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.
HBO & HBO Max
When the Victorian London set fantasy series The Nevers was set to debut in the old Game of Thrones timeslot in 2021; it was heralded as the next big British fantasy series. Starring a who’s who lineup of Laura Donnelly (Outlander), Ann Skelly (Red Rock), James Norton (Grantchester), Tom
Sci-Fi
If it sometimes feels like trying to figure out what channel British content is coming to and where it is a game of endless whack-a-mole, you're not alone. While American streamers and broadcast/cable networks duke it out for survival on the commercial TV playing field of relevance,
Netflix
Despite what you may think, Matilda the Musical is not based on the popular 1996 movie Matilda that launched the career of Mara Wilson. Both are based on the same source material, Roald Dahl's beloved 1980s-era novel, Matilda. However, the new film that is out in limited release
Disney/Hulu
Hulu's relationship with Irish network RTE has been paying dividends since initially getting involved with Normal People via the streaming service's standing relationship with BBC Three. The follow-up, Conversations With Friends, was a little too long but still a decent-sized draw. However, having run out of
MGM+
Amazon’s takeover of MGM closed in the spring of 2022, but the effects are only starting to be felt beyond the complete migration of all James Bond titles to Prime Video. As part of the deal, Amazon inherited Epix, the streaming service MGM owned as part of Epix Entertainment
The Great Pottery Throw Down
There are many ways to measure a show's success on TV. There are Neilsen ratings and streaming rankings, social media stats, and how many articles are written about it. In the U.K., there's one more measurement of success: The Holiday Special. From the Classic Doctor
His Dark Materials
It seems hard to remember now, but when BBC One and HBO announced they were finally getting His Dark Materials off the ground to series, it was an exciting development for fans of the book. Unlike George R.R. Martin, who knew enough about the industry to keep A Song
BritBox
BritBox's December 2022 offerings may be throwbacks to the streaming service's original intent, but that's just the deep breath before the ITV and BBC owned hurls itself bodily into 2023. The service is getting into producing originals in a big way, with plans for
Movies
There is a small coterie of directors who can set their next projects and have the production studios come to compete. Sir Samuel Mendes, CBE, happens to be one of them, ever since making his name on the Oscar powerhouse film American Beauty in 1999. That the film has not
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
Amazon originally greenlit The Rig, a supernatural thriller, back in the doldrums of the 2020 lockdowns. At the time, it was the first commissioned series planned to be filmed entirely in Scotland, with Amazon utilizing the brand new FirstStage Studios, a film and TV studio space in Edinburgh which had
MGM+
Since announcing its first slate of four originals in 2020, BritBox UK has undergone significant changes, not the least of which was the BBC leaving the British side of the enterprise after ITV moved it under its streaming service, ITVX. The fate of the titles BritBox was producing varied: Magpie
Now Stream This
It's the end of 2022, and the holidays are in full swing in most places, from Christmas carols in shops to emails blanketing your inbox with gift-giving ideas. Streaming services are also getting in on the act, with Christmas movies and specials all heading this way for the