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Miranda: you are awful, but I like you
24 November 2009 2:39 AM, PST
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It's an old-fashioned sitcom starring a desperate 30-something woman. But I can't stop laughing at Miranda
Miranda Hart's BBC2 sitcom has all the elements that would normally make me squirm: the desperate singleton with a massive crush on her mate from two doors down; the vast amount of gurning to camera; the mother who wants to marry her off; the staying in, drinking wine and singing karaoke. The terrible thirtysomething-woman-in-a-sitcom clichés. It's like Jessica Hynes in According to Bex all over again. So why am I laughing at Miranda?
Lest you think I've totally lost my mind let me assure you: My Family leaves me so stony-faced my cheeks practically turn to granite. Keeping Up Appearances, The Vicar of Dibley, Not Going Out – all make me want to weep. Friends? It almost sends me over the edge. I categorically do not like sitcoms unless they are Spaced, Black Books,
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- Vicky Frost
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A nice place to visit.... again.... and again.... and again- Fawlty Towers Remastered
21 November 2009 12:28 PM, PST
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I've seen every single one of these episodes too many times to count. Doesn't matter a bit. This is timeless inventive, stuff. The kind of thing that you feel obligated to introduce to the unitiated and invite friends overt o watch and rewatch. The fact that the character of Basil Fawlty is based on a real person makes the show all the more rich. Like Seinfeld and other programs that expertly replicate human pettiness and folly Fawlty Towers is so cathartic that watching it leaves a viewer both lighter and enlightened.
There's a ton of new material on here and the series has never looked better. You get a new set of exclusive commentaries by John Cleese, brand new 2009 extended interviews, including exclusive interview with Connie Booth, John Cleese, Prunella Scales, and Andrew Sachs and Series One and Two directors commentaries with John Howard Davies and Bob Spiers as well
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Pirate Radio – Preview & Trailer
22 September 2009 4:33 AM, PDT
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Another film with a ton of potential by Richard Curtis, Pirate Radio (aka The Boat That Rocked) is hitting theaters November 13th, and I wanted to just quickly share the rundown and trailer. While films like Love Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral only rank above-average to me, they are classics to many, and with good reason. More importantly (to me) Curtis wrote quite a bit of brilliant British television including Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Vicar of Dibley.
Story: Pirate Radio is the high-spirited story of how 8 DJs love affair with Rock n Roll changed the world forever. In the 1960s this group of rouge DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing Rock
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- Marc Eastman
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News: Richard Curtis on Who Script
16 September 2009 5:29 AM, PDT
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The BBC News site has a video interview in which successful movie scriptwriter Richard Curtis chats about his Doctor Who script, set for broadcast in 2010!
Curtis - whose credits include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually, The Boat That Rocked, the Bridget Jones movies and TV shows Blackadder, The Vicar of Dibley, Mr Bean and much more - gives away a tiny bit of information about the episodes setting but beyond that there's nothing in the way of spoilers.
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Richard Curtis to pen episode of Doctor Who
8 September 2009 3:03 PM, PDT
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The new series of Doctor Who comes closer and closer, and the list of involved talent is really starting to build up. It's been confirmed that Richard Curtis will write an episode. With some of his more popular work being Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually and Bridget Jones's Diary, Curtis seems like a rather unusual contributor. Of course, he also did Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley for television, but neither of those things are very sci-fi-related or timey-wimey.
Curtis's films seem to have the most luck when working with ensemble casts, so maybe he can work this same magic on the small screen and introduce some new characters worthy of sticking around. We haven't really had that since Sally Sparrow (and maybe Nightingale, if only to complete the duo) from "Blink". Also, the new Doctor and the new companion are both young and attractive, a combination poised
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- Annie Wu
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DVD Review – The Boat That Rocked!
31 August 2009 9:23 AM, PDT
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Let me get one thing out of the way first, I love writer/director Richard Curtis, were I not an actual man (chest hair, pot-belly and all) I’d have his babies! Why? Because I love what the man brings to British cinema!
While I may not enjoy all of his films, I love the fact that Curtis can combine a relatively low budget and a largely British cast and generally create something that, while modest, breaks out into mainstream Hollywood!
Here is the man who made Hugh Grant a star, he turned Rhys Ifans into a household name, he brought us Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley! In short, Richard Curtis has probably done more for British film and television worldwide than any other writer or director had dared dream. With Curtis, the humble British Film Industry can stand strong against the trillion dollar behemoth that is the Hollywood machine.
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- Craig Sharp
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French and Saunders earn BAFTA fellowship
20 April 2009 10:04 PM, PDT
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Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to become the second UK double act to be presented with a BAFTA fellowship. The comedy duo will follow in the footsteps of Morecambe and Wise when they are presented with the honour at the Academy's 2009 television awards later this month, says the BBC. French and Saunders are known for their BBC sketch show as well as Absolutely Fabulous and The Vicar Of Dibley. Joanna Lumley, who starred in Absolutely (more)
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- By Sarah Rollo
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3.1m turn out for Malone's Bb eviction
18 January 2009 9:51 AM, PST
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Tina Malone's eviction from Celebrity Big Brother was seen by over 3 million viewers on Friday night. The latest update show, which included the eviction result, was seen by an average of 3.08m (12.8%) in the 9pm hour and a further 180k (1%) on Channel 4+1. The later post-eviction interview show pulled in 2.11m (12.6%), with a +1 audience of 147k (1.7%). ITV1 won the 9pm hour on Friday with Trial & Retribution, which averaged a respectable 5.15m (21.3%). The audience was down, however, by around 700k on last week's impressive debut. Five's Us drama NCIS also put up a decent fight against Bb, averaging 2.47m (10.2%) for the hour, an improvement of 100k on last week. On BBC One, Qi amused 4.48m (18.3%) until 9.30pm, then the audience dropped off to 3.13m (13.1%) for a repeat of The Vicar Of Dibley. BBC Two tempted 1.3m (5.4%) (more)
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- By Neil Wilkes
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