Unfortunately, it’s not Blackadder V or Mr. Bean III but the good news is that Rowan Atkinson will perform the title role in Simon Gray’s ‘Quartermaine’s Terms‘ running 23 January through 13 April 2013. The play, which is set in Cambridge in the 1960s English language school for foreigners and centers around the friendly but […]
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Lots of behind the scenes news flying around the Internets the past several days involving some of our favorite stars talking about some of our favorite British telly. Craig Charles on RDX: “It’s like Grumpy Old Men in Space” Set to premiere on Dave, the self-described UK Home for Witty Banter, Red Dwarf X from […]
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With the 2012 London Olympics a mere 55 days from today, PBS has announced a slate of programming that will give not only grant you unprecedented access to the Royal family but will also provide a bit of a glimpse of English history as a run-up to the Games, which begin on Friday, 27 July. […]
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Mr. Peabody, set the WAYBAC Machine to September 2010 before any Sherlock program has been seen…. In what now seems to be a lifetime ago, Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat and producer, Sue Vertue, give a bit of what is now background greatness as to how they created one of the most inventive series in recent […]
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The 2012 BAFTA Television Awards have come and gone with the usual ‘some surprises, some expected’ best of the best in British television awards handed out on Sunday evening. A couple of quick personal observations…accent on personal observations. Full disclosure – I haven’t seen either Appropriate Adult or The Fades so they could be quite deserving […]
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***SPOILER ALERT*** For those that have not seen episode one of Downton Sixbey, go to the bottom of the post and invest 8:15 before reading further. Then, come back to the top for 9:59 of Jimmy Fallon brilliance. When we first joined the inhabitants of Downton Sixbey, Jimmy Fallon, the Earl of Downton Sixbey, split […]
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It’s Memorial Day Weekend. Traditionally, a weekend that signals the beginning of the summer travel season for many. It’s also a traditional weekend that movie goers look forward to as the beginning of the summer blockbuster releases. While studios have jumped the gun over the years trying to get a leg up by releasing films […]
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Still reeling from last night’s Sherlock? If you were anywhere near the telly last night in America for the season finale of Sherlock “The Reichenbach Fall”, you are probably quite tired and drained this morning from what has to have been the best 90-minutes of television and, the most moving final scene, in recent memory. […]
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Sherlock “The Reichenbach Fall” ***SPOILER ALERT*** If you haven’t seen last nights series two finale of Sherlock, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, then read no further. If you have, my guess is that you will dig deep into the following interview with co-creator/co-writer, Steven Moffat, and then watch your DVR recording several more times […]
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Should you find yourself in, around or near Glasgow, Aylesbury, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Blackpool, Brighton, Bromley, Cambridge, Edinbugh, Leicester, Liverpool, Llandudno, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Plymouth, Southend, Southampton, Woking, or York in the not-too-distant future, please try to score a ticket and pencil in a trip to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show – Live!. […]
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