Aside from the brilliant series, I Claudius, it seems like an ‘Ides of March’ cannot pass without thinking of the classic BBC comedy, Up Pompeii, starring the late, great Frankie Howerd. The series, which ran only two short seasons back in 1969-1970, was written by and starred a number of Carry On film alumni, would probably have […]
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Following in the footsteps of Dad’s Army, Porridge, Last Of The Summer Wine and, even Fawlty Towers, the classic 90s sitcom Waiting for God is being revived for a new touring stage production beginning next month. The original comedy, which starred the brilliant duo of Graham Crowden and Stephanie Cole as elderly delinquents Tom and Diana, centered around their daily life as […]
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ITV’s top-rated crime drama Vera, starring Brenda Brethyn, is set to return for a new series of four episodes this month. The 2-time Academy Award nominee will don her trademark floppy fishing tackle shop hat to make the Northumberland countryside safe once again beginning Sunday, 19 March on ITV. Based on the bestselling Inspector Stanhope books […]
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Case Histories and Harry Potter star, Jason Isaacs, is set to boldly go where no man has gone before. Well, actually, no man except for William Shatner and Patrick Stewart. Isaacs, who is sure to be a familiar face to public television fans as the brooding Scottish private detective, Jackson Brodie, in Case Histories, has signed on to play Captain Lorca, […]
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Dame Judi Dench is celebrating her 60th year in acting in 2017. Her professional debut occurred in September 1957 with the Old Vic Company at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, as Ophelia in Hamlet. In six decades, Dame Judi Dench has won an Oscar, a Tony, seven Oliviers, six film and four television BAFTA Awards. […]
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Yesterday, British comedy legend, Frankie Howerd, would have turned 100. Oddly, Francis Alick Howerd OBE was, perhaps, best remembered for his efforts in the classic Carry On films even though he only appeared in 2 of the 31 films, Carry On Doctor (1967) and Carry On Up The Jungle (1970) – plus one television special, the 1969 edition of […]
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The biennial brilliance of Red Nose Day is set for a Friday, 24 March return to BBC1. Originally, the brainchild of Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Bridget Jones Diary, Notting Hill, Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder) and Lenny Henry (Chef), Comic Relief was launched on Christmas Day in 1985 live on the BBC to […]
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As we reported earlier this year, Robot Wars, one of the greatest ‘guilty pleasure’ shows of all-time, is set to return to the small screen tonight on BBC2. I loved this show when it was originally broadcast with Craig Charles (Red Dwarf, Coronation Street) and Phillipa Forrester! Thankfully, I never saw the first series with former Top Gear host, […]
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For two quality series, Claire Goose and Matt Bardock have done their best to make the town of Lighthaven in south Devon safe for residents and visitors alike. Goose starred as Jane Kennedy, a single mum/coroner who returns to her hometown to investigate murders alongside former childhood sweetheart Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins (Bardock) in two series […]
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Based on writer Lynda La Plante’s book, “Tennison”, the long-awaited prequel to the brilliant, early 90s series, Prime Suspect, that starred Dame Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison, is just around the corner! Premiering last night on ITV and on PBS in Summer 2017 as part of the Masterpiece series, Prime Suspect 1973 stars Stefanie Martini as a young Jane […]
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