As you lay comfortably in your bed this evening, Tellyspotting is off to Liverpool for the BBC Showcase 2013. For those that have been with us for awhile, you’ll remember that the BBC Showcase is the annual gathering of television program executives from around the world who ‘lock themselves in a convention center’ for 5 […]
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In 1909, Harry Selfridge had one goal in life and that was to make shopping thrilling. Now, just a bit over 100 years later, Mr. Selfridge continues the efforts of PBS’ Masterpiece series to make telly equally as thrilling. With Downton Abbey only one 2-hour episode away from concluding their third series on PBS (for […]
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Since we are still in the midst of the Downton Abbey Age here on Planet Earth, it’s only fitting that we continue to talk about ‘all-things Downton’. Partly, so that separation anxiety doesn’t quite have a chance to set in prior to Sunday’s episode and, partly, to keep our minds off the fact that there […]
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As we (im)-patiently await the next Facebook status update from the inhabitants of Downton Abbey, chronicling the devastating events of series 3, episode 4, it time to, yet again, turn our attention to what really sets British actors apart from their American counterparts. As we experienced, first hand, back in 2009 at the Theatre Royal […]
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Don’t look for Julian Assange to be standing next to you in line to buy a ticket to the November 2013 premiere of The Fifth Estate anytime soon which is currently in production. During a video-link hook-up from his refuge at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Assange told a group of Oxford University undergraduates that […]
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Yesterday marked the 150th anniversary of the 1863 opening of the London Underground. The original Metropolitan Line ran 120 trains each way during the day, carrying up to 40,000 passengers. To handle the crowds, extra steam locomotives and cars were called in. The Underground played a major role in shaping London’s design in the early […]
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As we wind down 2012, it’s time for celebration in Scotland. Hogmanay, the Scottish word for the last day of the year is synonymous with the welcoming of the New Year. All across Scotland, revelers celebrate Hogmanay in a huge way with spectacular fireworks, A-list concerts, carnivals, and parades. “Scotland has always been known as […]
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Downton Abbey cast point out obvious misspelling on the NY subway As everyone knows west of the Atlantic Ocean, series 3 of Downton Abbey premieres as part of PBS’ Masterpiece beginning on January 6, 2013. In preparation of the premiere, the Downton cast has descended upon the States this past week to promote […]
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Could Moriarty return for series 3? Early on, Sherlock co-creator/writer duo, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, had an idea just how Sherlock Holmes’ arch nemesis, Jim Moriarty, would appear. Moffat explained, “Moriarty is usually a rather dull, rather posh villain so we thought someone who was genuinely properly frightening. Someone who’s an absolute psycho.” ‘Absolute […]
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Who knew that there may actually be a Sherlock Holmes Separation Anxiety Society. Unofficially, they’ve been dealing with the separation for 125 years as opposed to most of us that have been at it for only a little over 2 years now, ever since the premiere of the BBC’s Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin […]
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