Patricia Routledge experienced a day Hyacinth Bucket could only dream about this past week at Buckingham Palace where she received her award recognizing her life-long service to the theater and charity. One can only imagine a 21st century Hyacinth answering the slimline telephone with automatic redial…”The Bucket residence, the Dame of the house speaking!” hoping upon […]
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The greatness that is Red Nose Day 2017 descended upon the U.K. last night with their usual brilliant sketches highlighting the comic genius of many folks familiar to us all. First up has English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge, Stephen Hawking, embarking on […]
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The art of trying to fill the programming slots in a 24/7 broadcast schedule can be ‘challenging’ to say the least. Yes, PBS provides programming we all know and love that make up about 2/3’s of the schedule but it’s that all-important 1/3 of the schedule that can make the difference between a good and […]
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Crime writer Colin Dexter, the creator/author of the ‘Inspector Morse’ books died peacefully at his home in Oxford yesterday. Overall, Dexter wrote 13 Morse novels between 1975 and 1999. They were later adapted for the long-running ITV series of the same name and starred John Thaw. The author worked closely behind the scenes of the Inspector Morse series […]
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Great news! Dr. Martin Ellingham isn’t done insulting his patients just yet. Everyone’s favorite cantankerous village physician with an ill-timed phobia for blood is back in Port Isaac filming the next set of eight programs that will make up series 8 of Doc Martin. All regular cast members are returning headed by Caroline Catz who plays Doc Martin’s […]
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C’mon, all the cool kids are doing it. Grab your red nose and get ready to settle in at 7p on Friday, 24 March on BBC1 and BBC2 for some of the best and brightest when it comes to comedy. Who can forget some of the comedic brilliance from years past such as Dawn French […]
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While time supposedly heals all wounds, it’s still painfully difficult for many members of Downton Abbey-Nation to admit that Matthew is gone. It’s hard to believe but it’s been a full year since Downton turned out the lights and harder to believe that it’s been a full 4+ years since Matthew took that last fateful ‘I’m the […]
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Surprisingly, it’s been ‘all-quiet on the British baking front’ for the last several months. You may remember the Brexit-style exit that the series made with the BBC last year when the producers and the Beeb couldn’t come to an agreement for the next season. After seven seasons, the series left the BBC for greener pastures […]
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Regular readers of Tellyspotting may recognize this post from St. Patrick’s Day the past several years. It’s worth repeating so bear with me today this day just isn’t the same without Frank. If you are new to us since last year, I hope you enjoy. Some 10+ years ago, we had an incredible opportunity to […]
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As we have all known for some time but have refused to admit, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are in incredibly high demand.
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