The art of trying to fill the programming slots in a 24/7 broadcast schedule can be ‘challenging’ to say the least. Yes, PBS provides programming we all know and love that make up about 2/3’s of the schedule but it’s that all-important 1/3 of the schedule that can make the difference between a good and […]
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Surprisingly, it’s been ‘all-quiet on the British baking front’ for the last several months. You may remember the Brexit-style exit that the series made with the BBC last year when the producers and the Beeb couldn’t come to an agreement for the next season. After seven seasons, the series left the BBC for greener pastures […]
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Dame Judi Dench is celebrating her 60th year in acting in 2017. Her professional debut occurred in September 1957 with the Old Vic Company at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, as Ophelia in Hamlet. In six decades, Dame Judi Dench has won an Oscar, a Tony, seven Oliviers, six film and four television BAFTA Awards. […]
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As we reported earlier this year, Robot Wars, one of the greatest ‘guilty pleasure’ shows of all-time, is set to return to the small screen tonight on BBC2. I loved this show when it was originally broadcast with Craig Charles (Red Dwarf, Coronation Street) and Phillipa Forrester! Thankfully, I never saw the first series with former Top Gear host, […]
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London is a bit like Vegas. There’s usually very little in life that passes by on a daily basis where you can’t get some sort of odds at both William Hill and the local Ladbrokes betting shop. One can only imagine with the recent news that Peter Capaldi would be moving out of the Tardis […]
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The first pies appeared around 9500 BC in the Egyptian Neolithic period or New Stone Age. Whether you bake or cook or venture out, National Pie Day is, ultimately, about the enjoyment of eating pie. One can never have enough pie be it American or British so, no matter where you are and whether you are […]
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As we reported recently, Big Ben, the iconic London landmark, will fall silent 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 […]
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Next up from the TCA in Los Angeles comes word that The Great British Baking Show will return to PBS this Summer beginning in June. The series, which has run in the U.K. on BBC1 as The Great British Bake-Off, follows amateur bakers from diverse backgrounds who tackle culinary trials that increase in difficulty as the competition unfolds. […]
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There is now joy in Mudville today and, yes, Virginia there is a Santa Clause as Channel 4 has finally confirmed that the brilliant 90s classic, The Crystal Maze, will return for a 20-part series beginning in 2017. Originally hosted by the greatness of Richard O’Brien (Rocky Horror Picture Show), the newest incarnation will see former IT Crowd star […]
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The BBC ‘officially’ bid farewell to the Great British Bake-Off with a Boxing Day broadcast filled with their best contestants, heartwarming moments and a video tribute that capsulized the past six series into perfection and worthy of at least a few boxes of tissues. For the one person that may have missed the GBBO melodrama […]
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