Time to clear some space on your DVRs for May 13 & 20 as Harry Potter star Michael Gambon is set to star alongside Murder She Wrote’s Angela Lansbury’s in the BBC/PBS television adaptation of the much-loved novel Little Women. Adapted by Call the Midwife creator/writer, Heidi Thomas, Little Women is set against the backdrop of a country divided by Civil War. Premiering on Mother’s […]
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In the era of not knowing if your favorite British comedy/drama will end abruptly (i.e. cancelled), Christmas has come early for fans of Victoria with the news that series 3 has been commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill, before series 2 premieres in America on Sunday, January 14, 2018 as part of PBS Masterpiece. The first […]
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Using the festive carol “Silent Night” as the backdrop for the trailer for the Victoria Christmas special, it appears as if there is enough seasonal merriment combined with a seemingly overabundance of royal misery to last most of us until series 3 begins next year. Given that American audiences have yet to see the beginning of series […]
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Even though the principle actors charged with keeping the streets of the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie safe have turned over numerous times during the British comedy/mystery drama’s six series, one constant has remained throughout the popular BBC series. There has always been a steady stream of guest actors visiting the island paradise to […]
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The Tunnel, Kudos’ brilliant Anglo-French adaptation of the Scandinavian drama, The Bridge, will be back next month for a third and final series next month. The Tunnel: Vengeance is headed to Sky Atlantic with all 14 episodes for watching beginning December 14. Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy will be back as DCI Karl Roebuck and French Commander Elise Wasserman, respectively, […]
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Five years after the fact, Dan Stevens finds himself still apologizing for his Christmas Day 2012 exit from Downton Abbey, the most popular British period drama known to mankind. In a recent interview with The Guardian leading up to his starring role in the current film, The Man Who Invented Christmas, Stevens was asked who he would most […]
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Following her time as a con artist in Good Behavior, Michelle Dockery seems to be getting pretty skilled at putting her six series stint as Lady Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey in the rear-view mirror. This time, in Steven Soderbergh’s Godless, which is now available on Netflix, Dockery plays Alice Fletcher, a hardened, gun-toting widow in the critically-acclaimed Steven Soderbergh/Scott […]
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With filming currently underway for Poldark S4, even this year’s Children in Need special couldn’t bring production to a halt. But, the cast did take time out to participate by filming a special video for the UK charity that, since it’s inception in 1980, has raised over £600 million for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. For the […]
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What a difference 365 days can make. It was only one year ago that the midwives of Poplar were battling the heat in a South African mission hospital. Fast forward 365 days and it looks as if it will be a white Christmas and a much colder holiday season for the residents of Nonnatus House […]
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**SPOILERS: If you haven’t seen yet, this contains plot details from Poldark series 3 episode 6, which aired Sunday, November 5 on PBS** While you might immediately recognize Caroline Blakiston as Lionel Hardcastle’s ex-wife in an episode of the British comedy, As Time Goes By, the London-born actress has carved out a pretty successful run as […]
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