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Posted February 24, 2019 -  No Comment

Science and natural history genres at the forefront for PBS during BBC Showcase

Not to be outdone by the number of quality drama series coming to PBS stations, the genres of science and natural history were quite well represented at BBC Showcase.

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Posted February 20, 2019 -  No Comment

Benedict Cumberbatch added to ‘Good Omens’ as the voice of Satan

He’ll square off against Frances McDormand as the voice of God in the long-anticipated adaptation of the Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett novel.

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Posted February 19, 2019 -  No Comment

Syrian refugee comedy ‘Home’ a sweet surprise at BBC Showcase

‘Home’ is not only funny but will remind us all what the concept of home really means.

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Posted February 18, 2019 -  No Comment

More death in paradise as ‘The Mallorca Files’ screens at BBC Showcase 2019

‘The Mallorca Files’ shows, once again, that paradise isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, with more death than the law allows.

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Posted February 16, 2019 -  No Comment

‘Warren’ brings Martin Clunes’ career full circle with return to sitcom comedy

While there’s no phobia for blood this time around, Warren Thompson does find himself living in an area he doesn’t like, thinks the world is against him, always knows best and speaks his mind.

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Posted February 15, 2019 -  No Comment

Tellyspotting survives the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone on the way to BBC Showcase 2019

Crossing oceanic fracture zones is just one of the dangerous things Tellyspotting goes through to report on the best of BBC programming and bring it back to the States.

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Posted February 6, 2019 -  No Comment

‘Broken’ starring Sean Bean emerges from BBC Showcase as another must-see TV drama

I have to believe if you looked up words like “gritty,” “powerful” or “gripping” in the dictionary, you would find the episode listings for ‘Broken.’ 

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Posted February 27, 2018 -  No Comment

New showrunner, new Doctor, new companions and, now, a new logo all ahead for ‘Doctor Who XI’

Next up in the long line of changes ahead was the unveiling of the new logo design at last week’s BBC Showcase in Liverpool. Stylized in a brilliant orange gold, the new ‘brand’ is a far cry from anything that has preceded it over the last five decades.

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Posted February 16, 2018 -  No Comment

Tellyspotting heads to Liverpool for BBC Showcase 2018

As you lay comfortably in your bed this morning, New York will be in Tellyspotting‘s rear view mirror as we head to Liverpool for the 2018 BBC Showcase.

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Posted November 16, 2017 -  No Comment

‘The Wrong Mans’ headed to public television in 2018

This is one of the series that a number of public television programmers have been tracking for several years after initially screening at the BBC Showcase in Liverpool. Finally, in 2018, viewers will get a chance to see why you never, ever break rule #1.

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