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May 7 2013 06:06 PM ET

British cult hit 'The IT Crowd' to return for finale special

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Another TV show is coming back for its final say — this time from across the pond.

The IT Crowd, a British show about computer guys and their misadventures, ended in 2010 but has gotten a reprieve on its untimely demise. Rumors have been swirling for several years about a fifth season, to give the characters closure and end things on the note that creator Graham Linehan (Father Ted) always wanted. He tweeted in 2012 that he had written a script but was waiting on the cast members’ schedules to open up.

And now they have.
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Feb 27 2013 06:33 PM ET

David Brent lives! Ricky Gervais revives 'Office' boss -- VIDEO

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Steve Carell may have no interest in bringing back Michael Scott — but his counterpart across the pond apparently has no such qualms.

The Office creator Ricky Gervais has revived David Brent — the obnoxious, needy boor at the center of the show’s original British incarnation — for a short “mini episode” called The Office Revisited. “It has been 10 years since we last saw David Brent,” Gervais explained in a statement. “I thought it was time to revisit my most famous comedy creation to find out what he’s been up to for the last decade and most importantly what he’s up to now.” Check out a teaser for David’s triumphant return below:

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Feb 20 2013 04:35 PM ET

Julian Fellowes may leave 'Downton' if his NBC drama gets picked up

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Still reeling over Downton Abbey‘s heartbreaking third season finale? If so, you may take comfort in knowing that the man who — spoiler alert! — killed Matthew Crawley may exit Downton‘s grounds after season 4 if NBC picks up his nascent period drama Gilded Age.

The key word there is “may.” Nothing is certain yet, not least because Gilded Age is still little more than a twinkle in the Downton creator’s eye. “You have to write the pilot, they have to decide they’re going to make it, they have to decide whether they want to pick it up. So it’s a line of ditches that lies between me and the series,” he explained to the New York Times in an interview this week. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 8 2013 02:42 PM ET

BBC series 'Being Human' canceled

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British supernatural series Being Human has been canceled, BBC announced Thursday. The show will wrap up its fifth and final season (or series as our friends across the pond call them) later this year on BBC Three.

Series creator Toby Whithouse promised an “epic, thrilling and shocking finale” in a post on the show’s official blog. Hal, Tom and Alex will face off with their most fearsome adversary yet: the Devil himself.

About a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost living under the same roof, the format was adapted to an American series of the same name, which is currently airing its third season on Syfy.

The six-episode fifth season kicked off earlier this month on BBC Three. An air date for the finale has not yet been scheduled.

[CORRECTION Feb. 8 4:47 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this post stated that season 5 of Being Human had begun airing on BBC America. The fifth season has in fact not begun airing in the U.S., and a premiere date has not been set by the network, EW has confirmed.]

Read more:
‘Being Human’ exec producer Toby Whithouse talks season 4 finale
Sam Witwer breaks down Syfy’s ‘Being Human’ season premiere, teases what’s to come
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Jan 4 2013 12:50 PM ET

'Merlin' returns for final season tonight: Watch 5 minutes of the premiere! -- EXCLUSIVE

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The fifth — and final — season of breakout U.K. import Merlin premieres tonight at 10 p.m. on Syfy, and we’ve got the first five minutes of the premiere for you exclusively right here!

In the opening scenes of the new season, which jumps three years into the future from the fourth season finale, King Arthur (Bradley James) is addressing his knights around the Round Table about the disappearance of Sir Gwaine (Eoin Macken), while Queen Guinevere (Angel Coulby) — yep, she’s a queen now — and his faithful servant Merlin (Colin Morgan) look on.

Meanwhile, Morgana (Katie McGrath), is plotting how she might take over Camelot once again (of course), and she’s got an entire army trying to locate the key that will unlock the secret to destroying Arthur. Arthur’s Bane is the title of the action-packed, two-part episode.

Check it out below, and stay tuned to EW.com for a chat with Bradley James about the final season of the show coming soon. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 23 2012 04:53 PM ET

Ricky Gervais in 'Derek' -- Watch the trailer for the new comedy series

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Sometimes it seems like England gets all the cool stuff — The Beatles, texting, Downton Abbey — just a little bit earlier. Back in April, the UK got a glimpse of Ricky Gervais’ new series Derek when a pilot episode aired on England’s Channel 4. Written and directed by Gervais, the mockumentary-style comedy about a nursing home caretaker drew mixed reviews and no small amount of criticism for Gervais’ portrayal of a learning disabled character. Still, the boundary-pushing project got a 2013 series order from Channel 4 and was preemptively picked up by Netflix for Gervais’ US fans — who can finally get their first look at it in a new teaser trailer that the comedian tweeted out yesterday.

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Dec 21 2012 07:15 PM ET

'Mr. Selfridge' trailer: Starring Jeremy Piven's mustache

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“We’re giving them style, glamour, razzmatazz!” says Jeremy Piven in the new trailer for Mr. Selfridge, an ITV/PBS series set to run in the new year. Piven plays Harry Gordon Selfridge, the American founder of the British department store Selfridges, who was responsible for popularizing the phrase “the customer is always right,” a decidedly un-Ari Gold sentiment.

Click past the jump to take a look at the upbeat trailer, set to “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing).”

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Dec 6 2012 12:43 PM ET

'Downton Abbey' season 4 might be here sooner than you think

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Good news Downton Abbey fans. Though U.S. viewers have to wait until Jan. 6—that’s more than four months after the U.K. premiere date—to catch the series’ third season, they may get to see season four much sooner than expected. PBS is weighing broadcasting the fourth season, which starts shooting in February, close to the U.K. debut this fall.

“Obviously, spoilers and piracy are two key reasons supporting the case to air Downton closer to the UK broadcast,” MASTERPIECE publicist Olivia Wong told EW in an e-mail. “On the other hand, there are technical hurdles and financial considerations (we’d have to pay more to speed up the cost of post-production).”

Ratings are also a factor in determining Downton‘s return date.

“One big reason to air in January is that it’s an optimal time to schedule a program like Downton — viewership is high and it’s out of the way of the barrage of September premieres. These are on-going scheduling considerations as we look to Season 4,” says Wong.

Now if we could just convince Dan Stevens, who plays Matthew Crawley, to stick around for the season…

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Dec 4 2012 08:49 AM ET

'Downton Abbey' writer Julian Fellowes on the possibility of re-casting Matthew Crawley

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Downton Abbey may have been picked up for a fourth season by British channel ITV, but rumor has it not all the residents will return.

Dan Stevens, who plays the dashing Matthew Crawley, hasn’t yet signed on for the next installment, and the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports he’s planning only appear to in the premiere episode before leaving to pursue other projects.

“Sometimes actors feel they want to move on. Initially, for the first two or three [seasons] you can contract them, but after that, every season, you have to re-contract them,” said writer Julian Fellowes, who was recently named one of EW’s Entertainers of the Year.  “If they don’t want to come back, there’s nothing we can do.”

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Nov 25 2012 06:34 PM ET

'Downton Abbey' renewed for fourth season

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British broadcaster ITV announced that cross-continental hit Downton Abbey has been renewed for a fourth season.

Season three of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama hasn’t yet premiered in the United States, but has aired in the UK (and garnered its best ratings yet). PBS will debut season three on Jan. 6. Season four will start shooting in February and will bow in the UK in the fall.  READ FULL STORY »

Aug 8 2012 12:26 PM ET

MTV's 'The Inbetweeners': Watch the first two minutes of the new teen comedy -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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MTV has been red hot in the scripted arena, with buzzy entries such as Teen Wolf and Awkward. And the teen network isn’t just resting on those shows. Next up: The Inbetweeners, a story adapted from a popular British format that follows a group of middling teens in high school. EW has an exclusive first look at the series, via the first two minutes of the pilot, which can be viewed below.

To be more specific, The Inbetweeners chronicles the lives of those kids who aren’t on top or bottom of the social ladder — but the ones who are right in the middle and, yes, may even be more invisible than the lowly nerds. MTV describes the show as such: “The Inbetweeners takes a comedic look at a group of teenagers navigating high school and charging into adulthood the way everyone does…by taking one step forward and three steps back.”

At San Diego Comic-Con, MTV released a glimpse at the series, during a panel for Teen Wolf. But now, EW exclusively presents the first two minutes of the premiere here:

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Apr 24 2012 11:14 AM ET

'Sherlock, Maggie Smith, 'Modern Family' score BAFTA TV nominations

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Downton Abbey‘s Maggie Smith, Modern Family, and Ricky Gervais’s An Idiot Abroad all scored nods for the 2012 BAFTA TV awards. The most nominations went to serial killer thriller Appropriate Adult (not yet broadcast in the U.S.), which netted five noms including acting awards for its stars Dominic West, Emily Watson, and Monica Dolan (Never Let Me Go). Modernized Holmes-and-Watson mystery Sherlock followed close behind with three nominations for leads Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, plus Andrew Scott as the diabolical Moriarty. Smith will compete to win Best Supporting Actress, while her co-star Hugh Bonneville, though not nominated for Downton, earned a nod for the comedy program Twenty Twelve. READ FULL STORY »

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