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New Book Uncovers ‘Lost’ Blackadder Script

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:21:10 +0000

The Blackadder TV series (Season 1 notwithstanding) is one of the best-regarded British comedies to have ever been made. This is partly because it played host to the comic talents of Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony ...

Summer of London: Five Great British Comedies on iTunes

staff — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:01:51 +0000

With the new BBC America docu-comedy Twenty Twelve premiering Thursday (June 28) at 9/8c, we thought it might be fun to “‘av a laugh” by checking out iTunes where BBC America is giggling its way through Summer of ...

‘Blackadder II’ is FREE on iTunes, Courtesy of ‘Johnny English Reborn’

Kevin Wicks — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:53:34 +0000

Rowan Atkinson returns as the crack secret agent in Universal’s Johnny English Reborn, which hits theaters next Friday (October 21). But long before he was a member of Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Atkinson was Edmund ...

Hats Off To Oprah: Five British Celebrity Farewells

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:55:02 +0000

Inspired by the way Oprah Winfrey is handling the winding down and eventual end of her TV show (i.e. with all of the attendant pomp and ceremony that she deserves), here are five British goodbyes which left the nation reeling...

Hugh Laurie’s Got The Blues

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:29:45 +0000

Some people are so ridiculously talented it is positively sickening. Like Hugh Laurie, for example.