Britcoms
New Orleans becomes BBC West this week
It’s that time of year again, where Tellyspotting, along with 100+ colleagues from PBS stations around the country, descend upon New Orleans to work very, very hard on your behalf.
Ordinarily, as television programmer’s, we like to say that our main function in life is to watch bad television so you don’t have to. However, [...]
Tellyspotting 2.0
Over the last couple of days, we’ve experienced a phenomenal increase in traffic from around the world. As a matter of fact, Friday, 29 April, was by far the highest traffic day ever since the beginning thanks, in large part, to a couple of minor events going on like the Royal Wedding and the return [...]
More on British sitcoms: Class warfare on the horizon?
Working class sitcoms vs. Blue collar comedy. Fawlty Towers vs. Father Ted. The Telegraph vs. The Guardian. No matter what side you’re on in this rather ridiculous issue, what viewers ultimately want is good comedy.
While Telegraph readers tend to lean more towards the Conservative Party and a centre-right view, the majority of the Guardian readers tend [...]
Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift board the QE2
Keeping Up Appearances icons, Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift recently (ok, it was almost 20 years ago) sat down with BBC Radio broadcaster, Judi Spiers, for a really fun behind the scenes conversation about the iconic British comedy, Keeping Up Appearances, where they allude to their upcoming (at the time) journey aboard the QE2 as [...]
The Office — U.S. or UK?
As much as I have always liked the American version of The Office, I have to take exception with the Telegraph’s Ceri Radford and her planting of the flag for the American version versus the British original.
Admittedly, the American version of The Office comes as close to being as good as the original British [...]
