In what has all the makings of the ultimate UK version of the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s, the BBC has fast-tracked its answer to the upcoming ITV drama, Mr. Selfridge, with a department store drama of its own based on the classic French novel, The Ladies’ Paradise, by Emile Zola. Adapted by Bill Gallagher (Blackout), the […]
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While the BBC’s foreign language broadcasting service had it’s beginning in 1938 from Broadcasting House in Portland Place, that building was bombed during the Second World War and the service re-located to Bush House in 1941. Now, it returns to where it all began, Broadcasting House with the rest of the BBC News division. The […]
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As the world moves closer and closer to Friday’s opening ceremonies of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London, those associated with the genius comedy known as Twenty Twelve are beginning to wonder does life actually imitate art? Twenty Twelve, the brilliant mockery aimed at the organizers of the 2012 London Olympics stars Hugh Bonneville (the […]
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Sherlock’s Mind Palace Information floods in and out of Sherlock’s brain more than the law allows. After 2 series, could it ever be too much? Doubtful, but if this recently uncovered footage is to be believed, then it’s possible. Even the world’s greatest consulting detective just might become overwhelmed by those little ‘mind palace’ clues […]
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Even though the hit ITV/PBS drama, Downton Abbey, has had a presence at the Primetime Emmys the past couple of years, this year they have a lot of company that they are bringing with them from across the pond, laying further claim to the fact that the UK continues to produce the best television on […]
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With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee done and as the 2012 London Olympics winds down early August, you might be thinking can there be anything else this Summer that warrants my attention. Think no more. If you’re in the television industry, just go ahead and book your flight, hotel and get tickets now as Edinburgh will […]
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BBC mega-hit, Call the Midwife has due date of September 30 on PBS When Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) first arrives in London’s East End, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty or indeed, life itself. Raised in the wealthy English countryside, she’s previously spent time in Paris and could have chosen any career. But she chose […]
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If no one has denied them…are they still rumours? Thankfully, neither of these bits of information came to me on April Fools Day. If they do come to pass, the fact that both came across my desk on Friday the 13th should so change the way we all look at this fateful day from this […]
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This is a long one folks so bear with me…. After almost three years of tellyspotting, I continue to have a thought regarding a genre that I’m particularly fond of….British situation comedy. Having grown up on the likes of such classics as Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Good Neighbors, To the Manor Born, Keeping Up Appearances, […]
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This just in…Case Histories II is coming to a telly near you in the not-too-distant future. Brilliantly adapted from the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson, Case Histories, starring Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, The Patriot, The Brotherhood), is a mix of cold case crimes and fresh bloodshed, all needing the unique detective talents of […]
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