No middle-aged spread visible in 'official' Red Dwarf X photo

With all the Downton Abbey and Sherlock talk circulating around the Internets lately, let us pause for a moment and not forget the brilliance that is Red Dwarf. As we get closer to the targeted September 2012 premiere for Red Dwarf X on Dave, the self-decribed Home of Witty Comedy Banter, images are starting to […]

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A bit of PG Wodehouse 'comedy brilliance' on the BBC horizon

As we reported back in February, a bit of PG Wodehouse brilliance is on the horizon with the commissioning of Blandings by the BBC. At the time, Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous, Jam and Jerusalem) was the only cast member that had been announced. Now, according to comedy.co.uk, filming has begun and the supporting cast has been […]

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Fancy a self-guided Sherlock tour while in the UK?

As you prepare for 6 May 2012 and the premiere of Sherlock on PBS…. If you find yourself either in the UK or planning a visit in the not-too-distant future, think about taking a tour of locations made famous, or infamous, by the brilliance that is Sherlock. Not to worry. You are not alone in […]

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Yes, Prime Minister set to return

That might have been a pig that just flew by my window, not sure. When I looked outside, I saw cats chasing dogs also. What’s up, you’re asking? Well, today’s news marks the third series, in recent weeks, that is a remake that I’m really excited about. First it was Tim Burton applying his greatness […]

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Why is Fawlty Towers So Near Comedic Perfection?

Was it the scriptwriting? John Cleese and Connie Booth would not write a single word of dialogue until each plot was meticulously worked out. “Some people try to write comedy by starting at scene one and writing the dialogue,” Cleese explained in “Fawlty Towers — Fully Booked. “The chances of them getting to a satisfactory […]

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A Craggy Island St Paddy's Day

Wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day without a trip to Ireland’s favorite destination – Craggy Island With the realization that many across the globe have been celebrating St. Patrick’s Day since early Friday afternoon, what better way to cap off the festivities than a trip to Craggy Island to spend some quality time with Father Ted […]

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Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days iPad app

Bring out your dead! Grab your coconuts! The Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days has arrived Just days before the new iPad3 was announced came the brilliant news, finally, of an app from those crazy kids affectionately known around the world as Monty Python — Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days app for […]

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Christopher Lloyd added to U.S. version of Only Fools and Horses

The genius that is Christopher Lloyd has been added to the cast of the upcoming U.S. pilot remake of the all-time British situation comedy icon, Only Fools and Horses. You may remember an earlier post announcing the remake and that John Leguizamo had been cast as the American Del Boy. The rest of the cast […]

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Giving Roger and Val another look

When Roger and Val Have Just Got In was first announced back in 2010, hearing that this was to pair Dawn French and Alfred Molina, I immediately felt this to be a series that had enormous potential. With the concept of the show being that it was to follow the lives of a middle-aged couple […]

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Terry Jones talks about writing Python sketches

Ever since that fateful day in 1974 when KERA, the public television station in Dallas, became the first PBS station in the U.S. to broadcast Monty Python’s Flying Circus I have wondered just what went on in the heads of Oxford graduates, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, and Cambridge graduates, Eric Idle, John Cleese and […]

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