According to Peter Capaldi, the new Doctor Who companion has been given the keys to the TARDIS! Clara Oswald, played by Jenna Coleman, officially turned in her key and left the building at the end of the last series of Doctor Who. Coleman will next be seen in the title role in the forthcoming 8-part ITV drama, […]
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Perhaps the coolest show on the planet is BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, which premiered on BBC radio in 1942. Created by Roy Plomley, the format is about as simple as you can get. A guest ‘castaway’ is invited by host Kirsty Young to choose the eight records they would take with them to […]
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Fresh off his stint as the sole member of the official UK welcoming committee at Heathrow Airport, the brilliant British actor/comedian/writer/game show host Stephen Fry is set to co-star opposite Joel McHale (E’s The Soup) in The Great Indoors, a CBS comedy pilot written by Mike Gibbons (Tosh.O) and directed by Andy Ackerman (Seinfeld). According to Deadline.com, the […]
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You can wear green all you want, have a pint of Guinness, maybe some Irish Stew or Corned Beef and Cabbage or even go to a parade, but no St. Patrick’s Day salute would be complete without a trip to Craggy Island and a look back at one of the Irish comedy greats, Father Ted. […]
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Right up there with all dramas being touted as ‘the next Downton Abbey‘ these days, there seems to be endless interest in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his alter-ego creation, Sherlock Holmes. Ever since co-creators/writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss so brilliantly brought the world’s most famous consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, to life in the […]
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It’s Spring so must be time for another brilliant contemporary political thriller from the BBC. Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) and Adrian Lester (Hustle, Othello) star as Maya, a high-profile lawyer and her policeman husband, Nick, a husband and wife with some serious secrets. Maya is about to become the first black Director of Public Prosecutions. Just as […]
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Technically, while there are those that felt National Pi Day was more important last year (3.14.15), I’m going with the ‘statistically’ more accurate and significant celebration this year and 2016 as officially the best ‘National Pi Day’ ever. You see, if you round up 3.14159265359, you get 3.1416 or March 14, 2016. What would the celebration […]
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It’s hard to believe that America is only one week removed since we said farewell to our long-time friends above and below the stairs at Downton Abbey. Tonight will be the first major test for those of us that have spent 8-9 Sunday nights a year for the last six years immersed in the trials and tribulations of […]
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If you’ve been an avid reader of Tellyspotting over the past six years or even if you have just stopped in every once in awhile, you are acutely aware that there are two things that I consistently believe are better than sliced bread. One is Sherlock and the other is those behind-the-scenes bits that you often find labeled […]
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In addition to the previously announced re-makes of Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances and Porridge, the BBC has announced plans to add 21st century versions of Up Pompeii, Hancock’s Half Hour, Steptoe and Son and Till Death Us Do Part. Marking 60 years since Hancock’s Half Hour started on July 6, 1956 on BBC Television, the Landmark Sitcom Season will […]
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