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What Are Brits Watching?: ‘Frankie’

By | Posted on June 19th, 2013
(BBC1)

Gwen Cooper hangs up her leather jacket for scrubs in BBC1′s Frankie.

What’s on: Frankie What is it: Six, 60-minute episodes, follow Frankie Maddox (Eve Myles) who works as a district nurse set in Bristol, England. Frankie goes above and beyond caring for her patients making in-home visits but ...

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15 Good Reasons Why Brits Don’t Use The Name ‘Randy’

By | Posted on June 19th, 2013
The son of Randy Jack.

Let’s not beat about the bush, we all know the Brits have a bit of a thing for sexual wordplay. They’re always at it!

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Photo Quiz: 19th Century NYC or London?

By and | Posted on June 19th, 2013
A bustling city street in 1890. NYC of London? Take the quiz to find out!

The second season of Copper makes its return this weekend on Sunday, June 23 at 10/9c. Copper does such a fine job of transporting us back to 1860s New York City, it made us wonder … what did Victorian London look like at the ...

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Who Wants To See Pics Of Benedict Cumberbatch In ‘Twelve Years A Slave’

By | Posted on June 19th, 2013
Benedict Cumberbatch and Chiwetel Ejiofor in 'Twelve Years A Slave'

OK, you clearly can’t click on a link with both of your hands up like that. Put ‘em down.

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WATCH: ‘The World’s End’ Gets A Trilogy Trailer

By | Posted on June 19th, 2013
(Working Title Films)

Ah! Is this the unmistakeable sight of some delightfully snarky English comedians having some cake and eating it?

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‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: David Tennant Wins an Emmy; Karen Gillan in New Movie Trailer

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
David Tennant won an Emmy this weekend for voicing Huyang the droid in 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars.'

• Congratulations are in order: David Tennant won an Emmy this past Friday (June 14) for his voicing Huyang the droid in the animated series Star War: The Clone Wars.

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Five Victorian Cocktails (Including ‘The Cock Tail’)

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
Charles Dickens, who wore his hair like that after one too many Timber Doodles.

It is commonly assumed that the cocktail, as we know it, is an American invention, although as recently as December last year this idea was called into question by the Telegraph, who found a British citation for the term that pre-dates ...

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WATCH: ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Trailer

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
(Sony)

“Everything you’ve heard about monsters, about nightmares, legends whispered around campfires … all the stories are true.” Eek!

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Russell Brand Makes MSNBC Come Over All Unnecessary

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
Russell Brand on MSNBC's Morning Joe, yesterday

Oh man alive.

When Russell Brand is ON, he is really ON, right? And if you put him in the middle of the three-ring circus of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and expect him to sit quietly while Mika Brzezinski, Katty Kay and Brian Shactman chunter away ...

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Dame Helen Mirren’s Play Breaks Cinema Records

By | Posted on June 18th, 2013
Dame Helen Mirren as HM the Queen in 'The Audience'

What? Nothing unusual or weird about that headline at all.

So, the story is this, on June 13, a live broadcast of Dame Helen Mirren’s West End play The Audience, in which she plays Queen Elizabeth II, was broadcast to cinemas across Britain and in the U.S.

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