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Updating Sherlock

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Sherlock series 3 on French television (France 4 - April 3rd)

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Au programme: - dès 20h50 : Sherlock S3E1 Le Cercueil Vide Deux ans après les terribles événements de The Reichenbach Fall, la vie de John semble avoir repris son cours. De nouveaux horizons, et une histoire d’amour sont en vue. Mais lorsque Londres se...

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Top British historic TV locations to visit in 2014

BBC, Brideshead Revisited, Call the Midwife, Death Comes to Pemberley, Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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The UK is jam-packed with eerie abodes, royal stately properties and historic sites shrouded in mystery and legend. Below, we’ve listed 17 of our favourites, all of which are open to visitors so you can experience them in real life… 2. The Historic Dockyard,...

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Jamaica Inn At Easter on the BBC

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She made her name as the elegant Lady Sybil in Downton Abbey, but now Jessica Brown Findlayis getting down and dirty for her new leading role in the small screen adaption of Daphne Du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn. The actress plays the headstrong Mary Yellan...

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BBC adaptation of Jamaica Inn

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Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier (Rebecca) for Easter on the BBC.

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The Hollow Crown 2 on the BBC in 2016

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BBC director general Tony Hall today unveiled plans for what he described as the Corporation’s “strongest commitment to the arts we’ve made in a generation" with an extra £2.75m given to arts programming. Just weeks after announcing plans to move youth-orientated...

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Lyme Park aka Pemberley

BBC, Jane Austen, Lyme Hall, on location, Peak District, Pemberley, Pride & Prejudice

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When a wet-shirted Colin Firth strode into Jennifer Ehle’s life, an iconic TV moment was born. Lyme Hall played the part of Pemberley in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and the lake into which Darcy dived (or a stuntman,...

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Miss Havisham's wedding dress

BBC, costume drama, Dickens, Gillian Anderson, Great Expectations, Miss Havisham, Museum of London, video

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Élémentaire, mon cher...

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Not only does Sherlock get love on both sides of the Channel, in France they think it's so good they show it twice, so that younger and older viewers can get their fix… The BBC detective drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch is one of French TV’s most popular...

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Book or DVD?

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The country is divided into two nations, those who read weekly or daily, and those who prefer TV and DVDs, it says. It finds key links between an individual's social background and how likely they are to read. The research, from charity Booktrust, is...

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