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  • U.S. remake for ‘Mum’ next up on the horizon
    August 23, 2019

    U.S. remake for ‘Mum’ next up on the horizon

    Next up on the American re-make horizon is the brilliant BBC series, Mum. According to Deadline, Tony-winning playwright and actor Tracy Letts (August: Osage County and Killer Joe) will write the remake of the BAFTA-winning U.K. television series Mum with producer Scott Rudin (To Kill a Mockingbird, Moneyball, The Social Network) developing the series with Big Talk Productions. Mum, […]

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  • The Crown’s Olivia Colman has eyes for the one-and-only Homer during The Simpsons’ 31st season
    August 18, 2019

    The Crown’s Olivia Colman has eyes for the one-and-only Homer during The Simpsons’ 31st season

    Fresh off her current stint as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, the 2019 Best Actress Oscar-winner for The Favourite is headed to the animated world of The Simpsons as a ‘femme fatal’ who only has eyes for the one-and-only Homer Simpson.

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  • The cast of ‘Endeavour’ discuss Shaun Evans, the actor, as Shaun Evans, the Director
    August 8, 2019

    The cast of ‘Endeavour’ discuss Shaun Evans, the actor, as Shaun Evans, the Director

    The second episode of the sixth series of ITV’s hit detective drama, Endeavour, saw Endeavour Morse investigating a murder with links to a film studio that bears a strong resemblance to the one once operated by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson in the 1960s. The cast of Endeavour divulge what it was like having series star, Shaun Evans direct an episode in series 6.

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  • ‘Press’ pits the sensational (tabloid) vs. the serious (broadsheet) in upcoming PBS Masterpiece
    August 6, 2019

    ‘Press’ pits the sensational (tabloid) vs. the serious (broadsheet) in upcoming PBS Masterpiece

    Press, the 6-part drama which takes place in the contemporary world of the British newspaper industry, focusing on the two publications – broadsheet newspaper The Herald and tabloid newspaper The Post, is headed to Masterpiece this Fall on PBS.

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  • So, you think you know LOTSW’s Bill Owen? Think again!
    July 24, 2019

    So, you think you know LOTSW’s Bill Owen? Think again!

    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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  • A pre-virtual fur look at ‘Cats’ with Taylor Swift, Idris Elba and Dame Judi Dench!
    July 18, 2019

    A pre-virtual fur look at ‘Cats’ with Taylor Swift, Idris Elba and Dame Judi Dench!

    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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  • First look at ‘Sanditon’ — coming to PBS Masterpiece in 2020!
    June 25, 2019

    First look at ‘Sanditon’ — coming to PBS Masterpiece in 2020!

    This just in! The first ever television adaptation of Jane Austen’s final and unfinished 11-part novel Sanditon is coming to Masterpiece on PBS during the 2020 season as an 8-part series by Andrew Davies!

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  • Glenda Jackson returns to TV for BBC’s adaptation of ‘Elizabeth Is Missing’
    June 17, 2019

    Glenda Jackson returns to TV for BBC’s adaptation of ‘Elizabeth Is Missing’

    Two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson (Women In Love, A Touch of Class) will star in BBC One’s adaptation of Emma Healey’s best-selling novel Elizabeth Is Missing, marking her return to the small screen after over 25 years.

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  • Michael Palin, of the Knights Who Say ‘Ni,’ is now the real Sir Michael Palin!
    June 14, 2019

    Michael Palin, of the Knights Who Say ‘Ni,’ is now the real Sir Michael Palin!

    English actor, television presenter, writer and comedian Michael Palin is now, going forward, Sir Michael Palin. Palin, who turned 76 on May 5, was knighted by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, at Buckingham Palace in the New Year Honours.

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  • Happy belated 92nd, Geoffrey Palmer!
    June 6, 2019

    Happy belated 92nd, Geoffrey Palmer!

    From Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin to Ben Parkinson in Butterflies to Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By, Geoffrey Palmer has been a constant fixture in our collective British comedy lives for the better part of four decades with these three series alone.

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