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.
Bridgerton
The success of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story has been a highlight of the romance franchise, proving that there are plenty of stories in the tank to be told about the various members of the ton in the Bridgerton universe. However, the series' main trunk is the various members
The Red King
As one of the U.K.'s newest start-up streaming services, Alibi is still building a library of original series to work from. So far, the mystery and detective-oriented niche service have done well, with hits like Annika, The Diplomat, Traces, and We Hunt Together, to name
PBS
American audiences who tune in to PBS' new series Ridley will be able to watch with confidence that it won't be the series only run of episodes. ITV confirmed the show had been renewed for a second season with only a few days until the show'
BritBox
As most assumed, Time will be returning to BritBox for its second season. The series was initially planned as a limited three-episode series set inside a men's prison, starring Sean Bean as an inmate struggling to survive and Stephen Graham as the correctional officer trying to stay
PBS
Once upon a time, there was an Inspector named Morse. Based on the novels by Colin Dexter and starring John Thaw as the titular detective, it was initially broadcast on ITV's regional broadcasters in the mid-1980s. When it came over the next year as part of Masterpiece&
Van der Valk
Van Der Valk Season 3 began filming before the show broadcast Season 2 on PBS and considering the pandemic-enforced delay between Seasons 1 and 2, that was understandable. However, fans were shocked when the first image was released two months after Season 2’s conclusion, revealing substantial cast turnover.
Professor T
The original Belgian mystery comedy series Professor T was the first major hit for Walter Presents on PBS Passport when the anthology series first started streaming in the U.S. in 2019. The series, which starred Koen De Bouw as Jasper Teerlinck, a.k.a. the titular Professor T, ran
Netflix
The Crown no longer holds the record as the most ambitious series a streaming service has ever greenlit (that title has been taken by Max's declared ten-season sight-unseen Potter series). However, it remains one of the pinnacles of Netflix's early ambitions. Six seasons, three
Movies
Biopics of musicians have been major Oscar contenders over the last few years. From Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland in Judy to Rami Malik as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, these have been the type of movies that straddle the line between popular fare that have done well in theaters
Movies
StudioCanal is a major British Indie film and TV producer who brings Anglophiles their favorite shows and movies. The Cannes Market and Film Festival is one of the significant places where its projects land deals to get their projects released. For 2023, the production studio landed several deals, including its
Acorn TV
It's been over a year since Signora Volpe was initially released on Acorn TV in May 2022. The Italian-set series is about disillusioned British spy Sylvia Fox (Emilia Fox), who attempts to retire to the Mediterranean and reconnect with her family, only to have those plans disrupted
PBS
Walter Presents is a familiar brand to those who subscribe to PBS Passport. However, the foreign-language anthology series is still a recent phenomenon for those who still prefer to watch their TV over the air at set times like a person. The show has brought the best of non-