Surprisingly, the biggest news coming out of the UK these days is not how Brexit will play out but rather how and/or will The Great British Bake Off survive their seemingly greedy leap from the BBC to Channel 4. There has been a great deal of speculation over the past couple of weeks as to what […]
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Every once in awhile, there are things that come along to where you think ‘why didn’t I think of that’. Unfortunately, another one of those instances hit me recently when I discovered there is a Breaking Bad-themed bar that is setting up shop permanently in London. ABQ, which started out as an innocent little pop-up bar […]
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Before you read this in the supermarket tabloids, I wanted to be the first to let everyone know. The current series of The Great British Bake Off will be the last to air on the BBC after the company behind the baking program broke off talks to renew their contract with the corporation. Love Productions, which […]
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In what seems to be the year for the land of endless remakes, prequels or revivals, Channel 4 in the UK has confirmed that the great Stephen Merchant will present a special celebrity edition of the 1990s game show, The Crystal Maze. A special one-off episode will be broadcast as part of Channel 4‘s Stand Up To […]
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***Spoiler Alert if you haven’t seen PBS’ Great British Baking Show 2016 finale*** As PBS’ broadcast of the 2016 Great British Baking Show (the UK’s 2015 Great British Bake Off series) came to an end this past weekend, American viewers have finally caught up to the 15.1+ million viewers in the UK that saw Nadiya Hussain claim the top prize as […]
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At 77, Sir Ian McKellen is pure greatness. Much like Bill Nighy, I would pay to listen to Sir Ian read the phone book should he embark on a tour of such simplicity. Now, the star of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (Gandalf), X-Men (Magneto), Vicious on PBS and recipient of more accolades than the law allows, showcases […]
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It wasn’t enough for Andy Murray to take home his second Gentleman’s Singles Trophy at Wimbledon last week, he had to go and rub elbows with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch immediately following his win over Canadian Milos Raonic. He did, however, do his best to find out as many details about Sherlock‘s fourth season as possible, such […]
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As pointed out in the Radio Times, England hasn’t had much to cheer about the past few weeks. First, there’s the obvious recent Brexit vote that has caused all kinds of throwing people under the bus/pointing fingers issues. Then there was the unexpected departure of England in the Euro 2016 at the hands of Iceland in […]
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I was reminded recently about the greatness of the series Life on Mars starring Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt and John Simm as DI Sam Tyler. Primarily set in the 70s, the series centered around Tyler, a policeman in service with the Greater Manchester Police who, after being hit by a car in 2006, finds himself […]
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A tip of the hat to the folks over at NPR for bringing to our intention what could very well be the greatest invention since someone actually determined it was safe to eat chocolate chip cookie dough. Billed as ‘the leading bike-horse hybridizer in the world’, comes the ultimate Christmas gift for those that may be wondering […]
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