Mostly because this season of American TV isn't exactly setting me on fire with fannish enthusiasm. 1. First off: Spooks season 8 is coming back at 9 PM GMT tomorrow. Wooo-hooo! Here are some season 8 promos and episode stills posted at spooky_doings. Beware the post has some casting spoilers for the season. 2. From The Guardian: A few clips from the next Doctor Who special, The Waters of ...

... bit of what we have to look forward to from the BBC: Gavin and Stacey - One of my very favorite British comedies of all time will begin its third and supposedly final series this week, on November 26. This is a ... Rob Brydon. This is just a small part of the programming slated for the BBC. When I find out about Christmas programming on other British networks, I'll let you know. Happy viewing!

... searching for unique stuff to sell in their stores. Not much of a premise, but the show works, you visit Indian brothers who make furniture from wood slavaged from the many miles of railroad track that the British laid in the glorious days of Empire, visit unique rug and fabirc makers in Turkey--it's a travelogue essentially, and gives me a weekly travel fix and reminds me that the world is ...

... on the Cork road where Michael Collins was gunned down; the still-littered site of a 1901 British concentration camp; the window where Edward VIII stood to hear his abdication announced ... more archive, hear a longer version of the interview and join a digital argument about what the telly historian has just said. In the end, you will even get to heckle “Civilisation”.   (Andrew ...

Browning's is going all British on us this weekend with a special "Dickens Beer Dinner" menu. A lot of it sounds really good. I'm a big ... sounds delightful. English Cheese Platter Stilton, Cheddar and Potted Cheese Potato and Leek Soup Welsh Rabbit Traditional British Grilled Cheese Bangers and Mash Sausages on a bed of grilled onions and mashed potatoes, drizzled with gravy ...

... feeling well at all and wanted a rest before my last day out and I’m obviously a little obsessed with British telly and I wanted to see how it was when one could not pick and choose what shows to watch and ... rsquo;re saying “stop making excuses. You just wanted to watch telly.” Later So here I am back in Bayswater having another drink before I have to go back and figure out how ...