As UK fans of Endeavour make plans to settle in next month (9 February to be exact) for the premiere of series 7, Shaun Evans (DS Endeavour Morse) has teased that tensions may hit breaking point between the two during the upcoming series. Set in 1970, writer Russell Lewis told the press recently that “…Oxford’s Finest will head into […]
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Popular Father Brown character Sister Boniface will be getting her own spin-off series following the announcement that BritBox North America has commissioned a drama based on the character who first appeared in episode 6 of series 1 of Father Brown, “The Bride of Christ”. The initial 10-part series has been created and written by Jude Tindall (Father […]
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While public television fans of the ‘little engine that could’ British mystery series, Midsomer Murders, are getting set for the series 16 premiere within the next couple of months (March 2020 to be exact), UK viewers are settling in for the ITV’s series 21 premiere at 8p on the 21st of January. In the era […]
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I think, in my head, I have wanted (or, threatened) to do this since we began this little British blog experiment on October 1, 2009. There are so many things to be thankful, not only during Thanksgiving, but every day of every year. For today, however, here are a few additional folks that have not only given me something to write about for the last decade but have given us all endless laughter, tense drama and heart-pounding mysteries for more years than the law should allow.
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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 […]
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After three years and 20 solved murders, Ardal O’Hanlon and the BBC have confirmed that the former Father Ted star will leave the most dangerous island in the world following the forthcoming series 9 of Death in Paradise.
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The second episode of the sixth series of ITV’s hit detective drama, Endeavour, saw Endeavour Morse investigating a murder with links to a film studio that bears a strong resemblance to the one once operated by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson in the 1960s. The cast of Endeavour divulge what it was like having series star, Shaun Evans direct an episode in series 6.
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With the new series of Grantchester (S4) all cued up and ready to go this Sunday as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series, ITV has announced that there will be a 5th series in 2020. Admittedly, this is the much preferred answer to the much larger question that was looming when the current series aired in the UK back […]
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Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted, My Hero) reprises his role as detective Jack Mooney, the current resident fish-out-of-water on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie, as filming has begun on series 9 of Death in Paradise.
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With a premise of, “Something investigation-worthy happens somewhere rural and two policemen turn up to find out what’s gone on,” Neil Dudgeon, who plays DCI John Barnaby in Midsomer Murders, says that “the show can go on and on.”
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