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.
The Crown
Queen Elizabeth II hasn't been gone for 45 days yet, and yet, her story is about to become one of November's most highly anticipated debuts. Netflix's The Crown, which has been chronicling the life of the late monarch decade by decade since 2016, has
AMC/AMC+
The twin projects based on the life of British-naturalised Russian defector Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko, who was allegedly killed by radiation poisoning the Russian government, now have American homes. The Benedict Cumberbatch starrer, Londongrad, had one from the initial announcement, with HBO working with Orwell Productions. Despite the Discovery+ merger turbulence
Reality
It's been 100 years since the formation of The British Broadcasting Company Ltd. The original company was initially a commercial broadcasting company and a joint effort between British and American companies. It wasn't until four years later, on December 31, 1926, that the nascent network was
Peacock
The purpose of science fiction is to explore the paths of technology not yet taken or propose alternative universes where humanity has chosen different priorities. While the latter can make for comforting TV, either in the horrors avoided or utopias established, it's the former that's more
Mystery
Annika begins like most contemporary set British crime series, with a body, a dark and rainy night, a detective, and a delicate indie-type theme song. One might argue that Anton Newcombe and Dot Allison's "Bringing Murder to the Land" is slightly more appropriate than Oh Wonder&
The Great British Baking Show
It's Dessert Week in the tent, as The Great British Baking Show tries to shake off Mexican Week in hopes viewers will quickly forget with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads. Dessert Week is one of those catch-all themes that can be as easy or as
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It's been almost a decade since the BBC originally commissioned Happy Valley in November 2012. Created and written by Sally Wainwright, the police procedural series was as much a cat-and-mouse game between PC Catherine Cawood and the man who'd raped her daughter, Becky, and driven her
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
When Miss Scarlet & the Duke was initially announced in 2019 to be destined for Masterpiece, the show was already in production with a premiere date set in the U.K. of Spring 2020. The show didn't make its debut stateside until January 2021, and with the shutdowns
Good Omens
When the original Good Omens limited series arrived on Prime Video back in May 2019, it was a triumph for author Neil Gaiman, who was badly in need of one. His first prestige TV adaptation, American Gods, was sinking at Starz under the weight of disastrous behind-the-scenes upheaval. His hopes
Mystery
The loss of Nicola Walker as DCI Cassie Stuart from Unforgotten was one of the big dramas of 2021. Though to be fair, her character had been written into a corner, and her passing made sense for the story to continue, it was still a blow to see one of
Van der Valk Season 2
Van der Valk's Season 2 finale begins straightforwardly. Cellist Fleur Mas (Hadewych van Gent) goes to work, performs at a concert, and has a "drink" thrown in her face during the reception, which turns out to be acid, falls screaming, and dies. The next morning, VDV
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials got lucky and unlucky in the BBC's decision to speed greenlight the series and start filming Season 2 before it debuted in November 2019. It meant Season 2 was nearly done when the pandemic hit, with only the final episode altered to make it work.