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WATCH: Trailer For Richard Curtis’s Inter-Temporal RomCom ‘About Time’

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:54:08 +0000

This looks rather good. It’s the trailer for the new Richard Curtis movie, and he appears to have taken some direct inspiration from his experience of writing “Vincent and the Doctor” for Doctor Who.

Damian Lewis In ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’? It Must Be Comic Relief

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:15:49 +0000

It’s Comic Relief time again, in the UK, and that means, among other things, a lot of money raised for charitable causes, a lot of awareness raised as to why that money needed gathering together, and a few old TV shows raised from ...

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 ...

Watch: Is This Climate Change Ad Funny or Offensive (or Both)?

Kevin Wicks — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:00:00 +0000

You have may seen this video making the rounds today: the Swampland blog alerts us to an anti-climate change ad titled “No Pressure,” which features random Brits, including two schoolchildren, being blown to bits in the name ...