The British BAFTA winning show, Misfits, has finalised rights to a US remake this month, with plans to begin pitching to American networks. The project will be overseen by Gossip Girl co-creator and producer Josh Schwartz, alongside partner Stephanie Savage in his Fake Empire production company. Schwartz will start working on a US adaptation of…
Please be warned, this post contains spoilers if you have not yet seen the first three seasons of Being Human that, thanks to a new licensing deal, have recently become available (along with the US remake) on Netflix to watch instantly. With Aidan Turner’s provocative vampire character, Mitchell, turning to dust at the end of…
British daytime television tabloid talk show host Jeremy Kyle is heading to the US to unleash his confrontational show on the American public. Kyle, who has hosted The Jeremy Kyle Show in the UK since 2005 will be bringing this Jerry Springer style format to New York, recording shows in both the Big Apple and…
The BAFTA award winning drama Criminal Justice, first shown on BBC1 in the UK in 2008 is to be remade for American broadcaster HBO. The US remake will be re-written for a US audience by Steve Zaillian (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) and The Wire’s Richard Price. The original show was written by Brit…
Move over Top Gear and Being Human as a new British TV show is being made into a US version. This time it’s a game show and we are not sure if this is good news or bad news, we will let you decide. According to deadline.com the British TV show Sing If You Can,…
Probably the most popular comedy to come from UK TV in the last couple of years is The Inbetweeners, the crude and very funny mishaps of four lads in their last two years at school. Having also gathered a cult following over here in the US (when it was shown on BBC America), it was…
After months of speculation has someone let the cat out of the bag? L.A.Reid the only person (apart from show creator Simon Cowell) to be confirmed as a judge on new television talent show the X Factor, has apparently confirmed that British singer and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole is joining him on the US…
Who remembers British Television show “House of Cards” from back in the 1990′s? Let me jog your memory, It was a highly acclaimed political drama starring Ian Richardson as Francia Urqhart. He was the Chief Whip in the Houses of Parliament who cleverly manipulates (backstabs!) things and people to achieve his ambitions in his goal to ultimately become prime minister. The reason…
Showtime has renewed the British television remake of Shameless, the gritty comedy drama about a family on welfare with a Dad who is an alcoholic and the eldest daughter who takes on the role of carer for the entire family.Also the new original show Episodes based on two successful British sitcom writers who bring their creation to…
In case you didn’t already know the X Factor the remake of the British television talent show from Simon Cowell is coming to the US for its first season this fall.This week X Factor and Fox announced where you can audition for a spot on the show.In addition Simon Cowell also has some advice and…
I don’t think you can go too wrong when you have two unbelievable British dramas, one old, one…
Apologies for the lateness on the DVD releases, but this weeks features some great new British TV D…
Like Doctor Who? Like David Tennant? If the answer is yes to both these questions then you should no…
It is all classics with this weeks British TV DVD releases, plus Sharpe and Inspector Morse fans sho…
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The return of Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) award Emmy award-winning show is still a…
As well as giving you a sneak peek of Case Histories with a trailer from each episode, this is also …
Having previewed PBS’s excellent fall lineup (Case Histories, starring Jason Isaac’s is …
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