• Downton Abbey 5 — What we know so far…

    Downton Abbey 5 — What we know so far…

    With the return of Downton Abbey only mere months away on ITV in the UK, it was officially announced at the Television Critic’s Association gathering in Los Angeles that series 5 will premiere on PBS’ Masterpiece series beginning Sunday, January 4, 2015. Regardless of where you are, the great thing now is that both cast […]

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  • Monty Python, 1969-2014

    Monty Python, 1969-2014

    Dressed in white suit jackets befitting the occasion, the five surviving members of Monty Python, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, closed out their run of reunion shows Sunday evening by bidding farewell with the 1979 song from Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Always Look on the Bright Side of […]

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  • Endeavour takes you back to the 60's

    Endeavour takes you back to the 60's

    Having just spent a week in the 50’s on the set of the filming of series 3 of Father Brown in the Cotswolds, you get a crash course on the complexities of the overall transformation that has to take place to create the reality for both the actors involved and the viewers at home. The […]

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  • Final chapter of Hercule Poirot begins July 27 on PBS' Masterpiece Mystery

    Final chapter of Hercule Poirot begins July 27 on PBS' Masterpiece Mystery

    Not wanting to put the cart before the horse given that PBS Masterpiece Mystery fans still have the final episode of series 2 of “Endeavour” starring Shaun Evans to look forward to tonight, but this warrants more than a week’s notice. Next Sunday on PBS marks the beginning of the final chapter in David Suchet’s […]

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  • Passing the time until 'Downton Abbey' 5 with Hugh Bonneville

    Passing the time until 'Downton Abbey' 5 with Hugh Bonneville

    Like more everyone on the planet, the world awaits he arrival of Downton Abby. While a number of the inhabitants of Downton, both upstairs and downstairs have found other work in-between series filming, Hugh Bonneville, known on this planet to everyone with a TV as Lord Grantham, recreates his role as Ian Fletcher, the Head […]

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  • On the set with 'Father Brown' in the Cotswolds

    On the set with 'Father Brown' in the Cotswolds

    Today is our last day in Moreton-in-Marsh on the set of principle production filming for the forthcoming series 3 of Father Brown. Having spent a week on set with the production team behind the camera whose faces you never see but who bring Father Brown and the drop-dead brilliant visual settings of the Cotswolds to […]

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  • Doctor Who 50th – Lego style!

    Doctor Who 50th – Lego style!

    There was a time, back when the Earth was cooling, that an entity had arrived when you were parodied on a Saturday Night Live sketch. Once they lost their way, your stamp of approval came at the hands of Jimmy Fallon with parodies or spoof sketches on Latenight with Jimmy Fallon. Now, it seems the […]

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  • 'Death in Paradise' lines up all-star guest list for S4

    'Death in Paradise' lines up all-star guest list for S4

    Seems as though we are in the middle of everyone’s favorite British drama production season. As many know, Tellyspotting is currently on the production set for Father Brown in the Costwolds as they continue filming series 3, Doctor Who S8 is still filming with Kumars at No 42 star, Sanjeev Bhaskar, added to the series […]

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  • New 'Doctor Who' trailer introduced during World Cup finale

    New 'Doctor Who' trailer introduced during World Cup finale

    Short of premiering an overpriced spot during the Super Bowl, the next best thing, bar none, is to premiere an overdue, long-awaited trailer for the longest running science-fiction series in the history of television during the finale of the Fifa World Cup telecast. This year’s finale between Germany and Argentina didn’t escape notice with the […]

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