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Peacock
Trigger Point was one of several British acquisitions picked up by Peacock in 2022 to expand its footprint in the streaming world. Had the streaming service a better edge in the market, the series could've been the breakthrough title the struggling service needed. Unfortunately, it didn't
IFC
As AMC Networks struggles to find its footing in the new entertainment landscape, its network of niche brands is finding strength in crossing their streams. AMC+ and horror streamer Shudder have been sharing movies, BBC America feeds AMC+ and AMC, the cable channel, and Acorn TV is letting everyone taste
Comedy
Most British dramas do not run on an open-ended format like American ones. It can cause problems, for example, Killing Eve, where the British team behind it was not prepared for AMC to constantly renew the series, and it eventually went off the rails. However, most of the time, this
MGM+
Julian Fellowes' follow-ups to Downton Abbey have struggled to follow in the wake of global success. Though Belgravia didn't spend a decade in development hell moving from platform to platform like The Gilded Age or attempt to make Americans care about English footballing history like The English
Drama
The BBC had a run of hit programming during the 2021-2022 TV season, with Vigil, The Tourist, Time, and The Responder all received as critical darlings with high viewer ratings. All four were renewed in a batch drop announcement in May 2022, despite both Time and The Tourist being designed
All Creatures Great and Small
Since the debut of the second season of All Creatures Great & Small, viewers have known the series would be back for two more seasons. The two-season renewal announcement came on January 10, 2022, less than 24 hours after the Season 2 premiere on PBS. Moreover, the when of filming
Citadel
We here at Telly Visions concentrate on British TV series and movies (and Canadian/Australian/New Zeland based productions, sometimes with a side of German or French fare). However, the major streaming services we cover are all American-based, and most of what they produce is American-focused. Netflix has been trying
BritBox
The BBC initially commissioned Season 1 of The Cleaner in August 2020, during what felt like a never-ending pandemic. The show's premise was inspired by the times, starring a guy in the hazmat suit whose job was to come in and clean and disinfect various locations after the
Paramount+
Paramount+'s deep dive into British and European TV series is already paying dividends, even if its titles have not yet reached American shores. The streaming service spent the back half of 2022 greenlighting project after project to help build out its service beyond the very American Star Trek
Disney/Hulu
Even in the time of Web 3.0, there's nothing like a simple message board to attract readers. Here in the states, the most popular seems to be Reddit's famous AITA (Am I The [Expletive]?), the letters from which regularly go viral. In the U.K.
BritBox
The curse cast upon the detective inspectors of Death In Paradise's St. Marie may at long last be ending. Following the conclusion of Season 12, the BBC has confirmed that the long-running tropical island set mystery series has been recommissioned for two more seasons, taking the show'
BritBox
ITV's The Bay premiered in March 2019, starring Morven Christie as DS Lisa Armstrong, the Family Liaison Officer (FLO) for the fictional West Lancashire Police Service. A single mother of two, the first season centered around the case of a missing pair of twins, only for Armstrong to