As we settle in and ready ourselves to begin our week-long, 10 hour a day, television binge-watch at the 2020 BBC Showcase in Liverpool, you may be wondering what is already on tap for PBS in the drama category. While we are looking at programming from drama to comedy to factual to natural history to […]
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When the 7th series of Endeavour premieres at 8p this coming Sunday on ITV, it will be without an integral member of the cast. Shaun Evans (Endeavour Morse) has revealed to RadioTimes.com that Joan Thursday, the daughter of Endeavour’s boss, Fred Thursday and played by Sara Vickers, would not be a part of the forthcoming series. But…she’ll be back!
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The man who most knew as Onslow, the slovenly bane of Hyacinth’s existence (except for one special moment on the QE2) in Keeping Up Appearances, would have been 76 on Sunday. Geoffrey Hughes, one of the true British comedy greats, was also known to many over the years for his supporting role as Twiggy in The Royle Family, conman Vernon Scripps in Heartbeat and binman, Eddie Yeats, in Coronation Street during the 1970’s and 80’s. Probably very few knew that Hughes was also the voice of Paul McCartney in the Beatles 1968 film, Yellow Submarine.
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As UK fans of Endeavour make plans to settle in next month (9 February to be exact) for the premiere of series 7, Shaun Evans (DS Endeavour Morse) has teased that tensions may hit breaking point between the two during the upcoming series. Set in 1970, writer Russell Lewis told the press recently that “…Oxford’s Finest will head into […]
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All Creatures Great and Small starring Nicholas Ralph along with Samuel West, Callum Woodhouse, Anna Madeley and Rachel Shenton is coming to PBS Masterpiece! Based on the books of Alf Wight (writing under the pseudonym, James Herriot), the original series followed veterinary surgeon James Herriot as he treated animals in the English countryside in the […]
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These R.I.P. posts seems to be coming at an alarmingly fast rate these days and while all of them are devastating to those of us that have literally grown up on British comedy and drama, this one painfully hits home. The wondefully brilliant Terry Jones has died. A statement from his family said, “Terry passed away […]
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Say what you will about Twitter these days but, in many cases, a innocent tweet can spread so much joy across the television landscape with a mere hint of something to come. Case in point is this simple tweet from PBS’ Masterpiece series regarding a brilliant addition to the Spring 2020 line-up. MASTERPIECE Mystery! is […]
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Unfortunately, these posts are getting way too frequent and are hitting too close to home as they involve friends that we’ve made over the years. This time, with great sadness, we report that our friend Nicky Henson, passed away Monday at the age of 74. One of the absolute nicest individuals on the planet, Nicky used to tell us that even after all the theater, stage and film work he has been a part of in over 50 years of professional acting, he expected to see on his tombstone “Here lies Nicky Henson – he was in one episode of Fawlty Towers”.
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I might as well get this out of the way upfront. Lucy Worsley is as close to a national treasure as there is in my book. Worsley, the British historian, author, curator, and television presenter, is currently the Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that manages a number of the United Kingdom’s unoccupied royal palaces.
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Call the Midwife is back for the 2019 Christmas special as nuns and midwives pack their bags for the Outer Hebrides, while the unlucky few get left behind to man the fort at Nonnatus House in Poplar. The critically-acclaimed and audience favorite will return with a special on Christmas Day 2019 followed by eight episodes in early […]
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