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Posted January 9, 2020 -  No Comment

Whaaat?? A ‘Midsomer Murders’/‘Strictly Come Dancing’ crossover to kick off S21?

While public television fans of the ‘little engine that could’ British mystery series, Midsomer Murders, are getting set for the series 16 premiere within the next couple of months (March 2020 to be exact), UK viewers are settling in for the ITV’s series 21 premiere at 8p on the 21st of January. In the era […]

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Posted May 21, 2019 -  No Comment

More ‘Death in Paradise’ ahead as filming begins on S9

Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted, My Hero) reprises his role as detective Jack Mooney, the current resident fish-out-of-water on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie, as filming has begun on series 9 of Death in Paradise.

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Posted March 8, 2019 -  No Comment

Floppy fishing hat and all, DCI Stanhope will be back for a 10th season of ‘Vera’

When filming begins in April, two-time Academy Award nominee Brenda Blethyn will reprise her role as DCI Stanhope to make the Northumberland countryside safe for another year.

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Posted March 5, 2019 -  No Comment

Apparently there’s enough ‘Death in Paradise’ to commission 2 more seasons!

As BBC One faded to black following the final episode of season 8 last Thursday, word came down from Britain’s public broadcaster that the popular crime comedy/drama/mystery series has been commissioned for an additional two seasons.

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Posted March 3, 2019 -  No Comment

Stephen Poliakoff’s ‘Summer of Rockets’ is pure Cold War greatness headed to BBC2 this spring

Keeley Hawes finds herself on the receiving end of MI5 spying this time around in the new Stephen Poliakoff (Close to the Enemy, Dancing on the Edge) semi-autobiographical drama.

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Posted February 19, 2019 -  No Comment

Syrian refugee comedy ‘Home’ a sweet surprise at BBC Showcase

‘Home’ is not only funny but will remind us all what the concept of home really means.

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Posted February 16, 2019 -  No Comment

‘Warren’ brings Martin Clunes’ career full circle with return to sitcom comedy

While there’s no phobia for blood this time around, Warren Thompson does find himself living in an area he doesn’t like, thinks the world is against him, always knows best and speaks his mind.

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Posted February 15, 2019 -  No Comment

Tellyspotting survives the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone on the way to BBC Showcase 2019

Crossing oceanic fracture zones is just one of the dangerous things Tellyspotting goes through to report on the best of BBC programming and bring it back to the States.

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Posted February 6, 2019 -  No Comment

‘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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Posted January 8, 2019 -  No Comment

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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