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  • Happy 98th Sir David Attenborough!


    Sir David Attenborough, the one-time director of BBC Programming in the 60s and 70s turned biologist, natural historian, and writer, turned 98 years young on Wednesday (8 May). Beginning with Life on Earth in 1979, Attenborough set about creating a body of work which became a benchmark of quality in wildlife film-making, and influenced a generation of […]

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  • ‘Midsomer Murders Mayhem’ podcast continues with “Murder on St. Malley’s Day”

    Once again, THE podcast you been waiting for (and hopefully listening to) that digs deep and goes behind-the-scenes into the long-running British mystery series, Midsomer Murders!, continues to showcase the idea that things aren’t always that rosey when living in a picturesque small English village. With new episodes dropping each Thursday, this week we dig deep […]

  • ‘The Forsyte Saga’ headed to Masterpiece on PBS

    First broadcast in 1967 on the BBC, The Forsyte Saga was produced on a budget of £10,000 per episode which, at the time, was a fairly significant gamble not only because it was the last major British drama serial to be made in black and white but it was produced at a time when only a small proportion of […]

  • First look at ‘Miss Scarlet’ S5 with a new ‘Duke’ at Scotland Yard

    Masterpiece on PBS recently announced that Kate Phillips (Peaky  Blinders) would return as Miss Eliza Scarlet, Victorian London’s first ever female detective, for a fifth season of investigations. The series will be retitled, Miss Scarlet but Stuart Martin (Jamestown), who played Scotland Yark detective William “The Duke” Wellington in the previous four seasons, will not return for Season […]

  • Floppy fishing hat and all, DCI Vera Stanhope set to call it a day after S14

    Sadly, there is no joy in Mudville these days as word has come out that series 14 of Vera will be the last as Branda Blethyn has said it’s time to hang up the floppy fishing hat and iconic trench coat. Adapted from crime author Ann Cleeves’ Inspector Stanhope novels, the Northumberland-based detective series has graced […]

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