Is there no end to the far-reaching responsibilities of the Royal Family? On September 9, Queen Elizabeth will pass Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years and 216 days. My guess is there will be a lot on the calendar in the coming week so, thankfully, for Her Majesty, the final series of Downton Abbey doesn’t transmit until Sunday, […]
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Indian Summers coming to PBS’ Masterpiece, beginning Sunday, September 27. Set. DVR. Now. Set in the summer of 1932, a time where India is dreaming of independence while the British continue to desperately cling to their colonial rule of India, Indian Summers stars Academy Award nominee Julie Walters (Harry Potter, The Hollow Crown) as Cynthia Coffin, […]
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When we last left Portwenn and the daily ups and downs of Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) and Louisa (Caroline Catz), the couple had married but, as we are all so painfully aware, their marital harmony was short lived. After a life-threatening incident, Louisa decided to take their son James Henry to stay with her mother in […]
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Filming has concluded, residents of both upstairs and downstairs have said their tearful goodbye to their Highclere Castle ‘home’ for the past six plus years and both creator/writer Julian Fellowes and Executive Producer, Gareth Neame, while a bit saddened at the prospect of ending the period drama juggernaut, have promised a very strong final series and […]
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Much like Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey, Touch of Cloth, Unforgiven, Secret of Crickley Hall), there is very little that I won’t watch the features Nicola Walker. From her stint as GCHQ Senior Intelligence Analyst, Ruth Evershed, in Spooks to her genius efforts in Touching Evil, Scott & Bailey, Heading Out and, most recently, Last […]
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In the endless broadcaster search to uncover anything that might find an audience up against the final series of ITV’s Downton Abbey, the BBC will be upping its steamy quotient hoping to capitalize on Poldark-mania with a new television adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover this September. While some critics have already jumped on […]
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Sometimes I have this thought that if I refuse to acknowledge that we, as inhabitants of Planet Earth, are perilously close to the finale of Downton Abbey, then it won’t happen, right? Then, I wake up and realize that, even with the magic of television, we must face the reality together that Downton Abbey is […]
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As we begin to count down the days/weeks/months until the final (sniff!) return of Downton Abbey to our collective mind palaces for its final 6th series, we can’t help but think that there are still a few (accent on ‘few’) bandwagon jumpers that have yet to see a single episode of Downton and are feverishly trying to […]
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With the steamy first season of the 2015 BBC/PBS version of Poldark firmly two weeks to the day into our collective rear-view mirrors, in an attempt to stave off any early signs of Poldark separation anxiety, we found a little gem of an interview with the series historical advisor, Hannah Greig, over at austenprose.com as she spoke with them […]
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When Downton Abbey finally closes its’ doors on Friday, 25 December in the UK (Sunday, March 6, 2016 on PBS’ Masterpiece series), they will have a little help from Patricia Hodge, whom British comedy fans will know from her most recent spot-on portrayal of Miranda’s mother, Penny, in the brilliant series, Miranda. Unfortunately, at this […]
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