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Posted March 18, 2023 - No Comment

Grand parties, wise and outspoken women and friendships that stand the test of time await as ‘Sanditon’ S3 premieres Sunday on PBS!

With an eager fiancé in tow, Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) returns to a now thriving Sanditon. It’s Georgiana Lambe’s (Crystal Clarke) 21st birthday, and while a lavish party awaits, an awkward reunion between Charlotte and Alexander Colbourne (Ben Lloyd-Hughes) raises old feelings and new questions. And it’s not all celebration for Georgiana, who’s called on […]

Posted March 17, 2023 - No Comment

Another year, another raising of a ‘virtual jar’ to Frank McCourt this St. Patrick’s Day!

Regular readers of Tellyspotting may recognize this annual post from St. Patrick’s Day in years past. Given it’s officiall St. Patrick’s Day 2023, I thought it was worth repeating another year as not only is it hard to let St. Paddy’s Day pass without thinking of Frank, the fact that many of us probably will spend tonight […]

Posted March 9, 2023 - No Comment

‘All Creatures Great and Small’ begins filming on S4!

It seems like the credits just ended on the final episode of series 3 of All Creatures Great and Small with the final episode airing on PBS a little over two weeks ago. Thankfully, our collective separation anxiety will be short-lived as production has begun on series 4 with cast and crew returning to the Yorkshire […]

Posted February 23, 2023 - No Comment

Celebrating Edward Gorey’s birth and remembering ‘Mystery’ on PBS before mystery was cool …

Edward Gorey, noted for his characteristic pen-and-ink drawings that often depicted vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings was also a Tony Award-winning costume designer and artist. Gorey was also known for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers, would have been 98 years young on 22 February. PBS […]

Posted February 21, 2023 - No Comment

Could ‘Being Human’ ever rise up again for a one-off special?

When you think about it, just the idea of ‘being human’ is hard enough for the average individual. Imagine how difficult it is for your average vampire, ghost and/or werewolf. Now, put them all in a flat in Wales and it becomes almost ‘humanly’ impossible to imagine. If you’re not familiar with Being Human, it’s […]

Posted February 14, 2023 - No Comment

Nonnatus House doors to remain open as BBC renews ‘Call the Midwife’ through 2026!

With series 12 of Call the Midwife just around the corner (premiering Sunday, March 19 on PBS) and series 13 wrapping filming this Spring, news out of the BBC that has the long-running series being renewed through 2026 (series 14 and 15) has cast, crew and fans around the world overjoyed. While the first season was […]

Posted February 3, 2023 - No Comment

Grab a tissue, ‘Call the Midwife’ S12 returns to PBS on March 19

While UK fans of Call the Midwife have been enjoying the new series since early January, PBS viewers in the U.S. don’t have much longer to wait as the bike-riding midwives from Nonnatus House return to Sunday nights beginning March 19 on PBS. Based originally on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth who worked with the Community of St. John the […]

Posted January 27, 2023 - No Comment

History does repeat itself when ‘Marie Antoinette’ premieres March 19 on PBS

You know the story. You studied it in school somewhere along the line. The future king of France is not exactly a catch. Marie Antoinette, barely a teenager at 14, has been sent from Austria to be married off to Louis-Auguste, the eldest son of the King of France. Airing Sundays, March 19 through May […]

Posted January 22, 2023 - No Comment

‘Nolly’ with Helena Bonham Carter headed to PBS

Nolly tells the story of British soap opera legend Noele Gordon (Helena Bonham Carter), a.k.a. Nolly, who played Meg Richardson in hit ITV soap Crossroads whose unceremonious firing from her hit show at the height of her career was front-page news. As one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and ’70s, Gordon […]

Posted January 21, 2023 - No Comment

‘Tom Jones’ (no, not that one) heads to PBS Masterpiece beginning April 30

The adaptation of Henry Fielding’s classic novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, long considered to be one of the earliest novels in the English language, tells the story of the title character’s complicated journey to find real love. Delighting readers since 1749, Tom Jones will continue to do just that in this 4-part television […]