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The police procedural “Whitechapel” returns to BBC America at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Carnival Film & Television Limited 2012

'Whitechapel' is back, and as good as before

Last updated Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 8:03am

Viewers always wonder if a series will be as good the second time around.

In the case of BBC America's "Whitechapel," it is. This intriguing British police procedural show returns Wednesday with a new story torn from very old headlines -- the 1812 Ratcliff Highway murders.

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Book offers behind-the-scenes view of 'Downton Abbey'

Connie Ogle McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 6:12am

"THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY." By Jessica Fellowes. St. Martin's. $29.99.

The wise Lord Grantham suggests that we all have "chapters we would rather keep unpublished." So true. But what we're happy to see published is "The World of Downton Abbey," a fascinating companion to the hit PBS series about an aristocratic family and their army of servants.

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Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern star in “Downton Abbey” on PBS. The second season of the acclaimed series premieres at 8 p.m. today on KUED Channel 7.

Lavish 'Downtown Abbey' addictive

Chuck Barney Contra Costa Times

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 8:45am

Last year, something magical and rare happened on PBS. A lavish period piece called "Downton Abbey" not only won critical raves and a bundle of shiny awards, it turned into a ratings powerhouse. And Ken Burns had nothing to do with it.

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Too much detail, shallow characters swamp satire

Michael Upchurch The Seattle Times

Last updated Monday, October 3, 2011 - 12:24pm

"KING OF THE BADGERS." By Philip Hensher. Faber & Faber. $26.

The first thing you notice about "King of the Badgers," the new novel by British writer Philip Hensher, is how sharp its descriptive detail can be. For example: "He was a man fat in rolls about the middle, the top of his bald head wet and beaded. His gingery-white hair shocked out to either side, weeks away from a respectable haircut."

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British Prime Minister David Cameron, center, is greeted by Libyans outside the Tripoli Medical Center in Tripoli, Libya Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on Thursday _ the first heads of government to visit Libya since revolutionary forces seized the capital, a major endorsement for the North African nation's new rulers. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, Pool)

British PM urges Gadhafi, followers to 'give up'

Ryan Lucas The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 10:10am

TRIPOLI, Libya -- British Prime Minister David Cameron has sent a strong message to Moammar Gadhafi and his followers still waging war in Libya to "give up" the fight, warning that NATO's mission will continue "as long as it is necessary" to protect Libyans.

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Study chronicles how Americans' health stacks up against the British

Los Angeles Times, Shari Roan

Last updated Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 2:45am

People who live in England tend to have fewer chronic illnesses from age 55 to 64 compared with Americans. But Americans and the English have similar death rates at that age range, and after age 65, Americans have somewhat better survival rates.

The conclusions come from a Rand Corp. study released earlier this month in the journal Demography (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/dem/).

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