David Walliams' 2013 telly Christmas gift — Gangsta Granny

An all-star cast Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, Rob Brydon and Miranda Hart are set to bring David Walliams’ best-selling children’s novel Gangsta Granny to life in a special 60-minute adaptation for BBC One this holiday season. Following the enormously successful 2012 adaptation of Mr. Stink, an earlier Walliams children’s book, Gangsta Granny reunites the BAFTA-nominated […]

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Mark Gatiss. You know him as Mycroft but now as….Joan Crawford?

There are a number of people that I continue to marvel at the endless and varied talents that they possess in the industry. Obviously, Steven Moffat and Benedict Cumberbatch top the list. Hugh Bonneville is brilliant in both Downton Abbey and Twenty Twelve. Dame Judi Dench can bounce from As Time Goes By to the […]

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Amanda Abbington confirms role in 'Sherlock' 3 – officially…

A familiar face to British television watchers will coming to a telly new near you in 2014… Amanda Abbington, real-life partner of Martin Freeman, has confirmed that she is to play Mary Morstan in the third series of Sherlock. Abbington, having been spotted in numerous on-location production stills and cell-phone videos, had long been rumored […]

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Scott & Bailey to continue making streets of Manchester safe in 2014

As we sit through the first day of some outstanding BBC program offers at the 2013 BBC Syndication Showcase in New Orleans, the big news wasn’t only the brilliant comedy, drama, natural history and documentary programming that will be available to public television stations in 2014. There was news for fans of a current police […]

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Looking ahead to Sherlock 3 with Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Gatiss

Sky diving off the roof of St Barts? Benedict Cumberbatch has given the strongest hint yet as to how his brilliant 21st Century adaptation of Sherlock Holmes survived that ‘impossible’ plunge from the roof of St Bart’s Hospital at the end of series two. Sort of…   “Have you seen the winged suits on YouTube??” […]

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David Suchet says au revoir to Hercule Poirot

As we reported earlier this summer, Sir David Suchet will reprise his iconic role as the world famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, for the very last time on Wednesday, 23 October at 9:00pm on ITV1. Wednesdays broadcast will begin the completion of Sir David’s brilliant work in bringing Agatha Christie’s Poirot to life which began […]

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'Broadchurch' U.S. remake to star "American" David Tennant

I guess when the track record of remaking British telly brilliance by American television networks is what it is for as far as the eye can see, nothing surprises you with regards to what gets remade and what lengths producers will go to to trick it up to try and attract an audience.   The […]

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The Fifth Estate with Benedict Cumberbatch

Get ready for The Fifth Estate. With the UK release scheduled for 11 October followed by the October 18 premiere in the United States, The Fifth Estate starring Benedict Cumberbatch who took a break from STar Trek, The Hobbit and Sherlock to star as Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, plunges us into the age of high-stakes […]

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