When Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) first arrives in London’s East End, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty or indeed, life itself. Raised in the wealthy English countryside, she’s previously spent time in Paris and could have chosen any career. But she chose to become a nurse and now, as a newly qualified midwife, Jenny has […]
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Julian Fellowes, the writer behind the hit series Downton Abbey, says writing a prequel which follows how the Earl and Countess of Grantham first met is something that he’s working on in that brilliant writing brain of his. Seems as though, however, he has most of it written already based on his recent comments at […]
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The upcoming 8-part spy drama, Hunted, which premieres Thursday, 4 October on BBC One (yes, I know, this is ‘in the face’ opposite the new series of Red Dwarf on Dave for those that are keeping score at home), looks brilliant. Let’s just say that having seen the trailer, the producers had me at “…from […]
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With just a mere seven days to air on Dave in the UK (that’s 168 hours or 10,080 minutes depending on how you are counting down), David Brown from Radio Times sat down recently with the cast of Red Dwarf X in a tell-all exclusive. They talked about getting the band back together after some […]
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When the upcoming A&E Psycho ‘prequel’ series, The Bates Motel, premieres in 2013, it will have a decidedly British look to it. While American born actress, Vera Farmiga (Source Code) will star as Norma Bates, British actor Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland) will play young Norman Bates – the role made […]
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Somehow, in trying not to be bitter about Sunday’s Emmy Award snub of both Downton Abbey and Sherlock, I had this visual of Hugh Bonneville leaving the Emmy Awards last night and when the Ryan Seacrest of the day asks what he was going to do next, the Earl of Grantham would shout, “I’m going […]
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You just thought the British Invasion referred to the mid-60’s takeover of the U.S. by both British music and pop culture. Not to take anything away from the likes of The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, The Animals, The Troggs, Dave Clark 5, Herman’s Hermits and The Rolling Stones, but the real British Invasion happens in Los […]
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Much like both Benedict Cumberbatch and Bill Nighy, I believe Sir Ian McKellen could read the phone book and I would be in the front row. So just the thought of the possibility of a comedy series that stars Sir Ian along with Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who), Frances Barber (Silk) and Jonathan Hyde (Titanic) gives […]
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The Doctor, the time-traveling humanoid alien Time Lord with two hearts, has been exploring the BBC universe in the TARDIS since November 1963. While there have been a fair number of companions (35 to be exact) that have shared his adventures in saving civilizations, helping everyday inhabitants of Planet Earth, and right more wrongs that […]
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Looking around at some of the retail outlets in September, there may be a point in time where you say it’s a bit early to start thinking about the December holiday season, but personally it’s never too early to start thinking about your holiday shopping list and that includes preparing your own wish list. NEVER. […]
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