For a mere £4 billion ($5.4 billion), had I known, I could have put a famed British luxury department store under the Christmas tree of someone special this year. Oh, if I would have only known…or, more realistically, had £4 billion to spare, I could have put in a bid. Guessing I’d have to lose the red […]
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Selfridges, the brainchild of British retail magnate, Harry Gordon Selfridge is set to re-open its doors Sunday, 25 January on ITV. In America, almost 106 years to the day that the original location on London’s Oxford Street first opened for business in 1909, Mr. Selfridge will return on Sunday, March 29 at 9:00p ET/8:00p CT, immediately […]
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Overshadowed just a bit by that little series we know as Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge, starring Jeremy Piven and Katherine Kelly, which airs on ITV1 in the UK and PBS in the States as part of the Masterpiece series, will return in 2014 with 10 new episodes. Based upon the life of flamboyant American entrepreneur […]
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As we have thought for some time, ITV1 has taken their drama output to another level over the last couple of years. While starting with the obvious and Downton Abbey, lets not forget Scott & Bailey with Lesley Sharp, Suranne Jones and Amelia Bullmore, Endeavour starring Shaun Evans, DCI Banks with Stephen Tompkinson and Whitechapel […]
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Another day, another :20 of programming teaser brilliance comes our way. Yesterday, it was the first two glimpses of Downton Abbey 3. Today, comes a first look at ITV’s Mr. Selfridge starring Jeremy Piven in the true-to-life story of American entrepreneur, ‘Mile a Minute’ Harry Gordon Selfridge. It’s amazing how a mere :20 can say […]
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