Carmen Croghan often looks at the state of her British addiction and wonders how it got so out of hand. A part-time reference library staffer, she spends an inordinate amount of time watching just about any British series she can track down.
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In this installment of Dated or Delightful, we travel back to the late 70’s to discover if an ITV courtroom drama about a binge drinking, poetry loving, criminal defending barrister still stands up as an entertaining example of telly in 2016. May I present my evidence for the case
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Welcome to our final Great British Baking Show recap of Series 3! It’s been an emotional week for Ian, Nadiya and Tamal with only one trio of challenges standing between them and British baking glory. Naydia is coming into this round with the inspiration of her family and the
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Judging by the Forest Gump-themed reference made by Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc at the beginning of the show, it’s chocolate week! But not just any chocolate week; two boys and two girls will bake to within inches of their lives to make it through to the holy grail
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We’ve made it to the quarter finals on The Great British Baking Show and the competition is heating up. The tent is looking quite deserted these days as the bakers frantically prepare their rough puff and choux in hopes of convincing Mary and Paul that they have skills usually
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Welcome back to another delicious series of great British baking! This time around PBS aired the most recent UK competition which was broadcast on the BBC from August through October of 2015. I can confidently say that our viewers/readers are hungry to meet a new batch of bakers and
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In this installment of Dated or Delightful we returned to 1986 to find out if a show about a roguish antiques dealer with a heart of gold still held up in 2016. Based on the novels of Jonathan Gash, Lovejoy, starring Ian McShane as the title character, debuted on BBC
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In this installment of Dated or Delightful, we travel all the way back to 1975 to see if a little sitcom about self-sufficiency in the suburbs can still be funny. Yes, over forty years ago the BBC’s The Good Life debuted in the UK and remained popular throughout the
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If you thought the series five finale of Call the Midwife was going to be a run of the mill episode, by now you know you were sadly mistaken. Sure, we start with Dr. Turner bemoaning the restrictive regulations placed on his beloved contraceptive pill and are introduced to yet
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Autumn is approaching in Poplar as evidenced by the glut of donated apples left on the doorstep of Nonnatus House. Plus there’s a simultaneous full moon and a big storm brewing. How much foreshadowing do we need to understand that a mini-baby boom is on its way? I’m
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I’m getting the feeling this series of Call the Midwife is very much about making us aware that the sixties, though modern in many of our minds, was not an enlightened time for women. In this episode we encounter a girl whose life is compromised by concerns for her
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It’s time to examine another British series from the past – this one being a long running detective program that debuted more than quarter of a century ago. ITV launched A Touch of Frost in the UK in 1992 and later the A&E channel broadcast it in the
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This week’s installment of Call the Midwife focuses on stories about the importance of self-esteem, open-mindedness and unconditional love. Some of the characters who have been in the foreground recently fade back to let others into the spotlight for a time. Let’s revisit what happened to the residents