In a bit of a nod to validate the mindset that there are no new ideas, the brilliant Inspector Lynley Mysteries is getting a reboot courtesy of BritBox. The original series, which premiered in 2001, was close to perfection featuring the aristocratic (as in the 8th Earl of Asherton) Inspector Thomas Lynley (Nathanial Parker) and […] The post ‘Inspector Lynley’ getting reboot based on Elizabeth George novels first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

With the 2024 Call the Midwife Holiday Special just around the corner, word has begun to leak out as to what long-time fans can expect from the brilliant series. While it appears there will be more ‘dramatic’ scenes than the usual CTM holiday special, the first-ever 2-part episode promises to protect its usual dose of […] The post ‘Call the Midwife’ holiday special mixes dark with humor as life doesn’t stop for Christmas… first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

As we put a final bow on the long Thanksgiving weekend, I couldn’t help but stop for a moment to be eternally thankful for my much better half, Kim, our friends, long-time and first-time Tellyspotting readers, good health and our kitty, MiniBoots, no Thanksgiving would be complete without recognizing the contributions made by two classic British series […] The post Giving thanks, once again, this Thanksgiving for family, friends, loyal Tellyspotting readers, good health and MiniBoots, in addition to ‘The Prisoner’ and ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’’ first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the upcoming 2024 British stop motion animated comedy film produced by Aardman Animations and directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, featuring Park's characters from the Wallace & Gromit series is scheduled for Christmas Day on BBC One as part of their annual Christmas Day/Boxing Day telly brilliance. The post ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ proves that penguins are ‘cute but evil’. first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

John Cleese (Basil Fawlty) and Michael Gwynn (Lord Melbury). Photo: BBC Stay with me here….as I was watching Village of the Damned recently on Turner Classic Movies, I noticed a very familiar face from ‘the village’. Not immediately able to put a name with a face, I did a quick search and saw what was […] The post Remembering Michael Gwynn, a.k.a. Lord Melbury in ‘Fawlty Towers’ first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

Monty Python P1s joined KERA at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff to singalong to perhaps the funniest movie of all time, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.' The post Seeking the Grail and celebrating 50 years of Monty Python on KERA at the Texas Theatre! first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

October 6, 1974. The day that charted the course of British comedy in the U.S. for decades to come. Thanks to a ground-breakingly brilliant decision by then KERA President/CEO Bob Wilson and Program Director Ron Devillier, the legend of Monty Python’s Flying Circus had its American beginning on KERA/Dallas as part of one seemingly uneventful […] The post KERA celebrates 50 years of Monty Python with screening of ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ at the Texas Theatre – Wednesday night! first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

When DI Neville Parker’s time on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie as head of the Honoré Police Department came to a close, the search was on once again for a new DI to solve what seems to be an endless array of weekly murders on the tiny fictional picturesque island of Saint Marie. DI Parker’s time […] The post Honoré Police Department welcomes DI Mervin Wilson to ‘Death in Paradise’ for S14 this Christmas! first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Photo: Playground Television (UK) Ltd When two-time Booker Prize-winning author, Hilary Mantel passed away in September 2022 at the all-too-young age of 70, she was consulting on the television adaptation of her most recent 2020 novel, “The Mirror and the Light”, which was […] The post At long last, ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’ heads to PBS Masterpiece in March 2025! first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more

John Cleese, who turned 85 years young on Sunday, has spent the better part of five decades looking at what makes creative people so darn good at it. As one of the original founding members of the Monty Python comedy troupe and then alongside former wife Connie Booth being the creative force behind Fawlty Towers which just so […] The post Happy belated 85th, John Cleese! first appeared on Tellyspotting ..read more