From Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Romeo and Juliet to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Taming of the Shrew – Shakespeare’s plays speak as much to the present as they related to the Bard’s time. On May 26th, Britbox will bring the full BBC Television Shakespeare Collection to North America – thirty-six of the […]
The BBC’s drama series The Syndicate is returning for a fourth series/season – with an all-new setting cast of characters When the owners of Woodvale Kennels announce they are selling the business to a larger company, the staff are devastated to realise they may well be out of a job. Time to check those lottery […]
Richard Adams’ novel Watership Down tells the story of a band of rabbits that are forced to leave their cozy warren because of encroaching technology – and the dangers they face on their journey to find a new home. Already adapted as a brilliant film from Martin “Short, the BBC and Netflix have partnered for […]
Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon has joined the cast of AMC/BBC’s Little Drummer Girl – a six-episode adaptation of the John le Carré novel. All six episodes will be directed by Park Chan-wook. Shannon will play Israeli Spymaster Kurtz. Little Drummer Girl is slated to premiere later this year.
Following the success of The Night Manager, The Ink Factory, BBC and AMC have announced their collaboration John LeCarré’s The Little Drummer Girl. Set in the late 1970s, “The Little Drummer Girl” weaves a dynamic and exciting story of espionage and international intrigue; of love and betrayal. The Little Drummer Girl will be directed by […]
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry look back at the week following the 1997 death of their mother, Princess Diana, in the BBC documentary Diana, 7 Days. The two-hour documentary will be broadcast by NBC on September 1st (8/7C).
Starz and BBC are partnering to co-produce a four-hour adaptation of E.M. Forster’s classic novel Howard’s End from Manchester By The Sea writer/director Kenneth Lonergan. Lonergan will script the adaptation which will be directed by Hettie Macdonald (Fortitude, Doctor Who). Haley Atwell, Matthew Macfayden and Tracey Ullman have joined the cast.
Following the success of The Night Manager (3 Golden Globes wins), AMC is partnering with the BBC on a new John Le Carré adaptation: The spy Who Came in From the Cold. Set in 1962, just after the building of the Berlin Wall, Spy centers on Alex Leamas, a British intelligence officer whose network has […]
SundanceTV is set to co-produce the original drama series The split with BBC One. Set in London, the series follows three sisters – two of whom are divorce lawyers working for rival firms – who have to deal with the return, after some thirty years, of their estranged father. Creative and production talent from such […]
On this week’s episode, the hosts review the recently released list of the Top 100 American Films by the BBC. The GeekScholars discuss surprise inclusions, exclusions, and odd placements. In the second half of the show, the hosts review the first trailers for several character-driven films coming out this Fall including Before We Go, Mississippi Grind, […]
Arguably the most popular presenter on BBC America’s Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson has been informed that his contract will not be renewed. This comes as a result of ‘a physical altercation accompanied by sustained and prolonged verbal abuse of an extreme nature’ with one of the show’s producers. Follow the jump to read the BBC’s […]