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Mystery
After the police procedural of Van Der Valk, Masterpiece's Mystery series moves to a very different sort of thriller for October. Flesh & Blood is a four-part miniseries, a stand-alone thriller that is as much about the interior family drama as it is the exterior violence visited on
Mystery
Van Der Valk's final cold open is broadcasting live from a fashion vlogger's studio. It's going to be an exciting show, as the fashion community is all atwitter over it. However, fashion designer Dani Nioh (Tom York) is worried, as his partner, Heidi Berlin
Reality
It arrived about a month later than usual, but even a pandemic could not keep The Great British Baking Show from bringing us the comforts of Cake Week. But instead of bakers going home every week to practice and returning over the course of ten weekends to film, everyone moved,
Mystery
Van Der Valk's cold open starts in a pool hall, where VDV is not doing well. Hassell is at home, and she's not doing well; as we learn later, her girlfriend has left her, and her stays with VDV may indeed be platonic. Meanwhile, tonight'
The Great Pottery Throw Down
Fans of The Great British Baking Show, rejoice. There's a new reality series arriving stateside from Love Productions, a spinoff of GBBO. It's called The Great Pottery Throw Down, and it's arrived on HBO Max with three full seasons, just in time for fall.
Reality
Fans of The Great British Baking Show have been anxiously watching the news for signs of the series' return. Filming for the new season (for them, Series 11, for us, Season 8) was initially supposed to start in April, just as the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down. But as
Mystery
The 1970s Van Der Valk usually opened with the detective at home, in domestic bliss, until duty calls. Not our new version. The cold open begins with the takedown of a gang leader on a bike, with Piet van Der Valk (Marc Warren) doing a Bond-esque chase scene, taking down
Mystery
After the final season of Poldark last year, Masterpiece's fall season again kicks off with a reboot of a 1970s era series. Based on the Nicolas Freeling novels, Van Der Valk is a mystery series set in present-day Amsterdam, following the adventures of Dutch Detective Commissaris Piet Van
Drama
Writer Daphne du Maurier is most famous for her seminal 1938 novel Rebecca, the story of a young newlywed who arrives home with her new husband, Maxim de Winter, only to discover his first wife's ghost haunts his house. Part of the novel's fame rose from
Mystery
The original Wallander novels were written by author Henning Mankell back in the 1990s. There are 11 books altogether, the first ten of which were published between 1990 and 2004 and then a final one in 2009 after the BBC remake of the Swedish TV series (itself a remake of
Culture
It's been five years since Poldark rolled into Masterpiece in June of 2015. Since then, the show became a fall staple, anchoring the Masterpiece and PBS line-up for the last half-decade. But after five seasons, the show has said goodbye, leaving fans bereft this year. It's
Culture
The year 2020 was supposed to be a banner year for streaming and for British television. Between older services like Acorn TV and new arrivals like HBO Max, there are now eight different streaming services that, in some combination, bring fans content from overseas. But while the pandemic has been