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Brit TV Picks Up Seven International Emmy Nominations

By Charles J Gans BRITISH television productions received a leading seven International Emmy nominations Monday, including best actor and actress nods for Jason Isaacs in Case Histories and newcomer Joanna Vanderham in The Runaway. Isaacs, best known for playing the villainous Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, was nominated for his role in the [...]

Entertainer Max Bygraves Dies In Australia, Aged 89

Entertainer Max Bygraves Dies In Australia, Aged 89

LONDON (Reuters) – British comedian, singer and actor Max Bygraves has died at the age of 89 in his sleep at his home in Queensland, Australia, his agent said on Saturday. Bygraves, whose catchphrase was “I wanna tell you a story” was born in Rotherhithe, southeast London as Walter William Bygraves, and performed with some [...]

PBS Announces US Premiere Of Royal Memories

PBS Announces US Premiere Of Royal Memories

Prince Charles’ Tribute To The Queen PBS ANNOUNCED last month that Royal Memories: Prince Charles’ Tribute To The Queen, which premiered to 10 million viewers in the UK as part of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee weekend, will air Sunday, September 2, at 8pm ET on PBS. In this touching, personal film, Charles, Prince of Wales [...]

Tardis Lands In Cardiff In Same Week As Olympics

Tardis Lands In Cardiff In Same Week As Olympics

THE FIRST event in the London 2012 Olympic Games will take place on July 25, two days ahead of the official Opening Ceremony. Great Britain’s women’s football team will take on New Zealand at the impressive Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, but that’s not all the Welsh capital will be enjoying that week. July 20 sees [...]

BBC America To Air Live Jubilee Specials

AS ALL Eyes turn to London this summer, BBC America celebrates with a season of brilliantly British and exceptionally English programming. From The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June through the London Olympics in August, BBC America offers viewers a wide slate of live event coverage, comedies, documentaries, dramas and special features across all of BBC [...]

WETA TV In Washington DC To Launch New British TV Channel

BRITS and Anglophiles will be rejoicing June 2 in The Washington, DC area – that’s the day WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation’s capital will being airing WETA UK, an innovative channel devoted to presenting British television programming at its best, around the clock, seven days a week. The new, local channel [...]

Professor Stephen Hawking Cameos In Big Bang Theory

STEPHEN HAWKING will appear in the CBS sitcom Big Bank Theory alongside actor Jim Parsons, an Emmy and Golden Globe winner for his portrayal of Sheldon Cooper Professor Stephen Hawking has filmed the episode which is due to be aired April 5. Producers had asked Hawking, best known for his best-selling book A Brief History [...]

KCET Public TV In LA Invites Doc Martin Fans To Afternoon Tea And Advanced Screening

Martin Clunes greets fans during a recent shoot of Doc Martin. Photo by Bohdan Zachary/KCET MORE THAN 100 Fans of the popular British television comedy drama, Doc Martin, will help “tea up” Season Five of Doc Martin at an exclusive afternoon British Tea and Advance Screening of the first episode of the new season. Viewers [...]

Watson’s Window

A RESTRAINED RICKY GERVAIS By Jerry Watson at the Golden Globe Awards BRITISH COMIC Ricky Gervais was more restrained with his caustic barbs, hosting, for the third time, the annual 69th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, last month. Last year, Gervais left a number of stars in the ballroom [...]

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