Judi Dench
Happy Belated 77th, Judi Dench. Fancy a stay at the Marigold Hotel?
With apologies to the great Judi Dench, we’d like to take a moment and wish her a very happy belated birthday. Turning 77 on Friday, 9 December, the brilliant actress has done nothing but give theatre goers, film lovers and situation comedy fans, worldwide, birthday presents every year since her first professional stage appearance in [...]
To: Julian Fellowes; From: Judi Dench; Re: Downton Abbey 3
While the second series of Downton Abbey is coming to a cliff-hanging close on Christmas Day in the UK and with all eyes in the United States on Sunday, January 8, 2012 when the second series premieres as part of PBS’ Masterpiece, series 3 is just around the corner. As most everyone, except maybe the [...]
Sir Kenneth Branagh – more Mankell & more Wallander in 2012
Following their most recent on-screen efforts together in My Week with Marilyn, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Kenneth Branagh will, again, join forces in an adaptation of Henning Mankell’s Italian Shoes. Branagh is no stranger to the work of the Swedish author as he is currently filming the third season of Mankell’s Wallander series for [...]
Dame Judi checks into the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
For your viewing pleasure, there are a couple of upcoming gems on the Dame Judi Dench horizon. One sooner than the other, but both well worth the wait.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
From the director of Shakespeare in Love, the star-studded film features the likes of a couple of Dames (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith), [...]
BBC TV themes by Ronnie Hazlehurst
Following Monday’s sad news of the untimely passing of producer/director, John Howard Davies, it started me thinking more about some of the individuals that have been a part of all of our British comedy lives for decades that we aren’t even aware of. We all know the talents of John Inman, Mollie Sugden, Richard Briers, [...]
