You may only have seen the UK version of Doc Martin…
But he’s gone all round the world – look!
In France
In Germany
In Spain
And in Greece.
Don’t ask me to translate
(Thanks to Thierry Attard)
Year: 2011
Friday’s “too full of pie to work” news
British TV
- Details of the BBC’s Shakespeare season
- Watch acquires Alcatraz [subscription required]
- Sky’s Mad Dogs to become Mad Cats? [subscription required]
Lost Gems: ABC in the 70s
For all my efforts to remind everyone of long, lost shows, the history of TV is littered with shows that are so obscure, even I haven’t heard of them. So let’s all watch this promo for ABC’s Friday night line-up in 1970. In among the more famous shows like The Partridge Family and The Brady Bunch, there are shows like The Nanny and the Professor, That Girl and Love American Style that are entirely new to me.
Let’s watch together and see why no one probably remembers them any more.
Of course, ABC was “the place to be” in the 70s – at least according to ABC – which was a theme of many of their promos. See how many you recognise from this one from 1971.
[via Toby]
Community’s Beetlejuice Easter Egg, three seasons in the making
You know what happens if you say his name three times, don’t you?
[via]
Thursday’s “Happy Thanksgiving” news
British TV
- Melissa George to star in Frank Spotnitz’s Nemesis
- Mrs Brown’s Boys recommissioned for third series
US TV