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 in 2016. 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, Jeremy […]
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Post binge-watching of Breaking Bad and our discovery of the Doctor Who ‘Periodic Table’, here is another ‘this is why science is cool’ post, which seems to be becoming a weekly topic of discussion here at Tellyspotting. This just in from a world where Doctor Who and Nikola Tesla cross paths. The Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit invented […]
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Hanging in Room 8 of London’s National Gallery is a rather unassuming painting. Bronzino’s Mannerist masterpiece, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, was made in the mid-1500s for King Francis I, the King of France reigning from 1515 until his death in 1547. The piece, which hangs alongside works by Michelangelo and Raphael, depicts Cupid kissing his mother Venus, with great detail and […]
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If someone could have used Breaking Bad in high school to teach me chemistry, things may have turned out differently and I’d be a scientist as opposed to working in television today. Same holds true for a brilliantly cool periodic table from the folks over at Bodycote that focuses on the fictional metals and materials found in the […]
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As we collectively ready and steady ourselves for the return of The Great British Baking Show which makes its way to PBS on Friday, July 1, here is a quick look at your final 6 contestants as a follow-up to our quick look yesterday at the first six. Yes, I do know who wins but no spoilers here […]
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As we mentioned yesterday, The Great British Baking Show is back where it belongs….on PBS! The highly popular British reality/baking show, which airs under the title The Great British Bake-Off in the UK, will hit American television screens once again beginning Friday, July 1 with twelve new contestants all hoping to be the next Mary Berry. One note of […]
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Standing guard in the reception area/foyer of BBC’s Broadcasting House in London is a Dalek that is, quite possibly, more valuable than the recent 1966 Dalek that sold for £38,000. The Dalek in question was recently found to contain an interesting compound that could be used to solve an ongoing medical crisis. Bacteria that cause dangerous […]
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A 1966 Dalek has sold for approximately £38,000 to a UK bidder after attracting bids from around the world in a recent film and TV memorabilia auction. A man from London bought the Dalek, beating bids from America, Australia, New Zealand and Belgium. The Dalek, which was seen in the 1966 film Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 […]
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The Weeping Angels. Arguably the scariest of all villains, the Weeping Angels were first introduced in “Blink” where the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and his companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) find themselves trapped in the past trying to communicate with a young woman, Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan), to prevent the Weeping Angels from taking control of the TARDIS. Pretty […]
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On Thursday, 23 June, Britain will hold a referendum to vote on whether or not it should divorce itself from the European Union. As you can imagine, whatever side of the ‘will I stay or will I go now’ fence you fall on, this is a deeply emotional issue and one that will have a long-lasting […]
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