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Posted November 7, 2018 -  No Comment

Get a first look at Benedict Cumberbatch in Channel 4 drama ‘Brexit: The Uncivil War’

Cumberbatch had to spend a bit more time in makeup for this role than he did for ‘Sherlock.’

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Posted November 6, 2018 -  No Comment

Step aside, Daleks. There’s a new monster in town, and its name is Pting!

‘Doctor Who’ fans are going to want this Time Lord nemesis under their Christmas tree.

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Posted November 4, 2018 -  No Comment

‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ voted America’s No. 1 novel, gets a British graphic novel makeover

Recently voted as America’s best-loved novel as part of PBS’ Great American Read series, Harper Lee classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ has been given the graphic novel treatment by British artist Fred Fordham.

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Posted November 2, 2018 -  No Comment

From the Vault: ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ was the original ‘Downton Abbey’

They both chronicled the sinking of the Titanic, World War I and the slow decline of British aristocracy.

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Posted October 31, 2018 -  No Comment

‘Downton Abbey: The Exhibition’ is headed to the Sunshine State for the winter

The West Palm Beach exhibition will be larger than its New York City counterpart, no doubt due to the cost differential of real estate between the two locations.

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Posted October 30, 2018 -  No Comment

Rowan Atkinson dusts off an old classic sketch from his days at Oxford

Watch the Atkinson bit that fellow undergrad and then-aspiring comedian Richard Curtis saw before deciding to pursue screenwriting instead.

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Posted October 28, 2018 -  No Comment

Here’s the first image from ‘Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears,’ headed to the big screen in 2019!

The exploits of The Hon. Phryne Fisher in 1920s Melbourne, Australia, will lead her to murder, mystery and mayhem from London to British Palestine.

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Posted October 26, 2018 -  No Comment

From the Vault: A non-Dracula Bela Lugosi in ‘The Dark Eyes of London’

The 1939 film became the first (and last) British film to receive the “H” rating for “Horrific” from the British Board of Film Censors.

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Posted October 25, 2018 -  1 Comment

Riots, revolution and more royal babies — a first look at ‘Victoria’ series 3

Creator Daisy Goodwin has assured fans that Albert is safe for the entirety of series 3 so, thankfully, we won’t have to suffer through an equivalent of the Christmas Day ‘Downton Abbey’ episode where Matthew died unexpectedly.

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Posted October 24, 2018 -  No Comment

‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’ heads to public television in 2019

‘Shakespeare & Hathaway — Private Investigators’ looks to be another gem of a series from the mind palace of Will Trotter, who also heads the BBC Daytime Drama Department in his spare time.

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