Hump days don’t get any better than this! ITV has commissioned a ninth series of Inspector Lewis. Need I say more?
Inspector Lewis: ITV Commissions Ninth Series (Woo Hoo!)
BAFTA TV Awards: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sheridan Smith, James Norton, Vicky McClure Among Nominees
The nominees for the 2015 BAFTA TV Awards were announced today, with two actors receiving their respective fifth and sixth BAFTA nominations, and four dramas receiving three nominations each.
Casts Announced for New BBC and ITV Dramas, Including Anna Maxwell-Martin and Angela Bassett
More dramas are headed to telly, and the BBC and ITV have announced the casts for two of them: Close to the Enemy and Midwinter of the Spirit.
Clunatics Rejoice! Doc Martin: Series 7 in Production
No amount of grumpiness on the part of Dr. Martin Ellingham can keep Doc Martin fans, a.k.a. Clunatics, away from the hit comedy-drama that is now filming its seventh series.
BBC Worldwide Celebrates Ten Years of New Doctor Who with BitTorrent Bundle
Fantastic! Allons-y! Geronimo! (12th Doctor’s catchphrase here!) The year of our Time Lord, 2015, marks tens year since the Doctor Who reboot series landed on telly, and BBC Worldwide is celebrating by offering Whovians a special bundle of goodies at
British TV to Watch in April 2015: Game of Thrones, Outlander, Ripper Street, Wolf Hall, and More [UPDATED]
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What better reason to stay indoors during the rainy month of April than to watch the US premieres of the highly-anticipated returns of Game of Thrones, Outlander, and Ripper Street, and the critically-acclaimed Wolf Hall. And there’s more besides…
Vera: Series 5 Debuting, Series 6 Commissioned
Vera, the hit crime drama starring Brenda Blethyn, returns to UK telly with its fifth series in a few days, and before you know it, it’ll be screening in the US. Oh, and there’s news about Series 6, too.
Endeavour: Series 3 Is in the Works!
Now this is what I call a fabulous way to start the week: news from ITV that the third series of the hit mystery drama, Endeavour, is in production.
Scott & Bailey: Series 4 of Hit Detective Drama Debuts in the US
Woo hoo! The detectives of the Manchester Metropolitan Police’s Major Incident Team are back, as Scott & Bailey returns to the US with its fourth series.
Death in Paradise: Hit Mystery Dramedy Returns to the US with Series 4
It’s time to go to back the (fictional) island of Saint-Marie, where fun in the sun mixes with dark secrets and murders. Near-perfect murders until DI Humphrey Goodman has his aha moments. Yes, it’s time for the fourth season of
The End of Downton Abbey: A Look Back and a Look Ahead (with Pics!)
The rumors that have been swirling for months are now officially fact. The doors of Downton Abbey will close after Season 6.
Now Streaming on Globe Player in the US: Shakespeare’s The Tempest with Mark Rylance, Othello with Eamonn Walker
If William Shakespeare were alive today, I think he would be chuffed that Shakespeare’s Globe has embraced streaming technology and is now bringing many of the theatre’s productions to audiences in the States via video on demand.