Sapphires & Smorg 44

The Australian film The Sapphires, found on Smorg 44, recently cleaned up at the annual Australian awards event.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21273378

Smorg 44

complaints

Some people are griping because of the size of the video of some of the newer programs. A lot of them have televisions with a 720 X 400 aspect ratio and a lot of the newer stuff is 640 X 360. There's a reason for that. .avi files are not HD and most of the new shows are very large .mkv or .mp4 HD files which I have to convert to .avi files and I've found that 640 X 360 is often the maximum size that works without distortion, pixilation or dropped frames during rapid motion. Remember, this format is supposed to be a money-saving and space-saving alternative but if it's a problem for you, please stick with the DVD format.  

Midsomer Murders - Disc 20

Midsomer Murders returned this month with three new feature-length episodes which followed one last September.
This disc is not full but, from what I gather, this concludes the episodes produced to date with no word on when (or if?) it will be going back into production. In other words, this will be it for awhile by the look of it and a lot of you have been asking about the recent episodes. These are also the final episodes with DS Ben Jones.
Midsomer Murders

Miranda

After a two year hiatus, Miranda returned for a third series of silliness on Boxing Day. 
Miranda Hart is also currently starring in the second series of Call The Midwife which ends 10th of  March.  
Miranda

International Shipping

So now it has become an annual event. Every January shipping is increased. It's nearly tripled in the past 4 years. Interesting in that the postal service here used to make money every year until 2001. Since then it's been a losing operation they tell us. You figure it out....and don't blame the internet. So here's the new international shipping rates and it ain't pretty. 

American Horror Story - Season 2

Amercian Horror Story returned for a second season. BWAAAH!
American Horror Story

Father Brown

Father Brown, a character featured in the writings of G.K. Chesterton, has appeared in several films and radio serials over the past 80 years. ATV produced a television series adaptation of the stories in 1974 starring Kenneth More. I recall a few of those being aired here in the U.S. about 30 years ago on PBS Mystery. Now BBC has brought Father Brown back to television again, this time starring Mark Williams (also featured in a comedy currently running called Blandings with Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders). The setting has been changed to the early 1950's Cotswolds and if you're not familiar with Father Brown - this is a detective drama. 
Father Brown

Casualty - Series 27 Disc 2

The latest from the long running popular BBC drama.

Casualty

Haven - Disc 4

Haven, the supernatural drama, has finished up its third series. 
Haven

New Year - New Stuff

The end of the year and holiday season seems to bring several programs to a close and the beginning of a new year always seems to start of new shows or renew familiar ones.
For those of you outside the UK here's a little bit of what's going on.
It's January so that means Silent Witness is back....back for it's 16th series! 5 new 2-part episodes that will conclude 8 Feb.
Death In Paradise is back for a second series. 8 new episodes that will most likely end in late February.
Lewis is back for its final series of 6 episodes and will end 13 February. Look for it then unless you prefer to wait 6 months for PBS to air it.
Midsomer Murders is back airing 3 new episodes this month.
The second series of the Danish political drama Borgen is being aired with English subtitles. Hopefully someone is recording it. 
I mentioned earlier that the sitcom Miranda has returned for a 3rd series as has the Irish sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys.
If you enjoyed the comedy Pramface last year you'll be glad to know it's back with a second series.
Also back with another 10 episodes is Ruth Jones's Welsh comedy-drama Stella. It'll grind to a close in mid-March and then be returning with a Christmas special and a third series a year from now.
In Newfoundland, the popular private investigator comedy-drama Republic of Doyle is back for a 4th series which will end in early April.   
A couple of new comedies are starting. One called Great Night Out and the other Blandings which is based on the writings of P.G. Wodehouse and stars Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders. Sounds like a good team.
Finally, a couple of new drama's are underway. One is Ripper Street, an 8-part costume drama that takes place in 1889 Whitechapel 6 months after Jack the Ripper tore it up. The other is a 10-part drama called Mr. Selfridge, yet another costume drama, about the founder of the famous innovative store which opened on Oxford Street about 103 years ago. It will probably end in mid-March.
I probably forgot about a few things, but that's life.
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Here's one I forgot - also in Canada, Murdoch Mysteries returns for a 13-episode 6th series which should end around the end of March.
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Another one I forgot to mention, also out of Canada, is the return of Bomb Girls for a second series. This time it'll run for 12 episodes and come to an end on March 20.

EastEnders 2012 - Disc 12

EastEnders 2012 - Disc 12

Coronation Street 2012 - Disc 12

Coronation Street 2012 - Disc 12