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Posted May 2, 2020 - No Comment

After 30 years, ‘Good Omens: Lockdown’ has a message for you.

On May 1, 1990, a classic novel was born. From the brilliant mind palaces of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch tells the story birth of the son of Satan and the coming of the End Times. The Apocalypse is near, and Final Judgement will soon descend upon the human species. Now, on the 30th Anniversary of the original publication of Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, who better to hear from during this uncertain time of ‘sheltering at home’ than Aziraphale and Crowley themselves.

Posted March 3, 2020 - No Comment

Don’t Panic! Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to celebrate 42 years this Sunday!

It was 42 years ago this coming Sunday on 8 March 1978 at 10:30p on BBC Radio 4 where the face of radio comedy changed forever. H2G2 was unleashed on the world. It was seemingly an ordinary Thursday lunch for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. Unfortunately, for Arthur, the weekend has only just begun.

Posted February 27, 2020 - No Comment

‘Sport Relief’ set to bring it, once again, going after bent coppers in ‘Line of Duty’ spoof

Aside from the fact that the BBC Sport Relief efforts happen to be one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK, it’s a country-wide effort to ‘get active, raise cash and change lives’ according to event organizers. If you reside outside of the UK or happen to be the one person within the UK that aren’t […]

Posted February 26, 2020 - No Comment

‘Inside Man’ next up from the mind palace of ‘Sherlock/Dracula’ co-creator, Steven Moffat

The mind palace of former Sherlock and Dracula co-creator Steven Moffat is about to get busy again. We had the good fortune to cross paths earlier this month with the former Doctor Who showrunner in the hotel lobby during the 2020 BBC Showcase in Liverpool along with his wife and Hartswood Films Executive Producer, Sue Vertue. They took a […]

Posted February 2, 2020 - No Comment

Remembering Geoffrey Hughes, a.k.a Onslow, on what would have been his 76th birthday!

The man who most knew as Onslow, the slovenly bane of Hyacinth’s existence (except for one special moment on the QE2) in Keeping Up Appearances, would have been 76 on Sunday. Geoffrey Hughes, one of the true British comedy greats, was also known to many over the years for his supporting role as Twiggy in The Royle Family, conman Vernon Scripps in Heartbeat and binman, Eddie Yeats, in Coronation Street during the 1970’s and 80’s. Probably very few knew that Hughes was also the voice of Paul McCartney in the Beatles 1968 film, Yellow Submarine.

Posted January 11, 2020 - 1 Comment

‘The Missing’ spin-off, ‘Baptiste’, coming to PBS Masterpiece this Spring

Say what you will about Twitter these days but, in many cases, a innocent tweet can spread so much joy across the television landscape with a mere hint of something to come. Case in point is this simple tweet from PBS’ Masterpiece series regarding a brilliant addition to the Spring 2020 line-up. MASTERPIECE Mystery! is […]

Posted December 16, 2019 - No Comment

Lucy Worsley’s ‘12 Days of Tudor Christmas’ heads to PBS on Christmas Day (where and when it was meant to be)!

I might as well get this out of the way upfront. Lucy Worsley is as close to a national treasure as there is in my book. Worsley, the British historian, author, curator, and television presenter, is currently the Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that manages a number of the United Kingdom’s unoccupied royal palaces.

Posted October 19, 2019 - No Comment

There’s a new top cop in town on ‘Death in Paradise’ but, who is it?

As previously announced by the producers of Death in Paradise and recently reported here at Tellyspotting, the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie will be getting a new sheriff in town when DI Jack Mooney leaves his post during the forthcoming ninth series which returns to BBC1 in January 2020. While the announcement of the […]

Posted July 23, 2019 - No Comment

Bear with…‘Miranda’ cast getting together for ‘what we call’ a celebration!

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of what has to be one of the most refreshing British situation comedies to come along in recent memory, the cast of Miranda will reunite this November for a special evening of more fun than the law allows. Careful to be clear that this is not going to be a new […]

Posted June 4, 2019 - No Comment

Sally Wainwright’s ‘Last Tango in Halifax’ set to return in 2020

Mark Twain once said that “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” While he was talking about the rumors of his own demise, he could have just as easily been thinking ahead about the BBC drama series, Last Tango in Halifax, which seemed to come to an unofficial end following its last broadcast in December 2016.