I absolutely love this time of year if for no other reason than it’s the annual PBS presentation at the Television Critic’s Association where we learn all kinds of brilliant things that are on the telly horizon. The first bit of news came earlier this week with the BBC/PBS/Lookout Point/Deep Indigo announcement about Press. The 6-part […]
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Avoiding for a few days, once again, the extreme temptation to write about Sunday night’s series 4 finale of Sherlock, we turn our attention to the brilliant news that the BBC will adapt one of author John Le Carré’s most famous works, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. The best-selling 1963 novel will […]
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The brilliant Death in Paradise returned to BBC1 last night for a 6th series (the series premieres tonight in Australia on BBC First). For a sleepy little Caribbean island town of Saint Marie, rest assured there’s a lot more death on the horizon as series 6 of Death in Paradise is just around the corner. Kris Marshall, who fully embraces the […]
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I may be in the minority here, but one of my most favorite British situation comedies of all-time is Open All Hours. Written by Roy Clarke (Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances) and starring comedy legends Ronnie Barker and David Jason, Open All Hours ‘premiered’ in 1973 as a last-minute addition to Barker’s comedy anthology series, Seven […]
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There is definitely something in the water when it comes to British actors that places them a cut above their American counterparts as it relates to stage and screen. Some point to the ‘formal’ theater training that makes them more than capable to handle both the most serious role one week and a drop-dead comedic […]
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For numerous reasons, I’m quite ready to let go of 2016, no questions asked. 2017 has started off brilliantly, however, with the news that Chichester’s own Patricia Routledge would be among the Queen’s New Year Honors being awarded DBE for her services to theatre and charity. A long-time passionate supporter of the arts who has enjoyed a lengthy relationship […]
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The BBC ‘officially’ bid farewell to the Great British Bake-Off with a Boxing Day broadcast filled with their best contestants, heartwarming moments and a video tribute that capsulized the past six series into perfection and worthy of at least a few boxes of tissues. For the one person that may have missed the GBBO melodrama […]
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With the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas Special, “The Return of Doctor Mysterio”, in our collective rear view mirror, Whovians worldwide were given the best Christmas present of all at its conclusion on Sunday with a glimpse into the future or, more specifically…an action-packed glimpse at series 10. The long-awaited S10 trailer has it all. New companion, new […]
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The long-awaited return of Last Tango in Halifax finally made it to BBC1 last night (and tonight at 9p) as the popular British romantic drama starring Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid kick-started the holiday telly schedule with a new 2-part special. As UK viewers will attest with last night’s premiere, the new series does not disappoint […]
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Reason #(I’ve lost track) to be in the UK Christmas week. Why this Christmas? Well, aside from the previous mentioned bits of telly greatness, BBC1 has set Boxing Day for the two-part adaptation of Agatha Christie’s tale of love and murder in a smog-filled 1920s London, The Witness for the Prosecution, starring Kim Cattrall (Sex and […]
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