DaVinci's Demons

Davinci's Demons

Graham Norton Show - Series 13

Graham was back for his 13th series. Guests are shown below.

The Graham Norton Show

Mad Dogs

Mad Dogs, the "black comedy / psychological thriller / drama", returned for a third series.
Mad Dogs

VEEP

VEEP, the US comedy created by the same people that make the excellent British political satire The Thick of It, returned for a second series. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, it is slated to return with a third series next year. 
VEEP

Emmerdale 2013 - Discs 1-2-3

Emmerdale 2013 - ITV's evening drama serial - discs 1,2 and 3.

Casualty - Series 27 Disc 4

Casualty - Series 27 Disc 4.....the latest from the long-running, popular Saturday evening drama.
Casualty

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Edgar Wallace "Mysteries" is a collection of 54 early 1960's crime-noir British B-movies made for the cinema and based on updated stories by Edgar Wallace. During those same years many of the films were edited for television anthology series including the Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre in the USA. The files on these discs are the original full-length and uncropped films.
Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Edgar Wallace

Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape + Three Men Go To New England

Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape....marine biologist Monty Halls spends a summer exploring the waters off the coast of Connemara.
Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape

Three Men Go To New England
Australian TV review

Dan Snow's Norman Walks + Hebrides: Islands On the Edge + Lost Kingdoms of South America

Some more opportunities to 'travel' on the very cheap.

Dan Snow's Norman Walks....not much info available on this one.
Norman Walks

Hebrides: Islands on the Edge.....a look at the nature of the far reaches of the northwest Scottish coast.
Hebrides

Lost Kingdoms of South America
Lost Kingdoms

Australia with Simon Reeve + Caroline Quentin's National Parks + James Nesbitt's Ireland

Apologies to those in the Southern Hemisphere where Colin's trying to stay warm in Timaru, but for those in the Northern Hemisphere summer is here (unless you're where I am and it's almost always summer). In my younger days Summer meant (among other things) that it was time to do some travelling. Stuff full a soft sturdy bag with a good wide leather shoulder strap, put about $300 in a pocket, buy a plane ticket for a round trip flight across an ocean somewhere, hit the road for a few weeks and still get back home with money to spare. No big deal. No cell phones, no smart phones, no internet, no plans, no nothing.......nothing but a good time. Things change. Times change. B&B's are no longer a bargain, airlines are run by the secret police, a pint of bitter or stout is no longer a couple of small coins. Anyway......here's a chance to do some travelling from the comfort of your favorite chair without the risk of being strip searched because some pervert doesn't like the color of your socks.............

Australia with Simon Reeve
BBC TWO Australia with Simon Reeve

Caroline Quentin's National Parks.......well, three of them anyway, including Stu & Hayley's favorite stomping ground.
One in Scotland, one in Wales, and one in England.
Caroline Quentin's National Parks

James Nesbitt's Ireland
James Nesbitt's Ireland

Holby City - Series 14 Disc 10

The latest from the popular Tuesday evening drama serial 

Holby City.

Frankie

Frankie is a new drama starring Eve Myles with Dean Lennox Kelly, etc. No word on if this will be returning. Full-hour episodes here and not enough space for anything else on the disc.
Frankie

EastEnders 2013 - Disc 5

EastEnders 2013 - Disc 5....the latest from Albert Square.

Emmerdale 2012 - Disc 16

Emmerdale 2012 - Disc 16......wrapping up 2012 and kicking off 2013.

Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself

Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself is an early 80's comedy serial starring Robin Bailey (I Didn't Know You Cared, Potter, Charters And Caldicott, The Power Game, The Pallisers, Jane, Bleak House, Rumpole of the Bailey, A Dance to the Music of Time) with Nadim Sawalha (Julia Sawalha's father) and Christopher Fulford (The Last Enemy, The Last Train, The Brief, Collision, Whitechapel).
Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself

Coronation Street 2013 - Disc 5

Coronation Street 2013 - Disc 5

Emmerdale 2012 - Discs 12-13-14-15

Emmerdale 2012 - Discs 12 - 13 - 14 - 15

The Job Lot + Up The Women + Vicious

Some new comedy from the UK. A 3-for-1.

The Job Lot starring Sarah Hadland (Broken News, Moving Wallpaper, That Mitchell & Webb Look, Miranda, Waterloo Road Series 7, The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff), Russell Tovey (Little Dorrit, Gavin & Stacey, Being Human, Him & Her), Angela Curran (This Is Jinsy), Tony Maudsley (Eyes Down, The Wilsons, Benidorm, The Spa, Blandings), Jo Enright (Lab Rats, Ideal, Trollied, Life's Too Short), Tamla Kari (Cuckoo) and others. Sitcom takes place at a Job Centre (in the USA they used to call them the Unemployment Office).
The Job Lot

Up The Women is a 3-part comedy written by and starring Jessica Hynes (Asylum, Spaced, Bob & Rose, The Royle Family, According To Bex, One Night, Twenty Twelve) with Adrian Scarborough (A Dance to the Music of Time, Let Them Eat Cake, Psychoville, Gavin & Stacey, Cranford, Upstairs Downstairs, Mrs Biggs, Plebs, Miranda), Rebecca Front (The Day Today, Big Train, Time Gentlemen Please, Nighty Night, Grandma's House, The Thick Of It, Lewis, The Spa), Judy Parfitt (Call The Midwife, Little Dorrit, Funland, The Jewel in the Crown), Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On), Emma Pierson (Beast, Time Gentlemen Please, The Worst Week of My Life, Talk To Me, Little Dorrit, Dead Boss), Ryan Sampson (After You've Gone, Plebs). The sitcom is about a local suffragette chapter.


Vicious starring Ian McKellen (way too many to list) and Derek Jacobi (too many creds but well known for Cadfael, Mr Pye, The Pallisers, and recently in Last Tango In Halifax) with Frances de la Tour (Rising Damp, A Kind Of Living, Flickers, Harry Potter films) and Marcia Warren (No Place Like Home, Life of Riley, The Cafe). This is going to have a Christmas special at the end of the year.
Vicious

Speaking of Rebecca Front...........the Playhouse Presents episode Psychobitches has been developed into a 5 episode series and is currently airing on the Sky Arts channel Thursday evenings. It seems as though nobody on the planet is recording them. I have searched high and low. Unfortunately the one place I'd probably find them is a place I don't have access to. I never expect any feedback from this blog, but if anyone knows of any sources lets work something out. With a line up that includes Front, Catherine Tate, Sharon Horgan, Julia Davis, Katy Brand, Samantha Spiro, Sarah Solemani and Selina Griffiths.....this is something I'd like to see! If you're in the UK you may be able to download a web rip from the website.

Harry + The Fall

2 new crime drama's. One from New Zealand, the other out of Northern Ireland.

Harry, starring Oscar Kightley and Sam Neill with Theresa Healey.
Harry review

The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson. This will be returning for a second series sometime in the future.
The Fall

Kath & Kim

For those of you that enjoy the excellent Australian comedy Kath & Kim, a few weeks ago I obtained the recent film Kath & Kimderella, the first appearance by K&K in some 5½ years. It doesn't fit on the 2 disks of the 2002 - 2007 TV series, but does on the 3rd disk of bonus material. 
Kath & Kim

The Middle

The Middle, the US sitcom that is also aired in the UK on Sky, in Ireland on TV3, in Canada on CITY, in Australia on NINE, New Zealand on TV2, and in about 40 other countries with either dubbed audio or subtitles. Complete to date. A 5th season should be underway in a few months.
The Middle

Game Of Thrones - Disc 4

Game Of Thrones - Disc 4.....featuring Season 3

Game Of Thrones

The Borgias - Disc 3

The Borgias - Disc 3...featuring Season 3

The Borgias

Arne Dahl - Disc 2

The crime novels of Swedish writer Arne Dahl adapted for the little screen. 3 hour films split in two. Swedish audio with hard-coded English sub-titles.
Arne Dahl

An Idiot Abroad

A few people have asked me about this, so here it is.

An Idiot Abroad

Lenny Henry 1980's update

Chris, in chilly Te Anau, New Zealand, kindly opened up his collection of old video tape recordings and provided not only the missing episode of The Lenny Henry Show, but also the earlier 3 series Lenny did for BBC with the exception of the first episode of his third series 'Tonite'. Chris also provided the missing 2 episodes of the Chris Barry sitcom A Prince Among Men and some other items I'm still sorting through. The first 2 series of the Lenny Henry Show were sketch shows and the musical guest segments were removed from these New Zealand broadcasts due to copyright licensing issues (I assume). I've never seen these available anywhere before, so it's much appreciated. 
The Lenny Henry Show

The Plane Makers & The Power Game

The 1960's ATV drama The Plane Makers and its continuation, The Power Game, 1963-1969, is now complete with all existing episodes - thanks to Mancunian Ken.
The Plane Makers