Tag Archives: BBC

Watch: An Actual Fox Takes Up Residence at BBC Television Centre

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on October 1st, 2012

The BBC is famous for taking its cameras to the great outdoors for environmental documentaries, but last week nature came indoors to the BBC Centre itself.

Watch: ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Kicks Off

By Brigid Brown | Posted on September 18th, 2012

The tenth season of Strictly Come Dancing kicked off this past weekend with live coverage of celebrity contestants paired with their dance partners including Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton, TV presenter Johnny Ball and former ...

Summer of London: Five Earth and Natural History Series on iTunes

By staff | Posted on July 3rd, 2012

Have you ever come across a documentary on the telly and an hour later you felt much, much smarter? It’s almost like, “How did I not know this before!? I’d like to learn more about what happens when a star explodes.

Jamie Oliver to Produce ‘Chef Race: UK vs. U.S.’

By Brigid Brown | Posted on June 14th, 2012

BBC America’s new show Chef Race: UK vs. U.S.

Andy Samberg Goes ‘Cuckoo’ for BBC

By Brigid Brown | Posted on June 12th, 2012

Andy Samberg recently announced his departure from Saturday Night Live after completing seven seasons. Samberg is leaving the big bad city of Manhattan to join the BBC. Yes, the one in England.

UK Prime Minister’s Daughter’s 15 Minutes of Fame

By Brigid Brown | Posted on June 11th, 2012

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s 8-year-old daughter Nancy now has something to hold over her father’s head having been mistakenly left behind for 15 minutes after a Sunday brunch in Cadsen, west of London. Just imagine if she ...

Lost In Translation: Five British Things Americans Are Missing Out On

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on June 30th, 2011

We all knew this was coming, didn’t we?

Yesterday we ran our feature on the Five American Things The British Would’ve Spoiled, had they won the Revolutionary War. Which means we now need to put the opposite argument across.