Downton Abbey excluded, the most popular UK telly import these days may very well be The Great British Baking Show. As the LA Times once wrote: “Contestants never say things like ‘I didn’t come here to make friends.’ There are no irritating product placements and – perhaps most incomprehensibly to American audiences – no material riches to […]
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It’s time, once again, to don the bright red nose and get ready to settle in at 7p on Friday, 15 March on BBC1 and BBC2 when Red Nose Day 2019 brings some of the comedy’s best and brightest to telly. Who can forget some of the comedic brilliance from years past such as Dawn French’s 1999 […]
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Her unique presentation style combined with a deep knowledge of and passion for the arts made for oddly brilliant television.
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The origin of the name “Boxing Day” alone is the topic of endless argument.
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The first televised Christmas broadcast by The Queen was also broadcast live from Sandringham House in Norfolk in 1957.
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Never mind that there have been endless readings over the years by the likes of Art Carney, Bob Dylan, Elton John — we’re talking classic Python here.
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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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Last year at the age of 95, she appeared on ‘Have I Got News For You,’ where she mocked the BBC for requiring her to sign a form to say she was not pregnant.
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You won’t recognize the name or the face, but you will definitely will be familiar with the food illustrator’s work.
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‘The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies’ was a running prop-joke in the ’80s British sitcom.
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