R.I.P. – Peter Mayhew, aka Chewbacca, dies at 74
The London-born actor played Chewbacca, the greatest of all Wookiees and co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon on ‘Star Wars.’
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Inside Sherlock’s mind palace — How do you film ‘thought’?
Capturing Sherlock Holmes’ deductive process was difficult enough for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss capturing it on the small screen is nothing short of amazing.
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Lost footage of the Beatles on ‘Top of the Pops’ surfaces in Mexico
Sadly, the silent 11 second bit is all that exists of the Fab Four miming to “Paperback Writer” in June of 1966. The lost footage was shot by a family in Liverpool filming their TV set with an 8mm camera.
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Richard Ayoade and Dawn French head to Athens in ‘Travel Man: 48 Hours In …’
‘Travel Man: 48 Hours In…’ — the popular series that premiered in 2015 and features comedian Richard Ayoade with a celebrity guest, usually from the comedy world, spending 48 hours in a popular city to discover the must-see tourist attractions — will return to the UK’s Channel 4 on Monday, April 15.
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Mr. Carson hosts ‘Music from Downton Abbey’ at Highclere Castle in June
Looking for that once-in-a-lifetime gift for the ‘Downton Abbey’ super fan in the family? If so, how about booking a magical summer evening on the stunning grounds of Highclere Castle, listening to beautiful music from the series performed by the Chamber Orchestra of London?
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Monty Python-inspired ‘silly walk’ parade takes over central Budapest
Inspired by a sketch in the 1970s comedy series Monty Python’s Flying Circus, where actor John Cleese played a civil servant walking in unusual ways to the “Ministry of Silly Walks,” Benedek Petrok, a 27-year-old education assistant who organized the march, said the event provided an opportunity for people to forget about their daily problems.
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With Brexit looming, April Fool’s jokes are banned by Britain’s Cabinet Office (supposedly!)
This year’s top April Fool’s effort goes to The Telegraph with their in-depth and very timely report on the UK’s banning of April 1 jokes amid fears of panic buying over Brexit. According to the paper, jokes would be banned this year under an archaic parliamentary order, amid warnings the public can no longer tell the difference between reality and farce.
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BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘Brexitcast’ delivers a (gulp!) relaxing Brexit using #ASMR
It has proven to be a very challenging couple of weeks for the Prime Minister in the House of Commons. Merely mentioning the word “Brexit” has generally been enough to send a majority of the British public, both Remain and Leave, into a state of rage. Could the aural phenomenon of ASMR help calm everyone down?
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Science and natural history genres at the forefront for PBS during BBC Showcase
Not to be outdone by the number of quality drama series coming to PBS stations, the genres of science and natural history were quite well represented at BBC Showcase.
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Tellyspotting survives the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone on the way to BBC Showcase 2019
Crossing oceanic fracture zones is just one of the dangerous things Tellyspotting goes through to report on the best of BBC programming and bring it back to the States.
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