With BBC and PBS audiences currently in the middle of some serious separation anxiety waiting (im)patiently for the return of Victoria, along comes the greatness of Dame Judi Dench to bridge the gap and, hopefully, pass the time a bit more quickly. Victoria & Abdul, which opens in theaters on September 22, tells the extraordinary true story […]
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Unimpressed by the quality of dancing on Strictly Come Dancing, don’t expect to see Aidan Turner anytime soon tripping the light fantastic on the popular television dance competition. The long-running BBC1 series, which features contestants, celebrities and individuals from all walks of life, paired with professional dance partners competing in a Survivor-like, weekly voting contestants off […]
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When series 2 of returns to PBS in October, fans of the series will see Louisa Durrell (Keeley Hawes) come up with a brand new idea to generate income, as hardline new landlady Vasilia demands more rent money and the family struggles to scrape a living. The English widow decides to make some English delicacies such […]
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With feuds, a marriage, intimations of mortality and the arrival of some fresh new characters, Poldark will hit the ground running when series 3 premieres on PBS beginning Sunday, October 1. UK audiences will get a jump on the Warleggan feud when Poldark returns in June to BBC1. As you can see from the series 3 first pic, […]
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While it’s a bit of a belated celebration of Victoria Day (Monday, 22 May), the anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birthday, the producers of the critically-acclaimed British drama from ITV have released the long-awaited first video trailer showing what audiences can expect when Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes return to ITV later this year for series […]
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While Sunday nights Call the Midwife series 6 finale was filled with enough happiness and sadness to make me wish I had invested in Kleenex stock years ago, there is already series 7 news out of the UK that will possibly make long time viewers a bit unhappy. Already surviving the fact that Chummy, played brilliantly by Miranda […]
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As series 6 of Call the Midwife comes to a close this Sunday on PBS, word comes from the UK that Black Mirror actress Leonie Elliott has been cast as Nurse Lucille Anderson. Elliott becomes the first West Indian midwife to feature as a regular character in the BBC drama. The first pic shows the Nonnatus House […]
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Elizabeth McGovern, a.k.a. Lady Cora Crawley in the award-winning Masterpiece production Downton Abbey, is set to reunite with series creator Julian Fellowes and director Michael Engler for a feature film based on Laura Moriarty’s bestseller, The Chaperone, that will air later on PBS. Announced earlier this week at the PBS Annual Meeting in San Diego, The Chaperone is set in the […]
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On Sunday, Joanne Froggatt begins her long journey from the sweet Anna Bates that we will all never forget to her next role as Sunday-school teacher/nurse/Victorian wife and mother, Mary Ann Cotton. Oh and, yes, she was also a murderer. Cotton’s infamous spree of arsenic poisonings, with which she claimed up to 21 lives is enough to give […]
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Thankfully, there’s a tune that has come along that will supplant “The Girl from Ipanema” as the one that is constantly in your head no matter the time or circumstance. The haunting and uplifting title theme to Victoria, the hit ITV/PBS drama starring Jenna Coleman, that is used again during her wedding to Albert in episode five is […]
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