Ani Bundel has been blogging professionally since 2010. This is her second major independent site launch. A DC native and Keyboard Khaleesi, she spends all her non-writing time photographing her cats. Regular bylines also found on MSNOW.
Netflix
Bridgerton fans won't have long to wait for a return to the Regency Era. Netflix has confirmed Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the Georgia Era set prequel to the hit show, is set to arrive this spring, in the first week of May 2023. Though the original series
Call the Midwife
Call The Midwife's twelve seasons (and counting) is barely a drop in the bucket compared to most British soap operas and hospital dramas. Coronation Street has been going 63 years, Emmerdale for just over 50. It's not even close to the longest-running primetime medical drama either;
Mystery
As is true of nearly all successful murder mysteries based on books (unless you're adapting Agatha Christie), eventually, the source material runs out. It's a mark of the popularity of Vienna Blood that it hit this point and the production's dedication to the Frank
BritBox
Death In Paradise's upcoming spinoff Beyond Paradise is a major deal for the BBC and BritBox. It stars Kris Marshall, the series' most popular detective from the four leads over the show's history, and like The Sister Boniface Mysteries, there's a built-in loyal
Drama
Valentine's Day may be a holiday semi-invented by a conspiracy of florists, chocolatiers, and Hallmark, but that doesn't make it any less of a symbol. It is the halfway point for the shortest (and, let's face it, dreariest) month of the year. Even if
Acorn TV
Most people in the U.S. know Graham Norton as the host of his own titular TV talk show, which is one of the very few British imports BBC America still manages to keep on lock. A few know him as the voice of the U.K.'s Eurovision
Netflix
It is said that success can go to the head of actors and celebrities and that they forget where they come from. However, Idris Elba not only keeps it real, one might argue that he has trouble letting go. Luther, the show which put him on the map, ran its
FX
Charles Dickens may not quite have the sheer span of centuries as Shakespeare does, but as one of England’s most famous writers, his estate isn’t letting a little thing like “born ~200 years after Shakespeare died” get in the way of that. Give us a couple hundred more
Apple TV
Apple TV+ originally came out of the gate in 2019 with all of four original series, a paltry amount of content considering its direct competitors like Disney+ and HBO Max had entire libraries on offer. However, unlike Netflix, which handled the competition by sheer dint of numbers, releasing 60+ original
BritBox
Anglophiles who follow British TV when it launches on iPlayer, ITVX, All4, etc., are aware that shows rarely debut on both sides of the pond on the same day. Unless it's a significant flagship series (Doctor Who), a show that's been a major hit in both
HBO & HBO Max
Kate Winslet is staying booked and busy, partnering with HBO for two projects she leads and co-produces. Perhaps to cover all her bases, the series she's diving into each comes from one side of the pond, with one limited series production based on the American author Hernan Diaz&
Movies
Guy Ritchie initially revealed his next project would be The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare back in February 2021, but it wasn't until December 2022 that a cast began to come together. A World War II-set feature film, like several recent period piece 1940s era war dramas, will once