Channel 4 in Brittan recently purchase a painting by one of history’s single most vile dictators, Adolf Hitler and they… MORE
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We have seen a lot of backlash coming in the last few weeks. First it was directed at Jimmy Fallon… MORE
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We have seen a lot of backlash coming in the last few weeks. First it was directed at Jimmy Fallon… MORE
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Tim Brooke-Taylor, beloved British comedian of stage and screen for more than 50 years, died today from the coronavirus. He was 79. Born in Buxton, he found his calling as well as his comedy community as part of the Cambridge University Footlights Club…
Continue ReadingPopular British series This Country is getting an American reboot. Previously it was announced that Paul Feig (best known for… MORE
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Fans of Lizzy Caplan won’t have to wait much longer to see her back on Showtime. The pay-cable network has acquired the BBC series Ill Behaviour, starring Chris Geere (FX/FXX’s You’re The Worst) and Caplan (Masters of Sex). Ill Behaviour will air on Showtime on Monday nights, beginning Nov. 13, 2017, following SMILF. The six-part comedy thriller […]
Continue ReadingBBC comedy series Ill Behaviour is set to make its American debut next month. Showtime announced today that it’s acquired the six-part comedy thriller series, which stars Chris Geere, Lizzy Caplan, Tom Riley, and Jessica Regan and is written by Peep Show’s Sam Bain and directed by Steve Bendelack. Ill Behaviour follows “Joel (Geere) who uses any […]
Continue ReadingSteve Coogan’s Alan Partidge is returning to the BBC with two new television projects. Deadline reports that BBC Two will air a one-hour Alan Partridge special later this year to celebrate the character’s 25th anniversary since his 1992 BBC Radio debut. In addition to the special, Coogan will star in a new series as Partridge, which will […]
Continue ReadingBBC Culture asked the world’s film critics to rank the top funny films of all time. They asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries simply this, “What do you think are the 10 best comedies of all time?” What’d they come up with in 2017? Of those critics, 86 […]
Continue ReadingJohn Cleese has signed on to star in his first BBC sitcom since Fawlty Towers. According to Variety, Cleese will star alongside Alison Steadman in a six-episode comedy for the network called Edith. Created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Charles McKeown (Brazil), the show centers on Steadman’s character as “a widow who enjoys daily visits from an […]
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