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Q&A with Essie Davis, star of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Look out, United States, the Honourable Miss Phryne (pronounced Fry-nee) Fisher is coming to America. While Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries may not make you immediately abdicate your allegiance to...
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The Red Dwarf ship – a piece of it, anyway – could be yours!
Interested in owning an actual piece of Red Dwarf history? Tellyspotting’s sister TV station, KERA, is running a very special drawing during its August 2013 membership campaign. Make a contribution...
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America meets The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher as Australia welcomes her back!
Thanks to public television stations, the U.S. is just now becoming familiar with the wonderfully inviting Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. At almost the same time, The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher...
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Red Dwarf XI – The Boys are Back…hopefully in 2014!
A new series of sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf has been ordered by Dave, the Home of Witty Comedy Banter in the UK. Writer and series co-creator Doug Naylor is currently working on scripts for RDXI, with...
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'Doc Martin Revealed' coming soon to a public television station near you!
Beginning tomorrow on a number of public television stations across the U.S., a new Doc Martin behind-the-scenes special will begin airing throughout December. DOC MARTIN: REVEALED features...
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Eddie Izzard recalls Dallas' KERA as the first to air Monty Python in the U.S.!
The brilliance that is Eddie Izzard rolled into Dallas last night for two shows (final show is tonight at the Majestic Theatre in Downtown Dallas). #eddieizzardtour As part of his current Force...
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‘Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go’ gets U.S. broadcast...
Forty years ago this month, in a scene reminiscent of the Beatles’ first trip to America, four members of the Monty Python comedy troupe landed at Dallas’ Love Field and were mobbed by adoring fans....
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Grab your coconuts! ‘Holy Grail’ to return with 40th anniversary...
It wasn’t quite 932 A.D. when I first crossed paths with King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Brave Sir Robin and the Knights of the Round Table, but even though it was 1975, it seems like it was just yesterday...
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‘Case Histories 2’ lands on public television, premieres tonight on KERA in...
For my money, one of the best series to come along in recent memory is Case Histories. Besides Jason Isaac’s brilliant portrayal of Jackson Brodie, the soundtrack should almost get a co-star credit as...
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Downton Abbey’s “historical oracle”, Alastair Bruce, America-bound to talk...
When one thinks of Downton Abbey, the names of Julian Fellowes, Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery immediately come to mind. Right up there are the now household names of Laura...
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M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin makes Cotswolds streets safe beginning Saturday...
Based on the highly successful, best-selling novel series by M. C. Beaton, the British comedy-drama Agatha Raisin is set to cross the Atlantic this month on public television. Originally broadcast as a...
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Get to know Agatha Raisin author, M.C. Beaton!
With the Agatha Raisin series airing Saturdays at 7p on KERA in North Texas and on a number of other public television stations across the U.S. later this month, fans of Doc Martin, Father Brown and...
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WhoFest4DFW – The Power of Five lands in North Texas this weekend
If your TARDIS happens to be in the North Texas area beginning today through Sunday, you need to head on over to WhoFest4 DFW for more Doctor Who than the law allows. The fourth year of the fest...
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Sitting down with the Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison
The TARDIS landed last month in North Texas for WhoFestDFW4. Inside the fictional time machine and spacecraft we caught up with Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor, for a brief chat before the convention...
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Michael Palin donates personal archive to British Library retaining title of...
For someone that has had an asteroid named after them (Asteroid 9621 Michaelpalin), has not one, but two high-speed Virgin trains named after him in honor of his achievements as a traveler, is past...
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PBS’ Young Hyacinth special tells the backstory of Hyacinth, pre-Bouquet
Almost three decades ago, American public television audiences were introduced to Richard and Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced “Bouquet”). With her white slimline telephone with automatic redial, of course,...
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Eric Idle discusses the ‘Entire Universe’, Monty Python, PBS and more….
So, who’s up for a bit o’ science, Monty Python-style this Christmas? If you are, then Eric Idle’s Entire Universe will be the perfect PBS Christmas gift to unwrap this holiday season. International...
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Bishop Michael Curry captured the world’s attention at Saturday’s Royal Wedding
Now that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal Wedding is in our collective rear-view mirror and everyones traditional comments about the wedding dress reveal and the arrival of guests are a thing of...
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Visually stunning ‘Maigret’ + brilliant Rowan Atkinson premieres tonight on KERA
Given his trademark pipe, fondness of fine alcohol and reliance on godlike intuition in solving cases, the character of Jules Maigret is frequently referred to as the Sherlock Holmes of France. Having...
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Alan Davies’‘Whites’ to get U.S. remake following long-awaited U.S. broadcast...
Alan Davies / Courtesy BBC Just this past week, after almost four excruciatingly long years of trying to track down the broadcast rights, Whites, starring Alan Davies, had its American broadcast...
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