No. Actually, it would perhaps be more fitting if I said YES, yes they are, and then go on to claim that the Brits are better at anything that involves saying things you don’t literally mean. I could then claim that this is why they’re so good at acting, and why they’re always telling everyone […]
Tonight, the BBC in the U.K. are showing the first episode of W1A, the sequel to the hugely successful comedy mockumentary Twenty Twelve.
Downton Abbey is making its return to PBS’s Masterpiece Theater tomorrow night, January 5, at 9pm EST. Audiences are on the edge of their seat in anticipation of the premiere of season four, where we pick up six months after Mathew Crawley’s (Dan Stevens) passing. If you just cannot wait until tomorrow night to get […]
Amid all the brilliant, puffed-up office nonsense and garbled media language, the faint sadness (and abiding strength) of the BBC comedy Twenty Twelve was always that it was set in a short term event. No matter how successfully realised the idea, there was never a chance to keep it going, because it was all about […]
Rest assured, there aren’t any clips of Broadchurch in this roundup, because we don’t want a moment spoiled if we can help it, but if there were, they would only serve to further illustrate the astonishing transformation that has happened in Olivia Colman‘s acting career over the past couple of years. She has always been […]
Well first of all, despite the evidence of the picture above, since the London Olympic Games have finished, it has stopped raining fire from on high, so that’s a definite plus. Here are five other lasting legacies of a sporting event that took the country by surprise, in the most delightful way imaginable. Joining In […]
It’s official: Benedict Cumberbatch is the best actor of the last year. That’s not my view, that’s the view of the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, who held their annual ceremony yesterday. And they are nominated and voted on by TV journalists: some of the finest minds available to humankind. Benedict won the best actor gong […]
1: It’s A Mock-Documentary (Like The Office) Twenty Twelve tells a very simple story. A group of professionals have been brought together to deliver the 2012 Olympic Games. They have to pre-empt every potential problem, find workable solution, liaise with the appropriate agencies and generally make things work. This is the documentary of their best […]
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 London with free and discounted episodes of comedies on iTunes, including the ones listed below. 1.) The Office, […]
Could Hugh Bonneville be the Lord of Laughs? The Downton Abbey star shakes off the starched collars and waistcoasts of Edwardian England for a stab at comedy in Twenty Twelve, BBC America’s new mockumentary that looks at the bumbling fictional organizers of this year’s London Games. Bonneville gave us a preview of what we can […]
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