Archive for February, 2010
Screenings and Sherlock in the 21st Century
Day two – more screening, more wind, rain and cold weather, then more screening.
Another 10 hours of screening yesterday which means another opportunity to see some of the best television being produced today. Some highlights from the day:
Hustle – from the producers of MI5 (Spooks) and Life on Mars, comes a really great series [...]
BBC Showcase: British comedy, the new Doctor and more
Day one at BBC Showcase has come and gone, but the weather remains in true “Brighton in Winter” fashion. Saw some great programs yesterday including several British comedy series starring a number of familiar faces. One being a series called Big Top, a series about a traveling circus, stars Amanda Holden (Britain’s Got Talent), Tony Robinson [...]
BBC Showcase – Brighton, UK
Greetings from BBC Showcase, Day one
As you were, hopefully, sleeping the night away this morning, tellyspotting was arriving at the train station in Brighton, England ready to attend the 2010 BBC Showcase on your behalf. What is BBC Showcase, you may be asking yourself? In simple terms, it’s an incredible meeting put on by the [...]
Yes Prime Minister takes the stage after 22 years
If you were a fan of either Yes Minister or Yes Prime Minister and you think that the series has more relevancy today than it did in the 80’s, you’re probably not alone. If you ever had a thought that this would be a great stage play, you’re right there with the original writers, Anthony [...]
Dame Judi in Midsummer Night's Dream
I’m not sure “down time” is a phrase that is in Judi Dench’s vocabulary. Appearing in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, Ms. Dench is fresh off of her recent roles in both Cranford and Return to Cranford, seen on PBS stations nationwide and the film, Nine, not to mention [...]
