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.
Sci-Fi
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle probably didn't realize when he wrote Sherlock Holmes that he'd be setting a formula aped by mystery stories for the next 150 years. But the popularity of the "World's Greatest Detective," combined with backroom dealings of copyright law,
Drama
HBO Max has become quite the destination site for British programming since it's launch last May. Its cable subscription namesake, HBO, has been known for years for co-producing and importing some of the U.K.'s best programming. From Chernobyl to I May Destroy You, HBO is
The Great Pottery Throw Down
After a decade on the air and several seasons on Netflix, The Great British Baking Show has become a fall staple for reality show fans. Now it looks like HBO Max is hoping to create the spring rejoinder with Love Productions' other hit reality series, The Great Pottery Throwdown.
Mystery
It took a couple of years before the cold case series Unforgotten made its way across the pond. Two seasons of the mystery had already aired overseas before the show arrived on PBS Masterpiece's schedule in 2018. But the series was a surprise hit in the spring of
Drama
When Killing Eve first burst on the scene, it was the biggest hit BBC America had produced in years. Conceived of and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the recasting of the spy-vs-spy trope with two women was a revelation. It took Sandra Oh from a former Grey's Anatomy star
Drama
BBC One has announced the follow-up to 2018's A Very English Scandal is finally a go at the network. The first installment of the series, produced by Blueprint Pictures, was a critical hit both on both sides of the pond with partner Amazon Studios, taking home Emmys, Golden
Mystery
It took Bodyguard hitting big on Netflix before American TV networks took Line of Duty seriously. The U.K. crime procedural became a phenomenon over the first four seasons, making it Jed Mercurio's first major hit on the BBC. But Line of Duty's relegation to BBC
Mystery
With a new craving for prestige BBC-level content in America, the BBC has been going back to the well to revive older classics. In 2020, that brought viewers Black Narcissus, an update on the novel turned hit film from the mid-20th century. Though it stayed a minor hit on streaming
Mystery
Masterpiece kicked off 2021 with a bang, with the double whammy hits of All Creatures Great & Small and Miss Scarlet & The Duke. Fans already know Season 2 of All Creatures was announced before the show even hit stateside. Though PBS hasn't confirmed it yet, the supposition
Drama
This spring will be light on British dramas over on PBS due to the ongoing delays in filming overseas. But the good news is that Netflix and other streamers will be here to supplement programming, bringing new types of dramas that anglophiles might otherwise have missed. When most people think
Mystery
When HBO Max first launched in May of 2020, it promised anglophiles a new avenue of streaming their favorite programs by picking up all of BBC America's current library. But the high-profile shows at the streamer's launch were all American-based. Though there were some international distribution
Culture
As the streaming wars in the U.S. heat up, the big beneficiaries are the viewers who love overseas shows. Content is king, and American studios can only make so many shows a year. That means several streamers are turning to British shows to fill the gaps; Netflix, for example,