‘The King’s Speech’ leads nominations for Golden Globes
There will be plenty of Brits in attendance at next year’s Golden Globes Awards ceremony. Beyond being hosted again by Ricky Gervais, the nominee leader board was topped by The King’s Speech with 7...
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Talking Telly: A first-hand look at Ricky Gervais’ Out Of England 2 special
Courtesy: HBO It’s a little bit special to get the chance to review a British comedian’s TV special before it airs anywhere, much less in America. It’s even more special when you aren’t even previewing...
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Talking Telly: Review of Episode 1 of Come Fly With Me
Courtesy: BBC At long last the debut of the new sketch show from Little Britain’s David Walliams and Matt Lucas bowed Christmas night on BBC One, and it was definitely a fine end to a day of Christmas...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Review of Come Fly With Me, Episode 2
Wow, I must say that I never expected to see the number of people who commented on my first week review of Come Fly With Me. Also amazed by how many people flat-out hated it. Most people seemed to find...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Watch the first episode of ‘The Ricky Gervais Show’, Season 2...
HBO has released the first episode of their second season of the animated comedy “The Ricky Gervais Show” a week early, both on iTunes and HBO.com. They were kind enough to let us feature the episode...
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Talking Telly: Dear Torchwood fans, give the new series a chance (SPOILERS)
Torchwood: Children of Earth (Courtesy: BBC) Starz had its presentation at the Television Critics Association tour on Friday, where Russell T. Davies took the stage to preview the next series of...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Review of ‘Episodes’, episodes 1 and 2
It’s slightly ironic that Episodes, a BBC/Showtime coproduction about a UK show import going bad very quickly in Hollywood, is popping up in both America and Great Britain right now, as a new era of...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Anyone should’ve known what was coming with Ricky Gervais on...
It’s amazing how suddenly a large percentage of America has suddenly discovered that Ricky Gervais is not some meek, mild US network sitcom character in the past 24 hours. I knew this mythical idea...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Piers Morgan Tonight review, night 1
I’m just going to state this up front, because this is a very controversial stance to make in a Brit-American forum such as this – I love Piers Morgan’s TV work. I already made this clear in the past....
View ArticleRoyal Wedding: Help Me Decide What Is Must-Do That Week
Jonathan helpfully reminded me that today is exactly 100 days until the royal wedding. That means it’s about 96 days until the day that I arrive in London for my first-ever excursion to the UK. Due to...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Review of 10 O’Clock Live
The first thing that should be be done in the future in relation to Channel 4’s 10 O’Clock Live is to get rid of the “British version of The Daily Show” label that we’ve all attached to this programme....
View ArticleTinie Tempah, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons and Take That Win Big At Brits –...
Canadian festival favorites Arcade Fire are possibly having their highest profile week ever, capping off a huge Grammys win with two Brit Awards Tuesday night. Arcade Fire won awards for Best...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Watch 24 hours of live panel shows for Comic Relief NOW
To raise money for Comic Relief, David Walliams is currently hosting 24 hours of different British panel shows – everything from QI to Just A Minute to the Generation Game to Room 101 (boy, I miss that...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Report – Katie Price gets £1M US TV deal
I think most Anglophiles have a list of Brits they’d love to see get their own American TV show. I wonder how many of them have Katie Price on that list. Ah well, because reports indicate that she is,...
View ArticleTalking Telly: See highlights from this year’s Comic Relief special
The British version of Comic Relief is honestly one of the highlights of the year for me, and is something I wish we did full-out here in the US. For about a month, pretty much everyone funny (or not...
View ArticleTalking Telly: ‘The Thick Of It’ back in 2012
Great news for everyone who’s been wondering exactly what Malcolm Tucker would think about the coalition government – we’ll get to hear his wonderfully graphic rants in about a year. It’s been...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Catherine Tate to replace Steve Carell on ‘The Office’? Maybe
She might not have been the Brit that fans thought might replace Steve Carell as the boss in charge of Dunder Mifflin on the US version of “The Office.” Heck, many of them have probably not heard much...
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Talking Telly: See BBC Drama Trailer, With Actual New Torchwood Footage!
I have become very spoiled this week in London, because I have gotten to watch so many of the shows I already know and love live in the proper time slot. But I also have gotten some very nice...
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Seeing Historic London With the London Pass
War Room in Churchill War Museum A couple of months ago, I visited London during the Royal Wedding week (yeah, I know, we didn’t mention it in the least at the time, did we?) Since I got back I have...
View ArticleTalking Telly: Week 1 of “Torchwood: Miracle Day”– MANY SPOILERS
Note: I am writing and posting this after the first airing of “Torchwood: Miracle Day” on Starz on the East Coast. If you haven’t seen it yet, this post contains spoilers. If you’re in the UK, you have...
View ArticleTalking Telly: ‘Torchwood: Miracle Day’ Episode 2 – WITH SPOILERS
Once again, this is being posted after the East Coast premiere of the second episode “Torchwood: Miracle Day” and talks about the plotline of the episode. If you haven’t seen the episode yet, it’s...
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Talking Telly: ‘Inbetweeners’ Movie Scheduled For Sept. US Release
© Bwark Productions / Film 4 It’s about time! The film about the holiday hijinks of our four favourite irresponsible British teenagers, “The Inbetweeners” has finally been slated for a US release date...
View ArticleJames Corden Wins Tony For ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’
In what might be considered to be the upset of the night, considering his heavy-duty competition, James Corden took home a Tony for best actor in a play Sunday for his starring role in “One Man, Two...
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Talking Telly: Help Get ‘Inbetweeners’ Movie Into US Theaters
© Bwark Productions / Film 4 Just a couple of days ago came word that “The Inbetweeners” has finally gotten a release date in US theaters. However, the battle to see our four favourite degenerate...
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Talking Telly: Review of ‘True Love’ Episode 1 With David Tennant
Sunday night marked the debut of “True Love”, billed as the BBC’s first improvised drama running over five nights on BBC1. The premise is five separate tales of love set in the same coastal England...
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