Lord Grantham himself, Hugh Bonneville, will join an all-star cast as filming begins today on the 3-part comedy series, Sandylands, for UKTV Gold. Set in a seaside town, the comedy already sports a who’s who cast including Sanjeev Bhaskar (Kumars at No 42, The Indian Doctor, Unforgotten), David Walliams (Little Britain), Sophie Thompson (Four Weddings and a […]
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It was Sunday, 5 October, 1969 that Monty Python’s Flying Circus premiered at 10:55p on BBC1. Leave it to the greatness of Southpark to acknowledge the 50th anniversary of Monty Python’s Flying Circus last night with a brilliant wind up of the classic John Cleese/Michael Palin Dead Parrot sketch.
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I love October for several reasons. One has to do with Turner Classic Movies launching their annual archive of scary movies many of which haven’t seen the light of day since the movie opened and, for good reason. Thursday night’s entry, The Devil’s Own (released in the U.S. as The Witches) was a 1966 Hammer Films production […]
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Billed by Saturday Night Live as the first theatrical release movie you have to rent from the library, Downton Abbey is no stranger to parody. Whether it was previous SNL skits, the recurring Jimmy Fallon Downton Sixbey spoofs, The Ellen Show‘s sketch with Ellen helping Minnie Driver audition for a role in the series, the Red Nose […]
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At long last, H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds gets an Edwardian England makeover on the BBC this Autumn. What makes this particular adaptation so appealing is that instead of being set in present day (or, in the U.S. for that matter), it will remain true to the novel’s original 1898 Victorian England setting.
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With tonight’s premiere of the final series of Poldark on PBS, viewers will be in on the beginning of Ross Poldark’s long ride from the Cornish coast into the sunset and out of our lives. … Where we left off…. In Season 4’s unforgettable finale, Elizabeth drank a highly dangerous labor-inducing potion and delivered a small but healthy […]
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If you’re the one that has yet to see Downton Abbey on television and are feeling a bit left out of the conversation, not to worry. Jim Carter (Mr Carson) and Phyllis Logan (Mrs Hughes) are here to safely walk you through the six series that aired on ITV in the UK from 2010-2015 and in the […]
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Chortle has confirmed that David Mitchell will reprise his role from the brilliant sitcom as William Shakespeare when Upstart Crow comes to the stage with a live version in London’s West End. In addition to Mitchell, Gemma Whelan will reprise her TV role as aspiring actress Kate. No further cast announcements have been made as of yet. Creator Ben Elton […]
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Playing a bit of catch-up following a fabulous couple of weeks in the UK, I returned to the States only to find out that Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears, the film version of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries seems to be creating almost as much buzz as the big screen version of its British period-drama counterpart, Downton Abbey. […]
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In what could have had viewers thinking that they had mistakenly tuned in to the BAFTA’s instead of the Emmys, half of the 27 awards were handed to Brits or Brit-produced shows including Fleabag, Chernobyl, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Succession, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Killing Eve and A Very English Scandal.
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