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WATCH: David Brent Wants To Teach You The Guitar

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:34 +0000

Ricky Gervais is a man with a very clear idea of how the media landscape is changing. When podcasts were still a relatively new idea, he made free ones with Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant.

Ricky Gervais is Bringing David Brent to YouTube

Brigid Brown — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:00:48 +0000

The audacious and inappropriate boss David Brent of The Office will be making his return in a YouTube series starring show creator Ricky Gervais, reports RadioTimes.com.

Whatever Happened To David Brent?

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:19:11 +0000

Hey who remembers that guy from the early naughties who had that TV show about working in an office?

25 Years Since ‘The Great Storm’

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:35:26 +0000

On the night of October 15th, 1987, Britain was rocked by an extremely strong, and extremely unusual storm. It wasn’t a hurricane, because hurricanes are a tropical phenomenon, but it wasn’t NOT a hurricane either, being of ...

Stop: Read Lucy Davis’s Moving Open Letter On Bulimia

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:17:25 +0000

Lucy Davis, star of The Office, star of Ugly Betty and Shaun of the Dead and all sorts of other things, has written an astonishingly honest open letter for readers of the Sun, detailing her troubled relationship with food, with ...

Life Outside ‘Sherlock’: Martin Freeman

Brigid Brown — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:24:07 +0000

Martin Freeman, BAFTA winner in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in BBC’s Sherlock, has mastered the modern day sidekick playing opposite Benedict Cumberbatch. He and Cumberbatch have both received 2012 Emmy nominations ...

WATCH: The New ‘Hobbit’ Trailer

Brigid Brown — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:33:38 +0000

The new trailer for Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of J.R.R.

Dating a British Man: Commitment

Brigid Brown — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:43:52 +0000

Dating a British Man is a ten-part series that will take you through the dating ups and downs, it can be considered a guide as what to do — or, what not to do — depending on how you look at it. Here are some tidbits based on my ...

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 ...

Andy Samberg Goes ‘Cuckoo’ for BBC

Brigid Brown — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:56:41 +0000

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.