Blue Peter, the world’s longest running childrens television program (first broadcast in 1958), traveled to Cupertino and One Infinite Loop recently to pay a special visit to London-born Sir Jonathan Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design for Apple. While most inhabitants of Planet Earth have probably used something that was designed by Ive, most […]
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As we bid a fond and tearful farewell to Liverpool and the 2013 BBC Showcase, we’ll have more sneak peaks in the coming days of the 2013-2014 program pipeline that were screened over the past week. But, we must shift gears for a moment and talk about everyone’s telly obsession, Downton Abbey, which airs on […]
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As most of you know, Tellyspotting is in Liverpool this week attending the BBC Worldwide Showcase 2013. Having attended this screening showcase for 20 years now, this is the premiere telly event known to man. Some 800-1000 TV program buyers from around the world have screening access to literally 1000’s of hours of BBC programming […]
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Monday was a day of comedy in Liverpool at the BBC Showcase 2013. Every year there are several comedy gems that will, ultimately, make their way to the States on public television. From the early 90’s with the first screenings of Keeping Up Appearances to the subsequent years where we were treated to pilot episodes […]
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Sunday was the first full day of screening at the 2013 BBC Showcase in Liverpool. For your Tellyspotting reading planning, the entire day focused on BBC drama output for 2013-2014. Comedy on Monday and Doctor Who on Tuesday, which culminates with the 50th anniversary celebration dinner on Tuesday evening. Hard to believe that having just […]
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Unfortunately, Tellyspotting arrived in London about a week late on Friday. But, then again, given who would have been there to meet me, maybe it’s a good thing. Seems as though an army of Daleks could be seen crossing Westminster Bridge during the filming of the 50th anniversary Doctor Who special, ‘An Adventure of Time […]
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Having made the journey north to Fab Four Land getting geared up to work extremely hard on your behalf, just a brief update before we begin the 2013 BBC Showcase in Liverpool. First up were several announcements coming from the BBC with regards to upcoming drama commissioning one, in particular, of great interest. Andrew Davies, […]
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As you lay comfortably in your bed this evening, Tellyspotting is off to Liverpool for the BBC Showcase 2013. For those that have been with us for awhile, you’ll remember that the BBC Showcase is the annual gathering of television program executives from around the world who ‘lock themselves in a convention center’ for 5 […]
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How will the cast of Downton Abbey pass the time between Sunday’s series 3 finale and the premiere of series 4 later this year? Besides filming series 4, some of the cast will turn to music. While Michelle Dockery (Mary Crawley) is an accomplished jazz singer who occasionally sings with Sadie and the Hotheads, a […]
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Still reeling over Sunday’s series 3 finale of Downton Abbey and have the word WHY on the tip of your tongue? Thanks to Dave Itzkoff of the New York Times who sat down recently with series creator/writer, Julian Fellowes, all of your questions will be answered. You may not like the answers, but you’ll have […]
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