#british television

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Apparently twitter is having discourse over this british kids series called "Horrid Henry" and people are absolutely SEETHING about how the horrid one in question isn't Henry but his parents. Every clip I've seen posted of this series is just pure Ragebait and I'd like to share this rage with tumblr so here is a compilation of clips that truly piss me off.

[inthedarktrees]

Emma Peel as the “Queen of Sin” 

Diana Rigg, “A Touch of Brimstone,” The Avengers, 1965

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Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster Jeeves and Wooster S1 E1

[georgefairbrother]

An important message from the government...

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Agatha Christie's Poirot, S9Ep3, "Death on the Nile"

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Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film, and television, after beginning her career on Broadway and in Hollywood. Dubbed "The Black Garbo" in Europe because of her striking beauty, McKinney was both one of the first African-American film stars in the United States and one of the first African-Americans to appear on British television.

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[vox-anglosphere]

Downton Abbey's grandest dame

Perfectly cast, Maggie Smith stole every scene as the matriarch of Downton Abbey in this beloved, long-running, TV period drama.

[cry-bastion]

this level of sexiness is certainly not allowed

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

Director of deadwater fell be like: okay David for the first time in literally your entire career you are not allowed to be charming. At all. Your character shall be a black hole of charisma and likability

[inthedarktrees]

“Demon 79″ | Black Mirror

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[georgefairbrother]

A little more on Ian Lavender, who passed away February 2nd, 2024, aged 77.

Just one of the abiding friendships between the cast of Dad’s Army was between Ian Lavender himself (born 1946) and John Laurie (born 1897).

Private Pike was Ian Lavender’s first ongoing television role, while John Laurie, a Great War veteran, had appeared in British films dating back to 1929, and was a leading Shakespearean actor on stage.

John Laurie was godfather to Ian Lavender’s children, and they were both dab hands at The Times crossword. John Laurie passed away in 1980, at the age of 83.

Ian Lavender always expressed his gratitude for having worked on Dad's Army, but admitted that typecasting had held back his career, particularly in movies, although he did appear in a handful of classic mid-seventies British films, including Carry on Behind, Not Now, Comrade, and Confessions of a Pop Performer.

He reprised his Dad's Army character, Frank Pike, in a BBC radio sequel, It Sticks Out Half a Mile, and he starred alongside Mollie Sugden in one of David Croft's rare catastrophes, the sci-fi sitcom Come Back Mrs Noah. He featured with Jimmy Edwards in The Glums, and had a series of memorable cameos on British television, including in Yes Minister, Goodnight Sweetheart, and Keeping Up Appearances.

According to his obituary in The Guardian:

"...In addition to various live Dad’s Army productions, his stage work included the Peter Hall Company’s The Merchant of Venice, with Dustin Hoffman as Shylock in 1989, touring as the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show in 2005, Monsignor Howard in the London Palladium production of the musical Sister Act in 2009, The Shawshank Redemption at the Edinburgh fringe in 2013, and his own one-man show of reminiscences, Don’t Tell Him, Pike..."

He appeared in 245 episodes of Eastenders, and was one of only two of the original Dad's Army cast members, along with Frank Williams (the Vicar), to appear in the 2016 feature film.

Here Ian Lavender recalls an unintentionally comical appearance on New Zealand radio some years after the final episode of Dad's Army.

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Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton attend the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards at The Royal Festival Hall on May 14, 2023 in London. Imelda is nominated for Best Leading Actress for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown season 5 ✨

📸 Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

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[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Does anyone else consider certain tv shows as happening in the same universe? For instance, I always think that Grantchester and Endeavour occupy the same universe, with Granchester obviously coming a bit before in the 1950s. Or Father Brown (2013-) and Miss Marple (2004-2013) are both simultaneously snooping around solving mysteries in different parts of England. Agatha Christie's Poirot and The House of Eliot definitely share a timeline too.