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Posted December 20, 2018 -  No Comment

Die Hard: The greatest Christmas story ever told? Not in Britain.

I know the people of Britain have spoken, but I have to say, I include ‘Die Hard’ every year on my must-see Christmas movie watch list. 

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Posted December 19, 2018 -  No Comment

The TARDIS lands on New Year’s Day as The Doctor encounters a ‘terrifying evil’

From the looks of the New Year’s Special trailer (and Jodie Whittaker’s rainbow scarf), fans are in for a brilliant kick-off to 2019.

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Posted December 18, 2018 -  No Comment

Here’s a first look at ‘Downton Abbey: The Movie’!

There isn’t much to the trailer from a storyline standpoint, but the series soundtrack theme and random aerial shots of Highclere Castle are enough to calm the separation anxiety felt since the PBS/ITV series ended in 2016.

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Posted December 16, 2018 -  No Comment

‘Grantchester’ has a new vicar in town as James Norton is set to say goodbye

Clergyman Will Davenport, played by Tom Brittney of ‘Outlander’ fame, becomes DI Geordie Keating’s new crime-solving partner in 1950s Grantchester.

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Posted December 14, 2018 -  No Comment

From the Vault: Sherlock’s Mrs. Hudson was the original Gloria Stivic in ‘Till Death Us Do Part’

Rita, the original British version of All In The Family’s Gloria Stivic, represented a new generation.

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Posted December 13, 2018 -  No Comment

‘Ms Fisher’s MODern Murder Mysteries’ heads to swinging ’60s Melbourne

While fans await the big-screen premiere of ‘Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears,’ producers offer an early Christmas present in the form of a spin-off.

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Posted December 12, 2018 -  No Comment

‘The ABC Murders’ with John Malkovich is the Boxing Day highlight on BBC One

The tradition of having some of the best telly on telly continues this holiday season with a number of specials coming to the UK courtesy of BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

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Posted December 11, 2018 -  No Comment

Nothing rings in a new year like a new series of ‘Luther’!

Gear up to watch Idris Elba aka DCI John Luther hunt down “a new nightmare” Jan 1-4.

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Posted December 9, 2018 -  No Comment

Behind the scenes of ‘Downton Abbey: The Movie’

We now have our first looks at what Downton Abbey Nation has been waiting for since Mr. Carson shuttered the doors back in 2016.

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Posted December 7, 2018 -  No Comment

From the Vault: When ‘The Prisoner’ transformed primetime TV drama into avant-garde art

At a time when British telly was shot in black and white, the series was shot in color with an eye towards overseas sales in the U.S.

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