Sanditon, Andrew Davies’ eight-part take on Jane Austen’s final and incomplete novel of the same name is coming to PBS and ITV. When it arrives, expect plenty of romance and the obligatory frolics to follow.
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Turns out Sir Paul McCartney has been spending his off-time leading up to and during his current “Freshen Up” tour working on a musical adaptation of Frank Capra’s 1946 film, It’s A Wonderful Life.
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The career of Bill Owen, who passed away 20 years ago this month (12 July 1999) at the age of 85, was a prime example of how appearing in one British comedy series for almost three decades can all but eliminate an entire lifetime of greatness in the public mind.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of what has to be one of the most refreshing British situation comedies to come along in recent memory, the cast of Miranda will reunite this November for a special evening of more fun than the law allows. Careful to be clear that this is not going to be a new […]
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Officially, as of today (Saturday, July 20), we are still a seemingly insurmountable 60 days away from the theatrical premiere of Downton Abbey: The Movie. What better way to pass the time than gather the family, pack up the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon and head to Utah to seek out the first officially licensed attraction of […]
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Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) has herded a pretty spectacular feline litter together for the forthcoming film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Cats. Taylor Swift (Bombalurina), Sir Ian McKellen (Gus the Theatre Cat), James Corden (Bustopher Jones), Jennifer Hudson (Grizabella), Idris Elba (Macavity) and Dame Judi Dench (Old Deuteronomy) have all attended “cat […]
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The Kinks, considered by many as one of the most influential rock bands of the 60s, are literally ‘getting the band back together’ after over two decades of being apart. Having formed in 1964, the legendary punk rock group originally split up in 1996 when tensions hit an all-time high between Ray and his brother Dave Davies. […]
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With the new series of Grantchester (S4) all cued up and ready to go this Sunday as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series, ITV has announced that there will be a 5th series in 2020. Admittedly, this is the much preferred answer to the much larger question that was looming when the current series aired in the UK back […]
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With the greatness of Monty Python’s Flying Circus getting ready to mark their 50th anniversary since they first took UK audiences either by storm and/or surprise in October 1969 on BBC1, fans around the world should brace themselves for an endless amount of brilliant stuff from the mind palaces of the comedy troupe that not only has […]
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Ashley Jensen (Catastrophe, Ugly Betty) is set to return this Friday when Sky One will be the home for three new feature-length mysteries based on M.C. Beaton’s bestselling novels. Formerly a highflying PR executive in London, Agatha Raisin has now settled into small-town ‘quiet’ life in the Cotswolds, but her early retirement is far from […]
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