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Desperate Romantics

9 July 2009
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Despite the crisis that has been axing some of the projects we have been eagerly anticipating there are still motives to rejoice as is the case with Desperate Romantics, a six part drama  about the men behind the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Art lovers will find this drama about about the art and lives of the three artists [...]

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Robin Hood – The Bad Guy… no wait, The Good Guy Show!

3 July 2009
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After leaving us with such a climatic ending in season 2, Robin Hood, his gang and the bad guys are back with new adventures in season 3. This season was actually a rollercoaster, a rollercoaster of plot holes, weird story direction and, in our opinion, a fountain of lost opportunities considering possible story developments.  The [...]

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News: Lark Rise to Candleford

9 March 2009

 
Fans of Lark Rise to Candleford, the wonderful TV series based on Flora Thompson’s books, will be happy to know that the BBC just announced a third series has been commissioned for filming later this year and to be aired on TV in 2010. This is surely the result of the success achieved by the [...]

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No More 19th Century Period Dramas?

14 January 2009

Following the change of the head of Drama Commissioning at the BBC it has been announced recently that the period dramas as we know them may not happen so often in our screens. It seems 19th century literature is going to be given a rest in favour of dramas like The 39 Steps or The [...]

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Merlin (2008)

20 October 2008

Merlin’s legend is basically fantasy, though completely different from Lord of the Rings which creates its own world, it tells a fantastical story set in Medieval Europe, with all the details and background consistent to it. That’s why we’ve been announcing BBC One’s new series, Merlin, as something we’d might enjoy, there was still a [...]

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Wives & Daughters

25 September 2008

One can’t really get enough of these BBC productions and hoping for another masterpiece, we decided to watch Wives & Daughters, based in Elizabeth Gaskell (North & South) novel with the same name. The story revolves around Molly Gibson, a country doctor’s daughter whose mother passes away and leaves her without a female influence. With [...]

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Lark Rise to Candleford

18 September 2008

After a few news posts about Lark Rise to Candleford we are ready for a full review of it’s first series. The story opens with young Laura Timmins leaving her parents’ house in Lark Rise to go to work for Dorcas Lane at Candleford’s post office. There she encounters a new reality and the other [...]

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News: Lark Rise to Candleford Special Episode & Second Season

8 September 2008

The summer is almost gone, fall is coming with a new set of Tv series to entertain us! After announcing Cranford will be back with a special episode (and we would love to know more about it) it has been announced that Lark Rise to Candleford will also have a special episode to be broadcasted [...]

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Merlin: the trailer

29 August 2008

A while ago we mentioned the new BBC series Merlin in one of our News Flash posts. The series is done and set to start soon on BBC One so we decided to show you a little teaser. Here’s the trailer:
 
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IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199099/

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Cranford: Episode 4 & 5

17 July 2008

 
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Mr Holbrook belongings are auctioned and Miss Pole gives Miss Matty a memento of her cousin. Miss Matty continues to speak about her past with Mary Smith, Dr Harrison asks the Vicar to pay his addresses to Sophy and after a startling first answer he does agree. However dr Harrison’s love interest is much discussed [...]

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