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‘The Child in Time’ Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch & Kelly Macdonald Star as Grieving Parents of Missing Child In BBC One/Masterpiece Drama
Masterpiece has released the the first trailer for <em>The Child In Time</em> adaptation of Ian McEwan's award-winning 1987 novel. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kelly Macdonald star as grieving parents of a missing child. Stephen Butchard wrote the 90-minute drama about Stephen Lewis, a successful children's book author whose daughter suddenly goes missing. Set two years after the girl's disappearance, <em>The Child In Time</em> follows Lewis as he struggles to find purpose in his life without…
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‘Downton Abbey’: 14 Plot Ideas for the Movie
"Downton Abbey" ended with happy endings for almost all of the characters. So, what would the movie be about? We’ve got ideas for all of the major characters!
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Benedict Cumberbatch Lines Up Two TV Projects To Produce & Star
British thespian and otter doppelgänger Benedict Cumberbatch will executive produce and star in an adaptation of The Patrick Melrose Novels, a five-book series of semi-autobiographical tales about author Edward St. Aubyn’s traumatic childhood, heroin abuse and recovery as an adult. Melrose, the five-part limited series, will air on Showtime with Far From The Madding Crowd writer David Nicholls adapting and directing. In 2013, Cumberbatch did a Reddit AMA in which he was asked, “if you could ch
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‘Victoria’: PBS Crosses ‘Downton Abbey’ with ‘Gossip Girl’
Victoria came to the throne at the age of 18 and apparently nursed a crush on her adviser, Lord Melbourne, as who would not, since he’s played here by Rufus Sewell at his most hunky-polite. Based on the historical novel by Daisy Goodwin, this production seems to strive for a cross between Gossip Girl and Downton Abbey, and is thus an amusing trifle. Wearing a crown that looks like a gigantic, bejeweled wedding cake, Coleman’s Victoria is alternately shrewdly clever and melodramatically emotion
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Why America Fell In Love With 'Downton Abbey'
When Downton Abbey premiered in the United States in January 2011, it was just another entry in PBS’ Masterpiece schedule. It arrived in America at a time when Masterpiece Theatre was going through an identity crisis, trying to boost its ratings by splitting into subdivisions such as Masterpiece Mystery and Masterpiece Contemporary—the latter as foolish a re-branding as Coca-Cola’s New Coke. Little did PBS know that it wasn’t re-branding it needed at all: what was necessary for a resurgence wa
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'Downton Abbey' Recap: Crash and Burn
Warning: This recap for Season 6, “Episode Seven” of Downton Abbey contains spoilers. In the Grand Love Prix between the Crawley sisters, Mary is hitting the brakes, while Edith is going full speed ahead. The entire family goes to Brooklands to watch Henry Talbot’s race, but the day turns tragic when his friend, Charlie Rogers, dies in a crash.
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'Downton Abbey': Jim Carter and Phyllis Logan Talk the Carsons' Honeymoon
One of the highlights of Downton Abbey’s final season has been the wedding of butler Mr. Carson (Jim Carter) and head housemaid Mrs. Hughes (Phyllis Logan). This week, Carter and Logan are the guests on the official Masterpiece Studio podcast in an installment appropriately titled, “Mr. Carson & Mrs. Hughes… The Honeymoon’s Over.” Yahoo TV has a sneak peek above.
