For many, this ‘sheltering at home’ concept combined with no sports has created America’s newest past time….the art of binge watching. While this has been around for awhile, it now affords the savvy telly watcher the opportunity to catch up on so many series that have been in the queue for some time that you […]
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For some, Andrew Davies and his brilliant work burst onto the screen in 2019 as the creator/writer of Sanditon. It was Davies who adapted the 8-part series from an unfinished manuscript by Jane Austen that ran on ITV and PBS earlier this year. For others, you mention his name and series such as Bleak House, Pride and […]
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Aidan Turner is swapping the picturesque Cornish coastline, where he rode up and down more times than the law should allow on his trusty horse, Seamus, in Poldark, for Italy in the 1400s and a paintbrush when he portrays Renaissance artist, Leonardo da Vinci, in a forthcoming 8-part drama series, Leonardo. The 8-part series will tell the […]
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If you won’t take the advice from anyone in your immediate inner or outer circle regarding social distancing and some form of sheltering at home, maybe PC Penhale, Dr. Martin Ellingham and the entire cast of Doc Martin will convince you of the extreme necessity of staying 2 meters from everyone in order to stop the spread […]
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Posted December 28, 2019 -
As the curtain comes down on another year of brilliant British comedy, UKGold wants to know who you think the greatest of all time, aka GOAT, is when it comes to British comedy. Britain’s Greatest Comedy Character will see a jury of nine comedians, actors, writers, journalists and critics battle it out under the watchful gaze […]
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Posted September 13, 2018 -
Fully admitting that I sometimes watch the DVD extras before watching the actual episode, I love knowing how the sausage is made…unless, of course, if you are actually talking about sausage. In the case of The Miniaturist, PBS’ newest Masterpiece which is currently airing on Sunday nights, this behind-the-scenes look at the making of the actual miniatures that […]
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Britain’s Best Home Cook, the BBC’s newest cookery competition program and the heir-apparent to the extraordinarily successful Great British Bake-Off, will feature head judge Mary Berry, Dan Doherty (Chef Director, Duck and Waffle) and Chris Bavin (founder, The Naked Grocer) alongside Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman as they invade the homes of unsuspecting Britons in search of the best amateur […]
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As King Charles III premiered last night on BBC2 and when it transmits on PBS this coming Sunday evening on Masterpiece, one might immediately question how and/or why a program that imagines a future in which Prince Charles becomes King, causes havoc and won’t sign a crucial bill could actually be filmed in Buckingham Palace. Would the official London residence […]
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The BBC has confirmed the first two titles for the forthcoming 4th series of Sherlock. Sadly, no official airdate has been confirmed as of yet but we are getting close enough to where bits of information are starting to be leaked out in true Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss fashion. The co-creators/writers of Sherlock seem to have a knack […]
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As Britain attempted to make sense of the seemingly impossible victory for the ‘Vote Leave’ campaign last Thursday, The New Yorker‘s best of the best began gathering to find their usual brilliant way of making light of what is sure to be a frightening sea of uncertainty for those that will be affected the most by […]
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