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James Croydon and Mathew Baynton star in the new comedy thriller The Wrong Mans a co-production between BBC Two and Hulu. Croydon and Baynton play Sam and Phil just two ordinary office workers that become embroiled in a criminal conspiracy after Sam witnesses a car crash. Clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time and not exactly prime hero … [Read more...]
Have you ever flown into Heathrow airport? No doubt you have been one of the 200,000 passengers Heathrow welcomes per day. Just how does this massive airport operate? Join Dan Snow, Dallas Campbell, and Anita Rani as they broadcast live for four straight nights from the world’s busiest international hub Heathrow Airport. From the air traffic … [Read more...]
Idris Elba returns as the dedicated yet consumed by the job Detective Chief Inspector John Luther with a new four-part series. A copy cat killer based on a 1980s case has the detective preoccupied when another assignment comes his way. Forced to also investigate the murder of an internet tormentor at the same time Luther begins to lose his grip. … [Read more...]
The BBC may be close to giving the go-ahead for a remake of the series about Rome through the eyes of Emperor Claudius. The beloved original series aired on the BBC in 1976 and starred John Hurt, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed and Patrick Stewart. The production earned three BAFTAs in 1977 and was broadcast in the US on PBS. The possible new … [Read more...]
Adapted from Diane Setterfield’s bestselling gothic novel The Thirteenth Tale the one-off 90 minute drama stars Vanessa Redgrave and Olivia Coleman. Vida Winter (Redgrave) is an aging legendary writer who refuses to divulge dark secrets from her past. With Winter’s health rapidly deteriorating she personally recruits amateur biographer … [Read more...]
The White Queen is a compelling 10-part drama adapted from the Philippa Gregory historical novels that comprise The Cousin’s War. Set during the War of the Roses the newly crowned Edward IV secretly weds the beautiful commoner Elizabeth Woodville. The surprise marriage foils the plans of Edward’s uncle the conniving Earl of Warwick who is using … [Read more...]
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the BBC announced a slew of special programming. First this Saturday June 2nd, the BBC Parliament channel airs a digitally re-mastered version of the coronation in its entirety. The black and white footage restored by the BBC Studios is scheduled to broadcast at the same … [Read more...]
It’s 1910 and Margaret returns home from visiting London. While in town she discovered the Suffragette Movement. Inspired by the modern ladies of the women’s vote society Margaret wants to create her own group in her village. She brings up her marvelous idea at the weekly meeting of the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. All the members … [Read more...]
BBC America has announced their summer line-up and there is tons of great TV headed to our shores - including the hit David Tennant Starring Drama Broadchurch. Here are the full details: COPPER – WORLD PREMIERE COPPER, BBC AMERICA’s highest-rated original drama, returns for a second season this June. An American saga set in 1865 New York … [Read more...]
The final episode of series seven is also the first part of the Doctor's 50th anniversary special! Mike, Mike, Phantom Troublemaker, the award winning author Bobby Nash, and Jonathan Thomas (Tardisopia.net) find themselves on Trenzalore facing the Great Intelligence that is Steven Moffat. Though some questions were answered, the ending was a … [Read more...]
The world knows the public face of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, but few know her private side and her passion for horses. In fact she is one of the most respected breeders in England. In the one-off special documentary The Queen: A Passion for Horses filmmakers were granted exclusive access into Elizabeth’s private world of horses to document … [Read more...]
Anne Boleyn is known as the second wife of Henry VIII and the first British Queen executed. Her rise to power was quick and intoxicating and her fall from grace was spectacular. While the outcome of Anne’s life is well-known the facts leading to Henry’s decision to send the woman he loved to the executioner’s block are clouded. Charged with … [Read more...]
Broadcasting live from Malmo, Sweden Europe once again comes together as one to celebrate the yearly singing contest. With entrants from Ireland, Moldova, Ukraine and Denmark to name a few the battle heats up to crown the winner of the annual competition amongst the members of the European Broadcasting Union. Since 1957 The United Kingdom has … [Read more...]
Based on the Kate Atkinson novels Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter) returns as street smart but easy on the eyes Edinburgh private investigator Jackson Brodie. The second series consists of three 90 minute episodes with each case brining more to the investigation than what it seems at first. In episode one Jackson helps a young woman search for her … [Read more...]
Outgoing Controller for BBC One Danny Cohen commissioned the four new dramas as his last act. His previous commissions include Call the Midwife, The Voice UK, and Him & Her for the BBC. Cohen also worked at Channel 4 where he commissioned Skins and The Inbetweeners. In 2008 the Times dubbed him ‘the boy wonder of British television’. Cohen … [Read more...]
Frankie Maddox (Eve Myles) and her team of dedicated district nurses live for their jobs no matter how trying and frustrating the work can get. The new six-part series written by Lucy Gannon is an examination of Frankie as she strives to take care of her patients all the while ignoring her own personal life. Episode one finds Frankie worried about … [Read more...]
The Fall is a new drama with an inventive twist in the crime thriller genre. The killer’s identity is revealed to the audience at the beginning of the story making this new five-part series a not so traditional who-done-it. Treated to both sides of the story at the same time viewers will watch as DSI Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) investigates … [Read more...]
BBC: BBC Three Commissions Eight New Comedies for iPlayer The eight commissioned comedies will fall under the Comedy Feeds scheme and will all debut on the iPlayer. The BBC will use this as a trial run to see which show is the most popular and will then commission a series. The eight pilots are: Bamboo – two posh idiots try to start … [Read more...]
Released on DVD by Acorn Media in a two-disc set, The Syndicate is kind of television that earns British television its well-deserved reputation as a provider of quality, intelligent fare for discriminating viewers. This five-episode drama written by Kay Mellor and shown on BBC One in 2012, follows the fates of five supermarket employees who … [Read more...]
This week Doctor Who takes us on a journey to somewhere we truly haven't ever been before in "The Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS." The previous episodes of the series have taken us to the most amazing place but this is truly the one that we were all waiting for. Am I the only one that screamed out loud when we finally saw the swimming pool and … [Read more...]
Warwick Davis returns in a one-off special episode of the mockumentary co-produced by The Office veterans Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The one-hour special will wrap up the comedy as the BBC did not re-commission a second series. This time around even though Warwick is still trying to keep his career going in showbiz he decides to take on … [Read more...]
Spanning 1914 to 1916 the new BBC One series will chart the life of one poor family in The Village. John Middleton (John Simm) an alcoholic farmer in the Peak District and his wife Grace (Maxine Peake) struggle to raise their two boys Joe and Bert. As John succumbs to drink, the farm fails and Joe is torn between protecting his brother and escaping … [Read more...]
After 53 years the BBC is vacating its West London headquarters as it relocates the television and news departments to Broadcasting House in central London while sport and children's programming are now based in Salford. Opening on June 29th, 1960, the building housed the studios responsible for most of the BBC programming for Monty Python to … [Read more...]
As filming for the third series of Sherlock begins next Monday, March 18th, the consulting detective himself, Benedict Cumberbatch, confirmed that he and co-star Martin Freeman have signed on to do a fourth series of the drama. Speaking at the South Bank Show Awards were his other BBC project Parade's End picked up Best Drama Cumberbatch said, "We … [Read more...]
On Friday March 15th Red Nose Day takes over BBC One with a night of one-off programming called Comic Relief - Funny for Money. In the annual appeal for money benefiting British and African charities the stars of British television come out and try to win the public over with special programming and funny fund-raising attempts. The over … [Read more...]
PBS will be airing two British period dramas back-to-back on March 31 - in case your Sunday night TV schedule is in need of a boost. Season 2 of Call the Midwife will lead into the two-hour series debut of Mr. Selfridge. The three hour period drama event will begin that night at 8pm EST. Call the Midwife (starring … [Read more...]
A mysterious death and the discovery of human remains shock a small village in the Shetland Islands. Former resident, Detective Jimmy Perez, returns from the mainland to lead and intense investigation in the new BBC drama Shetland. Filmed in Shetland and Glasgow the drama is based on the Red Bones book written by Ann Cleaves and has been … [Read more...]
David Brent is back! Office fans rejoice! After 10 years the former boss of Wernham Hogg is checking in. What has changed in 10 years? Well, he is still selling office cleaning supplies by day to fund his plan to re-ignite his singing career. In the one-off Red Nose Day special titled The Office Revisited David Brent is still an aspiring music … [Read more...]
Taking over BBC Three for a night of marathon programming all in the name of Comic Relief, chat show host Graham Norton will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the 'Most Questions Asked on a TV Chat Show'. Joining Norton as co-hosts for Comic Relief's Big Chat are Sir Terry Wogan, Frank Skinner, Nick Grimshaw and Greg … [Read more...]
An Englishwoman Martha (Brenda Blethyn) and an American woman Mary (Hilary Swank) bond under extraordinary circumstances in Africa when they both lose their sons to malaria. Devastated that their kids as well as other African children are dying from simple mosquito bites the women form a powerful friendship out of grief. Determined to not let … [Read more...]
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