• Celebrating Up Pompeii’s Frankie Howerd who would have turned 100 on Monday

    Celebrating Up Pompeii’s Frankie Howerd who would have turned 100 on Monday

    Yesterday, British comedy legend, Frankie Howerd, would have turned 100. Oddly, Francis Alick Howerd OBE was, perhaps, best remembered for his efforts in the classic Carry On films even though he only appeared in 2 of the 31 films, Carry On Doctor (1967) and Carry On Up The Jungle (1970) – plus one television special, the 1969 edition of […]

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  • Tellyspotting heads to Liverpool for BBC Showcase 2017

    Tellyspotting heads to Liverpool for BBC Showcase 2017

    As you lay comfortably in your bed this morning, New York will be in Tellyspotting‘s rear view mirror as we head to Liverpool for the 2017 BBC Showcase. After a lengthy 9-hour flight to London followed by a 2.5 hour train journey to Liverpool, we will be among the roughly 700 television program executives from around the world […]

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  • BBC4 goes slow with ‘All Aboard: The Sleigh Ride’

    BBC4 goes slow with ‘All Aboard: The Sleigh Ride’

    Last Christmas Eve, BBC4 transported viewers to northernmost Norway for a Slow TV special — a two-hour sleigh ride through Karasjok (roughly 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle). Filmed from the point of view of a reindeer herder, the show was created with the unthinkable in day and age concept of having no commentary, music […]

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  • No bongs in Big Ben’s future during repairs…

    No bongs in Big Ben’s future during repairs…

    Big Ben, the iconic London landmark, will fall silent for several months after it closes its doors to visitors for a major three-year £29 million refurbishment project. Housed in what was originally known as the “Clock Tower” and now officially known as Elizabeth Tower (it was renamed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012), […]

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  • Heathrow’s entry in the 2016 Battle of the Christmas Adverts a real tearjerker

    Heathrow’s entry in the 2016 Battle of the Christmas Adverts a real tearjerker

    Over the course of the last 70 years, Heathrow Airport has specialized in reconnecting people with their loved ones, especially at this time of year, because coming home for Christmas is ‘the best gift of all’. Among the millions of seasonal passengers that pass through on a daily basis, there are some extra-special arrivals that […]

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  • A breathtaking look at ‘Planet Earth II’

    A breathtaking look at ‘Planet Earth II’

    Tellyspotting is taking a bit of a breather from all the brilliant drama and comedy offerings that have littered the hallways of Fall 2016 to showcase yet another upcoming epic bit of work from Sir David Attenborough. Planet Earth II, beginning in November on BBC1, is the 10-years in the making sequel to the highly […]

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  • ‘Silly Walks’ Tunnel opens in Netherlands municipality of Eindhoven

    ‘Silly Walks’ Tunnel opens in Netherlands municipality of Eindhoven

    Hundreds of fans gathered to see British comedian John Cleese open the ‘silly walk’ tunnel, officially known as the Dommel tunnel, in Eindhoven, a city located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, on Monday. The 130 meter long wall of the tunnel boasts a mural of Monty Python’s silly […]

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  • London Underground Tube Map gets Shakespearian makeover for 400th

    London Underground Tube Map gets Shakespearian makeover for 400th

    Shakespeare is believed to have died on his birthday, 23 April 1616, in Stratford-upon-Avon. To honor his life this year, there have been endless efforts put together across the land this weekend to celebrate the Bard’s 400th anniversary from television to film to theatre and classical music. One of the most creative and interesting celebrations, however, […]

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  • Ok, David Tennant, what did you do with Shakespeare’s head?

    Ok, David Tennant, what did you do with Shakespeare’s head?

    Designed to mark the 400th anniversary since the death of William Shakespeare, a recent Channel 4 documentary focused its cameras on the first ever archaeological investigation of Shakespeare’s grave in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and appears to have concluded that, wait for it…wait for it…his head quite probably is missing. Shakespeare’s Tomb, which will transmit in the […]

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