This just in, the long-awaited return of Doctor Martin Ellingham’s surgery to the fictional village of Portwenn is just around the corner. As many Doc Martin fans already are aware, series 6 begins filming in April for a new set of eight episodes for ITV that should premiere in the UK this Fall and Spring […]
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Thankfully, Downton Abbey isn’t a Nielsen household. Dame Maggie Smith reveals on Sundays CBS’ 60 Minutes program that she has never seen any of the runaway ITV/PBS hit, Downton Abbey. The 78-year-old actress, who plays the Dowager Countess, says that she’s avoided watching the show thus far because she wouldn’t be able to avoid scrutinizing […]
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Without question, the recent talk-of-the-nation gems from PBS’ Masterpiece series have been Downton Abbey and Sherlock. One short 3-part series that flew under the Downton/Sherlock radar, however, has gained quite a following since its premiere back in 2011. Case Histories, adapted from the brilliant mind palace of Kate Atkinson, features Jackson Brodie, a private investigator […]
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Controller of BBC Drama, Ben Stephenson said it all earlier this week at a meeting to announce a range of new drama commissions for 2013-2014: “Drama and the BBC are inseparable – it is written through the BBC like a stick of rock. No other broadcaster in the world has drama so firmly in its […]
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Having a job that actually allows you to watch television for a living is tremendous, especially when you run across hidden telly gems here and there. Being able to then acquire broadcast rights to a such a program or series and write about it here on Tellyspotting so that others can see or be introduced […]
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The one bright spot (emphasis on ONE) that has emerged from the excruciatingly long hiatus between the conclusion of series 5 of Doc Martin and the upcoming beginning of filming on series 6 is that Martin Clunes fans on both sides of the Atlantic have gotten to experience a bit of pre-Doc Martin, Martin Clunes, […]
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You might remember, back in April, we reported on the Lego process for submission of ideas that requires at least 10,000 supporters before an idea will be considered. Needless to say, the concept of a Lego Winchester Pub from the British zombie invasion film, Shaun of the Dead was well received. The ‘Make the Winchester […]
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What better way to kick off a much-needed discussion of this past week’s highly emotional episode of Downton Abbey than with their long-awaited, much-anticipated Facebook status update for what happened both upstairs and downstairs at Downton. As we know, electricity isn’t everyone’s friend at Downton so, I’m guessing access to a WiFi hotspot is not […]
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As we (im)-patiently await the next Facebook status update from the inhabitants of Downton Abbey, chronicling the devastating events of series 3, episode 4, it time to, yet again, turn our attention to what really sets British actors apart from their American counterparts. As we experienced, first hand, back in 2009 at the Theatre Royal […]
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Vicar of Dibley fans worldwide have long patrolled the Internets for any trace of a much hinted at thought of a Bishop of Dibley from the mind of Richard Curtis starring Dawn French. While that seems much more of a long-shot than anyone cares to admit, there is good news on the immediate horizon that […]
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