Unfortunately, the newest addition to the PBS Masterpiece line-up will be forever linked and/or compared to ITV’s brilliant period drama, Mr. Selfridge. Both are set in a department store, and that’s where the comparisons end. While Mr. Selfridge tells the true life adventures of Harry Gordon Selfridge and his London department store, Selfridge & Co, […]
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With most of Planet Earth having in their possession a calendar with November 23 circled for obvious reasons, plans are coming together for fans worldwide to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. Doctor Who fans attempt to alter the NY skyline… In particular, Doctor Who fans in Manhatten have their set their sights […]
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Not to be outdone by yesterdays announcement that former Downton Abbey alumni Jessica Brown Findlay (Lady Sybil) had been cast in Daphne du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn, comes news from Variety that current Downton Abbey star, Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith, the Crawley family’s resentful middle sister who seems destined to shed that moniker this […]
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Call the Midwife meets Downton Abbey? Ok, so Breathless, admittedly, is a period drama set in a hospital but that’s like describing Red Green as Monty Python meets This Old House. I guess it partly makes sense given there are a couple of Kevin Bacon connections between the newest addition to the ITV drama line-up […]
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The good news for Jessica Brown Findlay, who played Lady Sybil in Downton Abbey, is that there is life after leaving the most popular period drama on Planet Earth. With the second episode of the new season topping out a 9.5 million viewers in the UK on Sunday night, the thought of leaving had to […]
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Get ready for The Fifth Estate. With the UK release scheduled for 11 October followed by the October 18 premiere in the United States, The Fifth Estate starring Benedict Cumberbatch who took a break from STar Trek, The Hobbit and Sherlock to star as Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, plunges us into the age of high-stakes […]
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As the sun sets tonight on PBS with the season ending episode of Foyle’s War “Sunflower,” Michael Kitchen spoke recently with the Associated Press sharing his thoughts on bringing DCS Christopher Foyle to life. Kitchen, a highly respected British theater actor and noted film and television actor, rarely talks to the media which makes this […]
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How does Martin Freeman, who plays Dr. John Watson in the BBC/PBS series Sherlock, plan on passing the time from the excruciatingly long wait between the premiere of Sherlock 3 and the hopefully inevitable filming of Sherlock 4? Like the rest of us, head to Fargo, of course. According to the Hollywood Reporter, his next […]
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Graham Linehan, the genius behind the likes of The IT Crowd, Black Books, Father Ted and, more recently, Count Arthur Strong has done it again. While the rest of Planet Earth continues to endlessly debate the merits or shortcomings of the series finales of The Sopranos, Dexter and Breaking Bad while speculating on the Spring […]
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For my money, if it’s good enough for the Winchester Pub, it has to be good enough for Sherlock. With over 10,000 votes of support, the thought of a LEGO version of the BBC/PBS Sherlock is a bit closer to reality…only a bit, unfortunately, as the LEGO Group and the Cuusoo team still have to […]
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