The Office meets The Hobbit….and more!

As we have been saying since day one of 2013, telly life is good on both sides of the Atlantic…even if we are still months away from series 3 of Sherlock. Not quite halfway through the third set of Downton Abbey and looking ahead to the premiere of series 2 of Call the Midwife and […]

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Nonnatus House to re-open this Sunday on Call the Midwife for series 2

Grossly overshadowed during this past season of telly by the juggernaut that is Downton Abbey was a brilliant series from the BBC that, on the surface, probably didn’t attract the attention it deserved. Not hard to understand when you think that the plot line of Call the Midwife could be summed up simply with the […]

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BBC's Dancing on the Edge

It seems almost blasphemous that we should be talking about something other than Downton Abbey or Mr. Selfridge as both premiered last night. While America was engulfed in Downton-mania, the UK had a telly drama moment of its own as Mr. Selfridge also premiered Sunday evening on ITV1. At this point, however, I’ll leave to […]

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At long last, it’s Downton Day in the U.S. as cast visits NPR

FINALLY! We are now at a point where we are merely a matter of hours, not days, away from the long-awaited premiere of season 3 of Downton Abbey tonight on PBS. Watching parties are in their final stages of preparation, individuals are feverishly sending out ‘do not call’ notices via Facebook and Twitter and, much […]

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It's Downton Abbey Eve! Time to channel your inner Mrs. Patmore

From an earlier post back in September 2012 when series 3 of Downton Abbey premiered in the UK, this seems just as appropriate with a bit of an update for the U.S. season premiere just one day away! Prepared by Mrs. Patmore, served by Mr. Carson and enjoyed by the Crawley family and their guests, […]

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Downton Abbey 101

As we move within a week of the premiere of the third series of Downton Abbey, there are a few people on the planet that are a bit late to the party and are in need of a bit of refresher course before Sundays premiere as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. While it might be […]

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2013 previews – Ripper Street & Mr. Selfridge

While the whole of the UK is still reeling over last Tuesdays broadcast of the Downton Abbey Christmas Special and while January 2013 has become ‘all-things Downton Abbey‘ in the States with the PBS premiere of series 3 just over a week away on January 6, there is some brilliant drama coming to telly on […]

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DIY brilliance: A Gingerbread Downton Abbey

Trying to figure out how to pass the time until the series 3 premiere of Downton Abbey? I’m guessing that most of the U.S. have had their fill of playing with the Downton Abbey paper doll set. And, you’ve probably seen Jimmy Fallon’s Downton Sixbey, Downton Arbys, the Saturday Night Live re-imagining of Downton as […]

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Happy Christmas from Tellyspotting!

A Very Carson Christmas It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the latenight commercials for the Ronco Inside the Shell Electric Egg Scrambler, Ron Popeil’s Pocket Fisherman or the Ginsu knives that could cut a metal can in half and still be sharp enough to slice a tomato to perfection. We’ve all seen the […]

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