Tag Archives: BBC

Memorial Day (US)/Bank Holiday (UK) Roundup

Posted on May 23, 2026 by Jeffrey Manley

–The latest issue of The Oldie has an article by Robert Fitzpatrick entitled “The Real Captain Grimes”. Here’s the opening paragraph: In his 1928 novel, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh created one of his most famous comic characters, Captain Grimes. … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday Roundup

Posted on March 29, 2026 by Jeffrey Manley

–The BBC has added several Waugh-related programs. Most notably, the BBC Four TV channel will air a TV rebroadcast of two programs on 9 April. These include the theatrical film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, first broadcast on BBC in 2011 … Continue reading →

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Daily Telegraph Reviews BBC Waugh Series

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Telegraph has posted a review of Russell Kane’s series of programs about Evelyn Waugh and his works. (See earlier posts.) This is by Jane Shilling, but it is not clear whether she has seen the entire series. Here … Continue reading →

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Spectator Compares Waugh Novel to Current BBC Series

Posted on February 9, 2026 by Jeffrey Manley

The Spectator  has an article by Alexander Larman in which he compares the current BBC drama series Industry to Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. Given the contents of Industry, which follows the careers of several young characters working at a London … Continue reading →

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Octoberfest Roundup

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The scripts of the TV series “All Creatures Great and Small” are being posted on the internet. Here’s an excerpt from an episode from the final series (No. 6) in which one of the vets is being introduced to a … Continue reading →

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Mid-September Roundup

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–A post on the website UnHerd.com seems to have been inspired by the recent book of Eleanor Doughty on the British aristocracy Heirs and Graces. This has been mentioned in several previous posts. The article is written by Pratinav Anil … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Fogeys and their Habitat

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The religious journal First Things in its current edition (August/September) has a feature length article entitled ‘Waugh Against the Fogeys’. This is written by Jaspreet Singh Boparai. Here are the opening paragraphs: On June 17, 1953, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Single-Sex Schools, The Mitfords, and Tales from Amazonia

Posted on April 6, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–In last week’s Sunday Telegraph, Rowan Pelling had an article entitled “When single-sex schools die, will we all be poorer?” Here is an extract: …I can’t help wondering how the shelves of children will look in 20 years after all … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Television and Weblogs

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–Blogger Andrew Kern has posted on Substack an article praising Waugh’s war novel Men at Arms. Here are the opening paragraphs: Evelyn Waugh wrote better than any dead or living Briton from the 20th century. He tells stories that incorporate … Continue reading →

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Advent Roundup

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–D J Taylor has written a thoughtful essay on the current status of literary biography. This is posted in The Critic Magazine. Here are the introductory paragraphs: Q. Who, just under a century ago, wrote the following, and about whom? … Continue reading →

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