Robbie Coltrane News

There's nothing wrong with the 1980s British sketch comedy series "Alfresco" that a translator and a British historian couldn't fix.

Einsiders contributor Jon Ted Wynne and his wife, writer/actress Rhiannon Benedict watched and co-reviewed the following DVD.

A bus accident robs House of several hours, and as his memory slowly returns, he realizes that one of his fellow passengers was exhibiting signs of a deadly illness, so he races to unlock the secrets in his ...

Take a handful of Britain's most revered talents at the start of their careers, put them in a sketch comedy and what do you get? 'Alfresco' . Starring Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Robbie Coltrane, ...

TV on DVD is starting to dominate the weekly DVD releases, including the top tier releases.

'Alfresco' Starring Thompson to be Released in the U.S. Tuesday, August 26, 2008; Posted: 7:00 AM - by BWW News Desk Available to U.S. audiences for the first time, Acorn Media announces the August 26, 2008 ...

The sophomore campaign of NBC's sci-fi series left most fans wanting. Picking up a few months after the apocalyptic first-year finale, the second season found the principal figures of Peter, Nathan and Matt ...

Slave that he is to his Celtic genes, Robbie Coltrane returned from his holidays this week with little evidence to show for three weeks in sun-soaked California.

is an off-the-wall comedy series that launched the careers of some of Britain's biggest stars.

On August 26, Acorn Media will release Alfresco, a sketch comedy show that ran for two series on Britain's ITV during 1983-1984. Drawing talent from the alternative comedy scene with Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane, and Siobhan Redmond, and The Cambridge Footlights with Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson, the program is a bit hit-and-miss...

See? Now this kind of dumb thinking is what causes bad language and RCOB. I found this a few days ago and should have posted it sooner but this does deserve a major MOONBAT AWARD for the authorities who heaven ...

Christchurch police have come up with an innovative way to fight crime in the city.

It was a cracker of a story, and the world's media agreed. News that Christchurch police were using a poster depicting British actor Robbie Coltrane in an effort to warn central city residents of a burglar a ...

Police in New Zealand hunting a serial burglar have issued a wanted poster bearing a photograph of the actor Robbie Coltrane.

Looking Hagrid: Police are using a picture of Robbie Coltrane, who stars as Hagrid in the Harry Potter series of films, as an image of what a young burglar might look like in a few years.

The trailer for the new - the sixth, already? - "Harry Potter" movie has just landed.

The Movie: My wife and I decided last year to take our kids on the long drive south from Portland to Los Angeles without "doing" I5.

The talented writer and performer is best-known to U.S. audiences as Edina Monsoon in TV's hilarious sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous", which Saunders also scripted.

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane admits that he's a gypsy, and will probably never change.

Upon seeing the headline that TNT is going to be doing a new version of the UK series Cracker , I suspect I had the same reaction as many of you: Wasn't this show already remade for U.S. audiences? Yes, it was.

American viewers might get another, perhaps saltier, bite of the '90s Brit hit "Cracker" thanks to a second attempt at turning the quirky cop show into a series stateside.