Lady Rose returning to Downton Abbey for Christmas! Busy times on the horizon for Lily James. While she has yet to appear in the final series of Downton Abbey, she definitely holds quite the busy work schedule these days. Most recently, Downton Abbey‘s Lady Rose Aldridge did confirm that she will be returning to Downton from America to help […]
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Now that Downton Abbey has come to an end (from a filming standpoint, anyway), Dame Maggie Smith will be swapping her trademark Dowager Countess attire for a knit cap and dirty raincoat for her forthcoming role in playwright Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van. In the film adaptation of his hit West End play, The Lady in the […]
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For much of the information-starved members of Downton Abbey-Nation, I think I can safely say we are at maximum separation anxiety even though we are now only a mere two months away from the final series premiere on Sunday, January 3, 2016 on PBS. While it’s hard to completely void yourselves from the Internets for fear of […]
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When the new series of Doc Martin returns to public television stations in the States this January, viewers will be treated to a very familiar face in episode 7 as none other than Sigourney Weaver turns up in Portwenn. The actress, known for her brilliant roles in Alien and Ghostbusters, left Hollywood for a small part in Doc Martin – […]
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While Sherlock-Nation still awaits the news regarding the actual date that the long-awaited one-special will transmit (it’s still listed as “soon-ish”), it appears that Planet Earth will have a number of options once we know. In addition to broadcast on PBS and BBC1, word comes from BBC Worldwide that Sherlock will become a ‘global cinema event’ with airings in […]
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Jenna Coleman’s post-Doctor Who career has ‘officially’ begun with the first pics that have been released of the forthcoming ITV series, Victoria. With the release of the first images, also comes the news that Rufus Sewell (Parade’s End) has been added to the cast as Lord Melbourne, Victoria’s first prime minister. The drama will also star Peter Firth (Spooks) as […]
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With the Downton Abbey body not even cold yet on either side of the pond, writer/creator Sir Julian Fellowes is already busy adapting one of his favorite novels for the small screen with his next project for ITV, Doctor Thorne. Adapted from the Anthony Trollope novel, Doctor Thorne tells the story of the penniless Mary Thorne, the […]
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When series two of the brilliant BAFTA-nominated ITV police drama, Prey, returns later this year, DS Susan Reinhardt will be putting another Life on Mars alumni in her sights. In series one, it was John Simm who starred as Detective Constable Marcus Farrow, the well-liked detective with the Manchester Metropolitan Police and husband with two children. His […]
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As America readies itself for the sixth and final series of Downton Abbey, an Australian drama that is deservedly being tagged as the ‘Australian Downton Abbey‘ is headed west of the Atlantic. Debuting in Australia in 2013, series 3 of A Place to Call Home has just begun in the land down under with stars […]
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If, by chance, you happened to have hung out in Glasgow in the early 80’s, you may remember a punk band that went by the name of The Bastards from Hell and then, later, the Dreamboys. What you might not remember is that two members of the group who would go on to be pretty […]
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