The musical tastes of Sherlock Holmes are to be celebrated at the BBC Proms. The concert on August 16 will feature works mentioned in the Arthur Conan Doyle books. The fictional sleuth was a violinist – he mentions buying a Stradivarius on Tottenham Court...
Read moreThe popularity of BBC1's reimagined Sherlock Holmes still comes as a shock to the drama's co-creator Mark Gatiss – "it's just astonishing... extraordinary" – but when the detective (finally) returns to telly screens, he won't be quite as fans know him....
Read moreIt is interesting that on the eve of the publication of the seismic DCMS select committee report on the future of the BBC, the Corporation’s director general Lord Hall was hosting a screening of the brilliant drama Wolf Hall. Perhaps it was no accident...
Read moreEt soudain, John Cleese apparaît sur scène... Le père des mythiques « Monty Python » vient jouer l’amuseur en chef sur l’estrade de l’immense salle de concert du centre des congrès de Liverpool, pour la gigantesque soirée d’ouverture du BBC Showcase....
Read moreNext week BBC2 will launch a major new drama series based on the Booker Prize-winning historical novels of Hilary Mantel. Wolf Hall will tell the gripping story of Thomas Cromwell, a ruthless commoner who inveigles his way into the court of Henry VIII...
Read moreIs House of Cards the greatest TV drama of the binge watching era? We might very well think that. Could you possibly comment? The Netflix original series has come top in a Radio Times list of the 100 Greatest TV Shows to Watch Now, the ultimate bucket...
Read moreWhich stunning TV settings topped all others last year? Read on to find out the top 10 backdrops of 2014... 6. London – the setting of Sherlock London is a key element of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories and the BBC1 hit series, starring...
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