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On Sunday 26 January 2025, ITV broadcasts Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh!

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The upcoming episode of “Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh” promises to be an exciting one. It will feature two stars from the popular sleuthing drama “Father Brown,” Claudie Blakley and John Burton. They will join Alan to share insights about their experiences on the show and discuss what fans can expect in future episodes. Their chemistry and stories are sure to entertain fans of the series.

In addition to the “Father Brown” stars, the episode will also include a special guest, Jeffrey Holland, known for his role in the classic comedy “Hi-de-Hi!” Jeffrey will talk about his long career in entertainment and celebrate the release of his autobiography. His stories from the world of comedy and acting are likely to bring laughter and nostalgia.

Viewers can look forward to a delightful mix of conversation,...

Barmy Dale, the hit podcast sitcom that has captured the hearts and minds of audiences around the world, is proud to announce the addition of two new cast members. Husband and wife Linda Regan and Brian Murphy, both accomplished actors with a wealth of experience in the industry, will be joining the show for its upcoming season. They will be starring as Felicity Palmer, Mayoress of Barmy Dale and Lord Palmer, husband of Felicity.

Regan, known for her work on stage and screen, brings a level of talent and expertise that is sure to elevate the show's already impressive performances. Murphy, a veteran actor with decades of experience, is sure to bring his unique perspective and energy to the show's already stellar ensemble cast, which includes Vicki Michelle (Allo Allo), Jeffrey Holland (Hi De Hi) and Judy Buxton (Rising Damp) who is also married to Jeffrey.

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Barmy Dale, the hit podcast sitcom made in Derbyshire and inspired by the town of Wirksworth, is crowdfunding for series 3 on Kickstarter. The show features an array of sitcom legends including Vicki Michelle (Allo Allo) and Jeffrey Holland and promises to be bigger and better than ever before.

Barmy Dale has captured the hearts of audiences across the UK with its charming characters and hilarious storyline. Set in the fictional town of Barmy Dale, the show follows a group of eccentric residents as they navigate their daily lives. The show has been praised for its clever writing, witty dialogue and exceptional performances.

Series 3 promises to be even more outrageous than the previous two series, with new characters and plot twists that are sure to delight fans. The show's creators are excited to bring back beloved characters and introduce new ones to the mix.

"We're thrilled to be crowdfunding for series 3 of Barmy Dale on Kickstarter,...

Actors Vicki Michelle and Jeffrey Holland, who joined the Barmy Dale podcast for the second series, are to continue to star in the sitcom. Barmy Dale was created in lockdown by Martin Skellern and Stuart Wheeldon, who both grew up watching classic sitcoms Hi De Hi and Allo Allo. It’s set in a fictional Derbyshire village and revolves around the escapades of Keith Meadows and Dan Parker, usually ending with both getting themselves into some sort of trouble!

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Brassed Off! heads to the stage later this month, along with a full brass band...

We’ve no shortage of love for the wonderful Brassed Off! around these parts, Mark Herman’s superb film about a miners’ colliery band and how its future is threatened when the coal mine itself comes under threat of closure. The film is now 20 years old, but still feels relevant and fresh. And now, it’s the latest movie to make the jump from the big screen to the stage.

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Interestingly, this isn’t a massive West End endeavour, either. Rather, it’s the first time in nearly 40 years that the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre is putting together its own full scale production itself.

Gareth Tudor Prince is directing the new production, and Paul Allen has...

Blackadder

By Kieran Kinsella

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Without butlers the British would never have been able to solve any murders that involved the rich and famous. British TV butlers have always been key figures in both period dramas and anything involving Agatha Christie. With so many men in black to choose from, narrowing down the 10 best British TV butlers was no easy task but here are our men.

Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) in Blackadder III. Blackadder III (to use his American name) treated all men in the same manner – with complete contempt. His dislike for fellow man was understandable given that he worked for a playboy prince (Hugh Laurie) and a man called Sod-off (Tony Robinson).

Angus Hudson (Gordon Jackson) in Upstairs Downstairs. In The Great Escape Gordon Jackson caused Richard Attenborough to get killed as a result...

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On 2 September, the BBC comedy show Outnumbered returns to British TV. The fourth series of the show will extend to six episodes although the BBC also plan to air a Christmas special. The show’s stars include funny man Hugh Dennis as well as one-time Miss Moneypenny, Samantha Bond and Sense and Sensibility actress Claire Skinner.

In the new series the Brockman family deal with issues ranging from terrorism to Top Gear. It is produced for the BBC by Hat-Trick productions, the company behind such hits as Father Ted and Drop the Dead Donkey. BBC America began airing the first season of the show on 30 July and fans in the U.S. can also see it on on Amazon.com’s live streaming service.

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South Riding lead man David Morrissey and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher star Peter Capaldi bring their not inconsiderable talents to BBC One at the end of August in the two-part crime drama The Field of Blood. David Kane’s screenplay is based on the novel by Denise Mina about newspaper employee who gets caught up in a murder case.

The Field of Blood follows the attempts of an aspiring journalist Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnson) to make a name for herself at a Glaswegian newspaper. She decides to start looking into the gruesome murder of a toddler. To her horror, the main suspect in the case turns out to be her 10 year old cousin. Meehan has to choose between protecting her family’s honor and seizing her chance...

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While we anxiously await the arrival of Inspector Lewis Season IV on PBS Masterpiece Mystery Theatre, the network have decided to whet our appetites by offering up some re-runs of past Lewis mysteries.

Tonight’s episode (which aired at 1 am in most markets!) was Counter Culture Blues in which Detective Inspector Lewis (Kevin Whately) is sent to investigate when the sound of gun shots disturbs the parishioners at a local church service.

One time Avenger, one time Ab-Fab lush, Joanna Lumley was great as a kind of Blondie-style aging female rocker called Esmé Ford who everyone thought was dead. She wasn’t dead and neither was Lewis’ passion for sixties rock. The rock band Midnight Addiction, were just about as cliched as the Oasis copycat band in the U.

Unlikely lovers - Harry and Ruth. co.BBC

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All good things must come to an end. The BBC have formally announced that the new season of Mi5 will be the last. During the last ten years, Mi5 has turned a number of promising young actors such as Rupert-Penry Jones, Keeley Hawes and Matthew MacFadyen in British TV superstars but the producers feel that the show has now run its course. Over the years, the producers have revamped the show several times and the storylines have been at times thrilling and at other times quite ridiculous – but always entertaining.

In the last season which airs on BBC1 in the fall, Harry Pearce (Peter Firth) has to stop secrets from the past from hampering his blossoming relationship with Ruth Evershed (Nicola Walker). Meanwhile the betrayal of...

Stephen Thorne as Omega. co. BBC

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Stephen Thorne has one of the most recognizable voices in Britain. He has worked on radio for over thirty years but he has also made some memorable contributions to British TV. He played three of Doctor Who’s most notorious villains and he took on the role of Aslan in ITV’s much-loved animated version of C S Lewis’ classic novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Kieran Kinsella recently had the opportunity to speak with Stephen and began by asking him about his time on Doctor Who.

Your first appearance in Doctor Who was in the Jon Pertwee story The Daemons in which you played Azal. How did you come to get that part?

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Channel 4 Sirens

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If you are sad to see so many good dramas coming to an end, do not fear for Channel 4 is here with a new comedy show to brighten up your days. Sirens follows the lives of a group of paramedics who are confronted with all manner of horrors on a daily basis. Kayvan Novak, Rhys Thomas, Amy Beth Hayes and Richard Madden are all part of the “world weary” team in the show that was created by Brian Fillis.

During the first episode which is called Up, Horny, Down, Stuart (Rhys Thomas) decides to try his hand at open heart surgery. The team get so worked up about his life saving act that they are all sent to see the hospital counselor played by Morven Christie. She warns them that their sense of euphoria will soon come...

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One episode left and it does not look as if Travers (James Purefoy) is going to live happily ever after, unless of course he manages to acquire another gun and take out the vicious thug of a cop who is on his trail. Poor Mrs Travers (Dervla Kirwan) saw her writing protege kill himself which was ironic in a sense since he did it in order to avoid being killed.

Tomorrow, Travers goes toe to toe with Nick Dunning who plays Jeremy Forbes-Watson. If Dunning’s character in Injustice is anything like as cunning as his character in The Tudors, then Travers is in real trouble. Just to add some spice to the drama, we now have a evil oil company thrown into the mix and, as always seemed probable, it turns out that the mistress of the other murderer...