http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia The Biggest Names in British Television Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/08/bob-hoskins-to-retrire-from-acting-after-parkinsons-diagnosis/ http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/08/bob-hoskins-to-retrire-from-acting-after-parkinsons-diagnosis/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:39:59 +0000 Fraser McAlpine http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/?p=75420 Bob Hoskins, 69-year-old British TV and movie legend, has announced his retirement from acting after an astonishing 40 year career. He has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, and has opted to withdraw from public life – ...

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/08/bob-hoskins-to-retrire-from-acting-after-parkinsons-diagnosis/feed/ 0 http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/08/news-roundup-get-ready-to-tour-hogwarts-and-radiohead-sets-snl-date/ http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/08/news-roundup-get-ready-to-tour-hogwarts-and-radiohead-sets-snl-date/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:43:35 +0000 staff http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/?p=44414 Harry Potter fans, do you fancy a stroll around Hogwarts? You DO? Well you may be in luck.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/08/news-roundup-get-ready-to-tour-hogwarts-and-radiohead-sets-snl-date/feed/ 0 http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/06/why-are-all-of-snow-whites-dwarves-british/ http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/06/why-are-all-of-snow-whites-dwarves-british/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:13:00 +0000 Fraser McAlpine http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/?p=36491 Not long ago, we pulled together a compilation of American things that the British had improved, and we mentioned that British actors often get cast as the bad guys in action movies. And this is something we all understand.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/06/why-are-all-of-snow-whites-dwarves-british/feed/ 0 http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/06/watch-new-peter-pan-prequel-neverland/ http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/06/watch-new-peter-pan-prequel-neverland/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:56:46 +0000 Fraser McAlpine http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/?p=33977 Hats off to Sky Movies, who have been very busy, putting together a feature presentation which brings such British acting heavyweights as Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel and Bob Hoskins together (as well as the voice of Keira Knightley as ...

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/06/watch-new-peter-pan-prequel-neverland/feed/ 0 http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/03/keira-knightley-to-make-u-s-tv-debut-in-syfy-mini-series/ http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/03/keira-knightley-to-make-u-s-tv-debut-in-syfy-mini-series/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:35:41 +0000 Kevin Wicks http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/?p=18693 And they said the mini-series was dead in America. Not for Syfy.

]]> http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/03/keira-knightley-to-make-u-s-tv-debut-in-syfy-mini-series/feed/ 0 http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2010/12/the-year-that-was-2010s-top-five-british-films/ http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2010/12/the-year-that-was-2010s-top-five-british-films/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:30:34 +0000 Leah Rozen http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/?p=6053 Former People Magazine film critic Leah Rozen continues Anglophenia’s look back at 2010 with her selections for the top 5 best British movies of the year. You can read her previous column on ‘Black Swan’ and ‘The ...

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