True Blood debuts on HBO on Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET here in the United States. I’ve read all the books in Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mystery series and have been waiting a long time for this HBO series. I subscribed to the HBO channel this week so I could watch this show! I was [...]
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Vampires come to HBO
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Mystery, Television, tagged Blood Ties, Charlaine Harris, HBO, Laurell Hamilton, Sookie Stackhouse, Southern Vampire Mystery series, Tanya Huff, True Blood, vampires on 6 September 2008 | 2 Comments »
Masterpiece Theater: Inspector Lynley This Sunday, Aug 10
Posted in Books, Mystery, Television, tagged Elizabeth George, Inspector Lynley, Masterpiece Theater on 9 August 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Inspector Lynley series begins this Sunday on Masterpiece Theater. Sunday (August 10) and next Sunday are the final two cases for Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers. I’ve enjoyed this series and will miss getting to see new shows each year.
If you visit the Masterpiece Theater website you can read more about the series, follow [...]
Masterpiece Theater–Foyle’s War Returns
Posted in DVDs, Miniseries, Mystery, Television, tagged Masterpiece Theater, Foyle's War, Michael Kitchen, Mystery, World War II on 5 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mystery! (which is now part of Masterpiece Theater) is shown several times a year on PBS stations. My husband and I have watched the various mystery series through the years (Poroit, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse, etc.) and we enjoy almost all of them! This Sunday the last episode of Inspector Lewis will show. Inspector Lewis was [...]
Cranford, Episode 2, on PBS May 11
Posted in Books, Historical, Miniseries, Television, tagged PBS, Masterpiece Theater, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford on 10 May 2008 | No Comments »
The second installment of Cranford (on PBS’ Masterpiece Theater) continues tomorrow, May 11 (Sunday) night. Cranford is based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
If you can’t watch this series on TV the installments are available online for a limited period of time. Episode 1 is available now and Episode 2 will be available online beginning [...]
Masterpiece Theater–Cranford–May 4, 11, 18
Posted in Books, Historical, Television, tagged Masterpiece Theater, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, North and South, Wives and Daughters on 4 May 2008 | 5 Comments »
Masterpiece Theater is showing a 3-week series–May 4, 11 and 18–called Cranford starting tonight. Cranford is based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). Elizabeth Gaskell wrote a number of novels and short stories in the mid 1800’s in Victorian England including two which have already been adapted for the screen–North and South and Wives [...]
Masterpiece Theater–Sense and Sensibility
Posted in Historical, Romance, Television, tagged Jane Austen, Masterpiece Theater, Sense and Sensibility on 30 March 2008 | 5 Comments »
The last two weeks of Jane Austen on PBS’ Masterpiece Theater show tonight and next week–April 6.
The last Austen shown is Sense and Sensibility.
The synopsis from the PBS website:
Sisters Elinor (Hattie Morahan, The Golden Compass) and Marianne Dashwood (Charity Wakefield, Jane Eyre) have opposite approaches when it comes to the pursuit of love. One [...]
Favorite Heroes
Posted in Booking through Thursday, Books, Historical, Miniseries, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Television, tagged Agent of Change, Anne Stuart, Bastian Touissant, Black Ice, Carpe Diem, Elizabeth Gaskell, J. D. Robb, Jo Beverley, John Thornton, Liaden Universe, North & South, Richard Armitage, Roarke, Rothgar, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Val Con yos'Phelium on 7 March 2008 | No Comments »
You should have seen this one coming … Who is your favorite Male lead character? And why?
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I’m late with Booking Through Thursday this week, but I’m finally back home and ready to blog! Favorite heroes…I realize I tend to focus on strong female characters rather than strong male characters. I had a hard time deciding [...]
Remembering the Challenger Disaster–Jan 28, 1986
Posted in Family, My Thoughts, Television, tagged astronauts, Challenger, Germany, Space Shuttle Challenger, Today Show on 28 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
Twenty-two years ago today the Space Shuttle Challenger came apart 73 seconds after launch. Seven astronauts–Commander Dick Scobee, pilot Mike Smith, astronauts Ellison Onizuka, Judy Resnik, Ron McNair, and Greg Jarvis and teacher Christa McAuliffe–were on the shuttle. McAuliffe was going to be the first teacher in space. I remember Sputnik, the Mercury 7, the [...]
NPR Interview about Jane Austen
Posted in Books, Radio, Romance, Television, tagged Jane Austen, Masterpiece Theater, NPR, Northanger Abbey on 18 January 2008 | 4 Comments »
I listened to an interesting interview with Andrew Davies this morning on NPR’s Morning Edition. Davies is the screenwriter who has adapted four of the six Jane Austen novels currently running on Masterpiece Theater each Sunday evening until April.
Davies who is a former professor of English literature has created some controversy among Jane Austen fans [...]
Jane Austen & Masterpiece Theater
Posted in Books, Romance, Television, tagged Jane Austen, PBS, Masterpiece Theater, Persuasion on 12 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
PBS’s Masterpiece Theater is showing the complete Jane Austen on Sunday nights beginning January 13. Persuasion is first on the schedule. Sally Hawkins appears as Anne Elliott. Check out the schedule to see when your favorite Jane Austen novel adaptation will be shown.
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