams & Friend’ take on GBBO hosts in semi-cheeky, NSFW spoof

    No sugar plums dancing in this mind palace. Nothing but visions of Minty and Simon Marchmont and Posh Nosh dancing in my head this holiday season as the brilliant talents of David Walliams and Joanna Lumley give their take on the mega-popular Great British Bake-Off series this Christmas Eve.  Airing on BBC1 as part of the Walliams & […]

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  • Stephen Colbert makes case that an American ‘Downton Abbey’ not a great idea!

    Stephen Colbert makes case that an American ‘Downton Abbey’ not a great idea!

    Only the greatness of Stephen Colbert can draw this type of brilliance out of his guests! Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville and Allen Leech perform a scene from Downton Abbey using good old American accents and, I have to say, it’s either a bit unsettling or it’s spot on greatness. Just imagine, Downton Abbey with American accents! I know, […]

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