June Brown, a British TV vet best known for her 30-plus year run as EastEnders‘ Dot Cotton, died on April 3 at age 95.
“We are deeply saddened to announce our beloved mother, June, passed away very peacefully at her home in Surrey on Sunday evening, with her family by her side,” her family said in a statement posted to the BBC’s Twitter account. “We would kindly ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time.”
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“We are deeply saddened to announce our beloved mother, June, passed away very peacefully at her home in Surrey on Sunday evening, with her family by her side,” her family said in a statement posted to the BBC’s Twitter account. “We would kindly ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time.”
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- 4/4/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
DVD Release Date: Jan. 28, 2014
Price: DVD $59.99
Studio: Acorn
The Agatha Christie Hour: Complete Collection collects ten tales of intrigue and romance from renowned mystery writer Agatha Christie, produced by England’s Thames Television back in 1982-83 and broadcast in the U.S. on PBS’s Mystery!
In these suspenseful stories set in Art Deco-era, lesser-known Christie protagonists—including “happiness expert” Parker Pyne—find themselves embroiled in illicit love affairs, supernatural mysteries, false accusations, life-changing encounters, and murder.
The ensemble casts feature names that are very familiar to fans of British television. They include John Nettles (Midsomer Murders), Amanda Redman (New Tricks), Christopher Cazenove (The Duchess of Duke Street), Ralph Bates (Poldark), Cherie Lunghi (Secret Diary of a Call Girl), Maurice Denham (All Passion Spent), James Grout (Inspector Morse), and Stephanie Cole (Doc Martin).
The four-disc, 10-hour-long collection includes the following ten mysteries:
-The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
-In...
Price: DVD $59.99
Studio: Acorn
The Agatha Christie Hour: Complete Collection collects ten tales of intrigue and romance from renowned mystery writer Agatha Christie, produced by England’s Thames Television back in 1982-83 and broadcast in the U.S. on PBS’s Mystery!
In these suspenseful stories set in Art Deco-era, lesser-known Christie protagonists—including “happiness expert” Parker Pyne—find themselves embroiled in illicit love affairs, supernatural mysteries, false accusations, life-changing encounters, and murder.
The ensemble casts feature names that are very familiar to fans of British television. They include John Nettles (Midsomer Murders), Amanda Redman (New Tricks), Christopher Cazenove (The Duchess of Duke Street), Ralph Bates (Poldark), Cherie Lunghi (Secret Diary of a Call Girl), Maurice Denham (All Passion Spent), James Grout (Inspector Morse), and Stephanie Cole (Doc Martin).
The four-disc, 10-hour-long collection includes the following ten mysteries:
-The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife
-In...
- 1/24/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The comedian and Family Fortunes alumnus on his telly-watching habits
Unmissable show?
Pointless. It's the best quiz show on TV. The relationship between Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong is really warm and effortless. It's one of those gameshows that you have to play along with. Whenever I can, I'll always watch Coronation Street. I still love the fact that they've got really good dramatic stories alongside what I still think is consistently the best comedy writing on British television.
Box set?
Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David is hysterical. He speaks for us all; the kind of things you want to get away with saying sometimes. I'm absolutely obsessed with Breaking Bad. It is as addictive as anything I've ever watched. I keep going back to The Sopranos. I think it's the best televison that I've ever seen. It got really surreal. The dream sequences are brilliant. I was really gutted when James Gandolfini died.
Unmissable show?
Pointless. It's the best quiz show on TV. The relationship between Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong is really warm and effortless. It's one of those gameshows that you have to play along with. Whenever I can, I'll always watch Coronation Street. I still love the fact that they've got really good dramatic stories alongside what I still think is consistently the best comedy writing on British television.
Box set?
Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David is hysterical. He speaks for us all; the kind of things you want to get away with saying sometimes. I'm absolutely obsessed with Breaking Bad. It is as addictive as anything I've ever watched. I keep going back to The Sopranos. I think it's the best televison that I've ever seen. It got really surreal. The dream sequences are brilliant. I was really gutted when James Gandolfini died.
- 8/19/2013
- by Gwilym Mumford
- The Guardian - Film News
Ray Cusick, who designed the look of the genocidal Daleks for the longrunning science fiction show Doctor Who, has died at the age of 84, according to the BBC. Cusick’s daughter said he died in his sleep after a short illness.
The Daleks made their debut in the second-ever Doctor Who adventure, which premiered in 1963 and was written by Terry Nation. Future Alien director Ridley Scott, who was then working at the BBC, had been originally scheduled to design the look of the Daleks but, because of a scheduling conflict, Cusick was handed the task. In 2005, Cusick confirmed the rumor...
The Daleks made their debut in the second-ever Doctor Who adventure, which premiered in 1963 and was written by Terry Nation. Future Alien director Ridley Scott, who was then working at the BBC, had been originally scheduled to design the look of the Daleks but, because of a scheduling conflict, Cusick was handed the task. In 2005, Cusick confirmed the rumor...
- 2/24/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside TV
Hold on. There's something missing. Normally, at this time of year there's some TV programme that's supposed to be heading back to the small screen. Oh, that's right – Doctor Who.
Alas, for Who fans, the wait's a bit longer, with rumours of six episodes surfacing in Autumn or Winter. But hey, never mind, you can console yourself with the much-touted weapon in the BBC's ratings armoury called The Voice. In which Lord Thomas of Jones and co attempt to find the country's best singing voice, a quest that hasn't been heard of since last December when Little Mix squealed and sobbed the water out of their bodies in The X Factor. But hold on, apparently there's a twist – in The Voice, the judges sit in these great big Star Trek swivel chairs so that they can't see the singer, and only whizz round if they like what they hear. Clever,...
Alas, for Who fans, the wait's a bit longer, with rumours of six episodes surfacing in Autumn or Winter. But hey, never mind, you can console yourself with the much-touted weapon in the BBC's ratings armoury called The Voice. In which Lord Thomas of Jones and co attempt to find the country's best singing voice, a quest that hasn't been heard of since last December when Little Mix squealed and sobbed the water out of their bodies in The X Factor. But hold on, apparently there's a twist – in The Voice, the judges sit in these great big Star Trek swivel chairs so that they can't see the singer, and only whizz round if they like what they hear. Clever,...
- 4/4/2012
- Shadowlocked
Even stars get starstruck! Downton Abbey actress Laura Carmichael reportedly got to try on Meryl Streep’s trousers from the 1985 film Out of Africa. In season 2 of the PBS series Lady Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael) does a brief stint as a tractor driver which excited Carmichael because of the wardrobe change. Season 2, now out on DVD features a behind the scenes look at fashion and uniforms for the drama, a well as many other bonuses. In one of the featurettes Carmichael talks about trying on Streep’s trousers.
Normally outfitted in corsets and dresses, since the show is set in the early 1900′s this was a chance for the actress to not only wear something “comfortable” for a change, but also something that was worn by another famous star. Although Carmichael did not actually get to wear Streep’s trousers on set; the costumers made a new pair pants for Lady Edith,...
Normally outfitted in corsets and dresses, since the show is set in the early 1900′s this was a chance for the actress to not only wear something “comfortable” for a change, but also something that was worn by another famous star. Although Carmichael did not actually get to wear Streep’s trousers on set; the costumers made a new pair pants for Lady Edith,...
- 2/7/2012
- by Mina Kelly
- Boomtron
It's enough to make the redoubtable Dowager Countess of Grantham blanch. Members of her aristocratic family wearing clothes previously worn by other people who are not related to them? Who might be -- gasp -- commoners? Perish the thought.
Yet that's exactly what's been happening on hit period drama "Downton Abbey" (Sundays, PBS; check local listings). Costume designer Susannah Buxton -- who won one of "Downton"s six Emmys in 2011 -- and her team have recycled and adapted several evening dresses, outfits and accessories from other television series and movies.
The fact has not escaped the attention of sharp-eyed viewers, who have been keeping tabs via the website RecycledMovieCostumes.com. This is not a new practice of course -- elaborate Edwardian costumes are expensive and time-consuming to make and may have only been worn once or twice, so period pieces often rent them.
Plus, leading actresses are usually a standard...
Yet that's exactly what's been happening on hit period drama "Downton Abbey" (Sundays, PBS; check local listings). Costume designer Susannah Buxton -- who won one of "Downton"s six Emmys in 2011 -- and her team have recycled and adapted several evening dresses, outfits and accessories from other television series and movies.
The fact has not escaped the attention of sharp-eyed viewers, who have been keeping tabs via the website RecycledMovieCostumes.com. This is not a new practice of course -- elaborate Edwardian costumes are expensive and time-consuming to make and may have only been worn once or twice, so period pieces often rent them.
Plus, leading actresses are usually a standard...
- 1/10/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Huffington Post
It's enough to make the redoubtable Dowager Countess of Grantham blanch. Members of her aristocratic family wearing clothes previously worn by other people who are not related to them? Who might be -- gasp -- commoners? Perish the thought.
Yet that's exactly what's been happening on hit period drama "Downton Abbey" (Sundays, PBS; check local listings). Costume designer Susannah Buxton -- who won one of "Downton"s six Emmys in 2011 -- and her team have recycled and adapted several evening dresses, outfits and accessories from other television series and movies.
The fact has not escaped the attention of sharp-eyed viewers, who have been keeping tabs via the website RecycledMovieCostumes.com. This is not a new practice of course -- elaborate Edwardian costumes are expensive and time-consuming to make and may have only been worn once or twice, so period pieces often rent them.
Plus, leading actresses are usually a standard...
Yet that's exactly what's been happening on hit period drama "Downton Abbey" (Sundays, PBS; check local listings). Costume designer Susannah Buxton -- who won one of "Downton"s six Emmys in 2011 -- and her team have recycled and adapted several evening dresses, outfits and accessories from other television series and movies.
The fact has not escaped the attention of sharp-eyed viewers, who have been keeping tabs via the website RecycledMovieCostumes.com. This is not a new practice of course -- elaborate Edwardian costumes are expensive and time-consuming to make and may have only been worn once or twice, so period pieces often rent them.
Plus, leading actresses are usually a standard...
- 1/10/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Aol TV.
Two alumni of the classic series of Doctor Who have recently died.
Hubert Rees had three roles in the series working with two different Doctors.
He first appeared in the 1968 story Fury from the Deep, working alongside Patrick Troughton. He played the Chief Engineer, the head of engineering at a Euro Sea Gas refinery who assisted the Doctor in his efforts to defeat the Weed Creature. Rees returned to the series the following year in Troughton's swan song, The War Games, in which he played Captain Ransom, an officer in the British Army. His final appearance was in the 1976 Tom Baker story The Seeds of Doom, playing John Stevenson, a botanist at a scientific expedition in Antarctic.
Outside of Doctor Who he had roles in many well-known dramas, including Paul Temple, The Sweeney, The Duchess of Duke Street, By the Sword Divided and Howards' Way.
Max Faulkner, born in 1931, was...
Hubert Rees had three roles in the series working with two different Doctors.
He first appeared in the 1968 story Fury from the Deep, working alongside Patrick Troughton. He played the Chief Engineer, the head of engineering at a Euro Sea Gas refinery who assisted the Doctor in his efforts to defeat the Weed Creature. Rees returned to the series the following year in Troughton's swan song, The War Games, in which he played Captain Ransom, an officer in the British Army. His final appearance was in the 1976 Tom Baker story The Seeds of Doom, playing John Stevenson, a botanist at a scientific expedition in Antarctic.
Outside of Doctor Who he had roles in many well-known dramas, including Paul Temple, The Sweeney, The Duchess of Duke Street, By the Sword Divided and Howards' Way.
Max Faulkner, born in 1931, was...
- 4/10/2010
- by Marcus
- The Doctor Who News Page
By Lisa Horowitz
Actor Christopher Cazenove, who appeared in TV series "Dynasty" and "The Duchess of Duke Street," died Wednesday of septicemia in London. He was 66.
His death follows by a week that of his "Dynasty" co-star John Forsythe. The two men played brothers Blake (Forsythe) and Ben (Cazenove) Carrington.
In a statement released by his agent, his family and girlfriend Isabel Davis said the actor had "died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones."
Cazenove had been scheduled to narrate "The Rocky Horror Show" at the N...
Actor Christopher Cazenove, who appeared in TV series "Dynasty" and "The Duchess of Duke Street," died Wednesday of septicemia in London. He was 66.
His death follows by a week that of his "Dynasty" co-star John Forsythe. The two men played brothers Blake (Forsythe) and Ben (Cazenove) Carrington.
In a statement released by his agent, his family and girlfriend Isabel Davis said the actor had "died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones."
Cazenove had been scheduled to narrate "The Rocky Horror Show" at the N...
- 4/8/2010
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
British actor first first found fame as Charlie Tyrrell in 1970s mini-series The Duchess of Duke Street
Christopher Cazenove, the British actor best known for his role in 1980s soap opera Dynasty, has died after a "valiant battle" with septicaemia, his family said on Wednesday. The 64-year-old had been ill since collapsing at his home in February.
His family, and girlfriend Isabel Davis, said in a statement released through his agent Lesley Duff: "Christopher died peacefully on April 7 surrounded by his loved ones, having contracted septicaemia at the end of February.
"Despite a valiant fight and the untiring efforts of the wonderful team at St Thomas' [hospital, London], he was overwhelmed. "All who knew and loved him will be devastated by the loss of this incredible man who touched so many lives."
The actor first found fame as Charlie Tyrrell in the 1970s mini-series The Duchess of Duke Street, and appeared on screen,...
Christopher Cazenove, the British actor best known for his role in 1980s soap opera Dynasty, has died after a "valiant battle" with septicaemia, his family said on Wednesday. The 64-year-old had been ill since collapsing at his home in February.
His family, and girlfriend Isabel Davis, said in a statement released through his agent Lesley Duff: "Christopher died peacefully on April 7 surrounded by his loved ones, having contracted septicaemia at the end of February.
"Despite a valiant fight and the untiring efforts of the wonderful team at St Thomas' [hospital, London], he was overwhelmed. "All who knew and loved him will be devastated by the loss of this incredible man who touched so many lives."
The actor first found fame as Charlie Tyrrell in the 1970s mini-series The Duchess of Duke Street, and appeared on screen,...
- 4/8/2010
- by Adam Gabbatt
- The Guardian - Film News
Christopher Cazenove, who has died of septicaemia aged 64, always dreamed of being a film star, although his father – a brigadier in the Coldstream Guards – wanted him to follow in his military footsteps. Ironically, when Cazenove fulfilled his acting ambitions, he made his name as the blue-eyed, clean-cut hero Lieutenant Richard Gaunt in The Regiment (1972-73). The drama series, following a 1970 pilot, traced the fortunes of the Cotswolds Regiment at the turn of the 19th century – from the Boer War to service in India – through the lives of two families, the Gaunts and the Brights. Cazenove's fame was confirmed when he was featured on the cover of Radio Times.
The old Etonian seemed happy to become typecast playing aristocrats. On television, he was also seen in Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill (1974) as George Cornwallis-West, a...
The old Etonian seemed happy to become typecast playing aristocrats. On television, he was also seen in Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill (1974) as George Cornwallis-West, a...
- 4/8/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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