Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Photo: Playground Television (UK) Ltd When two-time Booker Prize-winning author, Hilary Mantel passed away in September 2022 at the all-too-young age of 70, she was consulting on the television adaptation of her most recent 2020 novel, “The Mirror and the Light”, which was […]
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Full disclosure, I had no idea there were other versions of the brilliant Ricky Gervais series, The Office, outside of the original and the American remake starring Steve Carrell. The new remake kid on the block will be the 13th version of the acclaimed series with this version of The Office actually marking the first time that […]
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With humble apologies, we can’t let the week end without wishing a belated happy birthday to founding member of Monty Python and the brilliant parody rock band, The Rutles. The genius mind-palace behind Spamalot turned 81 on Friday. Widely known for his musical prowess, Idle penned “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”, the […]
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Sometimes known as ‘the quiet Beatle’, George Harrison would have been 81 years young today. The Liverpool-born musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer and, oh yeah, lead guitarist of the Beatles passed away in November 2001 of lung cancer at the extraordinarily young age of 58. While most Beatles fans will immediately identify with songs written […]
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On the heels of the welcome news of the commissioning of two new series of All Creatures Great and Small comes the brilliant news that the Kumars are returning to television in new format Meet The Kumars, which has been commissioned by the Fox network in the U.S. While Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal and Vincent Ebrahim will reprise their characters, Shaheen […]
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With the news that All Creatures Great and Small has been renewed for not one but TWO new series, it’s all smiles in Darrowby with filming to begin soon on location in Yorkshire! This is exceptionally brilliant news given that series 4 just ended this past Sunday as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. According to a release sent out […]
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On the heels of the unfortunate BBC announcement that there was to be no further comission for any new Upstart Crow programs, the comedy pendelum shifted to the positive end of the spectrum in roughly 24 hours with new that ITV has recovered a major, missing comedy series that lead to the creation of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. […]
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Veep and The Thick of It creator, Armando Iannucci, will collaborate with Olivier award-winning actor Sean Foley on the first authorized adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 apocalyptic comedy, Dr. Strangelove, which starred Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, tells the story of a rogue US general who triggers a nuclear crisis and puts the world on the verge of catastrophe when he orders an attack on the Soviet Union.
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Sadly, this seems to be a daily occurance these days. Angela Thorne, a name you may not immediately be familiar with but you and millions of other British comedy fans on both side of the pond will definitely know her work, has passed away at the age of 84. Probably best remembered for her role […]
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Unfortunately, the 2022 World Cup trophy wasn’t in the cards for the England national football team this year but England stars Kyle Walker and John Stones will not be coming home empty-handed as they are bringing with them someone special that captured the hearts of England players and fans alike and goes by the name of…Dave […]
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