Awards

Blog Awards

August 29, 2009

First of all a big belated Thank You to Jenny Kerr who awarded us the Kerr Family’s Best Loved Blog! Thank you so much Jenny, it’s great to know other people enjoy what we do here. It wouldn’t be as much fun without you all!   And then another big Thank You to Clare for giving [...]

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Blog Awards

April 20, 2009

Today we want to acknowledge some awards that this blog has received. It’s always rewarding to know that our work  is appreciated and both Janicu (we are terribly late in responding to this award) and Annie had really nice and kind things to say about us: Janicu from Janicu’s Book Blog who gave us a [...]

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Golden Globes 2009

January 12, 2009

  After thirteen Emmy Awards, John Adams gathered last night four Golden Globes for Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Laura Linney), Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Paul Giamatti) and [...]

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Period Dramas at the Emmy Awards

September 23, 2008

Period dramas were in evidence Sunday night as John Adams, a period drama about America’s second president won 13 Emmy Awards, Mad Men, about advertising executives in New York during the sixties got 6 Emmys and there was still an Emmy for Dame Eileen Atkins for Cranford. We haven’t watched the first two shows and [...]

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A Bafta for Cranford

April 20, 2008
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Dame Eileen Atkins received tonight the Best Actress Bafta for her outstanding performance as Miss Deborah in the successful BBC series – Cranford. We couldn’t agree more! Even if Judi Dench (the favorite in the category) did a marvellous job playing the gentle and naïve Miss Matty, Atkins softened our hearts with her uptight Miss [...]

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