From the Vault: When Clive Swift was ‘Having a Wild Weekend’ with The Dave Clark Five
The film was the first movie role for Swift — aka Keeping Up Appearances’ Richard Bucket.
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Remembering the ’90s, when the BBC brought out the heavy hitters to remind you to pay your TV license fee
The difference between how British telly vs. American TV are funded are completely different.
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Let the 2018 holiday season begin: The Bair family heads home for Christmas!
Bring on the warm and fuzzy adverts! Especially Heathrow Airport’s adorable campaign.
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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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‘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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‘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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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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Vodafone’s latest advert with Sherlock’s Martin Freeman deemed misleading by ASA
The Advertising Standards Authority received 11 complaints about the ad featuring the ‘Sherlock’ star.
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Sir David Attenborough’s “Dynasties” is nothing short of stunning
Four years in the making, Sir David Attenborough is back with a new wildlife series, Dynasties, and it’s more brilliant that the law should allow. The series will follow lions, hunting dogs, chimpanzees, tigers and emperor penguins over a period of three years and promises to be “even more intense and gripping” than Blue Planet II and Planet […]
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Blimey! Tellyspotting turns 9!
Our shared recognition that British comedy and drama are the best telly on telly has made it easy to look forward to year 10 and beyond.
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