From the category archives:

Christmas

Return to Cranford (2009)

2 January 2010

After watching Cranford last year I was naturally happy to find out that there would be a Return to Cranford (aka Christmas Cranford) in 2009. Now that I’ve watched it I can only hope that the producers or whoever is in charge decides to do a Cranford 3!
In this two part series we return to Cranford and [...]

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Blackadder’s A Christmas Carol

24 December 2009

We have mentioned in the past how the adaptations of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol are a favourite to watch at Christmas. Well this season we have a different suggestion, not a serious one but a “just for laughs” kind of thing. It’s Blackadder’s A Christmas Carol, a different twist on Dickens’ story and that you [...]

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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

22 December 2009

 
It’s always wonderful to watch David Suchet play Hercule Poirot; we have enjoyed his acting so much that he has become THE Hercule Poirot for us. And this is a particularly nice adaptation where in addition to see him use his little grey cells to uncover the criminal we also get to watch glimpses of [...]

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Return to Cranford: the Christmas special and a giveaway

20 December 2009

The ladies of Cranford are back for a two-part Christmas special. It’s been two years since we last saw Miss Matty and her friends. If life continued peacefully, the railway still looms over everyone’s heads. The arrival of new habitants and prestigious guests will stir up some new adventures and even create some differences between [...]

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This Christmas, don't forget…

24 December 2008

We know we are almost a bit too late to talk about Christmas period dramas but you know how it is, between work, buying gifts, planning the holidays and everything else, time flew by and we are already the 24th. After having posted about our all time favourite Christmas movies in 2007, this year we [...]

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