Happy 81st, George Harrison, 25 February 1943

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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The Kumars set for return to small screen with ‘Meet the Kumars’

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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‘All Creatures Great and Small’ renewed for two more seasons!

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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Pre-‘Monty Python’ series unearthed in major comedy discovery

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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Armando Iannucci, ‘Veep’, ‘The Thick of It’ creator, to adapt ‘Dr. Strangelove’ for the West End

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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Sans World Cup trophy, ‘Dave the cat’ headed to his new home in the UK!

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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