‘Broken’ starring Sean Bean emerges from BBC Showcase as another must-see TV drama
I have to believe if you looked up words like “gritty,” “powerful” or “gripping” in the dictionary, you would find the episode listings for ‘Broken.’
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Arkwright’s remains open as series 6 of ‘Still Open All Hours’ is confirmed!
The “grocer with the gift of gab” once again will stand behind the till when series 6 of’ Still Open All Hours’ resumes filming in early 2019.
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‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’ heads to public television in 2019
‘Shakespeare & Hathaway — Private Investigators’ looks to be another gem of a series from the mind palace of Will Trotter, who also heads the BBC Daytime Drama Department in his spare time.
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‘Doc Martin’ to re-open Portwenn surgery as new episodes head to public television in January 2019
There have been so many questions as to when Doc Martin will return to public television stations, we thought it would be in everyone’s best interest to re-post this announcement from June 2018 and stem any future anxiety. (LONDON) There is light at the end of the proverbial Portwenn tunnel for American audiences that have had to endure an agonizingly […]
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More workplace politics ahead for William Shakespeare as ‘Upstart Crow’ returns for S3
David Mitchell returns in the main role of William Shakespeare when the third series of the Ben Elton comedy Upstart Crow begins Wednesday, August 29 at 8.30pm on BBC Two. This time around we’ll see busy at work and home as he struggles to juggle his roles as father, husband, commuter and literary genius. Series 3 will also see […]
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Benny Hill’s The Strolling Ones – part of the British Invasion that never landed in the U.S.
In the overall British comedy landscape, The Benny Hill Show had more than its share of slapstick, mime and double entendre during its brilliant run from the mid-50s up until the British sketch comedy series was cancelled in the late 80s. A steady decline in ratings and what was, at the time, a very high production cost of approximately £450,000 […]
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John Cleese’s sunset held up for a 2nd series
Earlier this year, UK audiences welcomed back John Cleese in Hold the Sunset. While it had been 43 years since the comic genius last appeared in a BBC sitcom, his last one, Fawlty Towers, didn’t do too bad for itself given it will forever be recognized as perhaps the best sitcom of all-time. For those expecting to see […]
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BBC answers our prayers, commissions ‘Father Brown’ for a 7th series
A staple of the BBC daytime schedule since 2013, Father Brown, featuring the crime-solving, mild-mannered Roman Catholic priest of the same name, will return for a seventh series of saving souls and solving crimes in the ‘sleepy’ but very murder-happy fictional town of Kembleford in the Cotswolds. Sorcha Cusack (Mrs McCarthy), Jack Team (Inspector Mallory) and […]
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‘Doc Martin’ to re-open Portwenn surgery as S8 heads to public television in January 2019
There is light at the end of the proverbial Portwenn tunnel for American audiences that have had to endure an agonizingly long blackout period since series 8 of Doc Martin premiered on ITV in the UK almost a year ago in September 2017. Everyone’s favorite village physician who apparently skipped the Bedside Manner 101 class in medical school and […]
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Kenneth Branagh, Ben Miller and a host of others will joineth ‘Upstart Crow’ for third series
Upstart Crow, the BBC2 comedy starring David Mitchell as William Shakespeare, will return later this year for a a second Christmas special and a third series with several new cast members in tow. In keeping with the tradition started in series two where Emma Thompson (Brideshead Revisited, Love Actually, Harry Potter, Howards End, Fortunes of […]
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