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The Doll Factory
Paramount+, the streamer with the most extensive growing slate of U.K. originals outside of Netflix's already established U.K. brand, has added another title to the lineup. The Doll Factory is an adaptation of the bestselling debut novel of the same name by Elizabeth Macneal. The story
Movies
Jo March once complained, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents." However, in the entertainment business, two titles are must-haves to properly experience the holiday season. The first, The Nutcracker, is a theatrical staple danced by ballet corps large and small from November until January
Welcome to Wrexham
The new season of Ted Lasso would normally be premiering on Apple TV+ right about now, but delays in filming the third and final season means production is still ongoing. However, those looking to fill that "Americans try to save a football team" hole in their schedule are
Bridgerton
Bridgerton Season 3 is getting underway, and it is apparently "Polin" season as the 'ton returns to London for another round of the marriage mart. The Netflix series based on the Julia Quinn novels has thrown aside any pretense of following the books as it grows in
Magpie Murders
PBS is presenting an all-female detective lineup this Fall, and the show firmly ensconced at the center of this block of mystery programming is the highly anticipated new series Magpie Murders. Based on the 2016 novel by British author Anthony Horowitz and adapted by the same, the story is
Theater
When the BBC greenlit a little six-episode reality series called The Great British Bake Off to help raise money for the annual Children in Need charity programming block, it could not have imagined the juggernaut it would turn into. There are multiple hit spinoffs in other countries, like The
Grantchester
Despite having had sex with her exactly once, Grantchester begins with Will lying on the floor of the church, declaring his undying love for Maya and begging God to tell him what to do. It's very Will, as is meeting her in secret to tell her it will
Doctor Who
In November 1963, a small black and white children's program to teach youngsters science and history debuted on the BBC. Those who wrote and filmed "An Unearthly Child" had no idea that by the 202s, their little science fiction series Doctor Who would have become one
Darby and Joan
Not quite a year ago, Acorn TV announced it was ordering Darby and Joan, a new mystery series, from producer CJZ, the same company behind the hit My Life Is Murder. The odd couple crime-solvers are known in Australian society as "grey nomads," retirees who give up
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The era of prestige TV has been studded with big-budget adaptations of significant works. The trend started with Game of Thrones, but it's become almost a requirement for streaming services to have a marquee franchise title where episodes cost millions, from Netflix's Stranger Things and
Comedy
Netflix's Sex Education is undergoing some growing pains. The successful series, which has launched multiple A-list careers in the last year, is losing cast members right and left ahead of filming for Season 4, which is scheduled to start later this summer. Some are due to the
Great Expectations
FX announced its team up with the BBC for a new adaptation of Great Expectations back at the start of the year, with filming getting underway in April 2022 with Olivia Colman (The Crown) headlining as the famous Miss Haversham, she of the white wedding dress she never takes off.