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.
PBS
Jules Maigret has been a fixture on screens large and small since writer Georges Simenon introduced him to the world in 1931's Pietr-le-Letton (The Strange Case of Peter the Lett). Moreover, actors who have played the role tended to keep to Simenon's description of the Parisian
Movies
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen adaptations come in generational waves. In the 1990s, notable adaptations included Andrew Davies' definitive Pride & Prejudice miniseries, Gwyneth Paltrow's Emma, the Ciaran Hines-Amanda Root adaptation of Persuasion, and the Emma Thompson-Kate Winslet adaptation of Sense & Sensibility.
Netflix
There is nothing more frustrating than a great show failing to gain traction because the network that airs or streams it is too busy imploding to actually do its job of marketing TV shows so that audiences can find them and watch. While Paramount+ and MGM+ have been the poster
MGM+
It was March of 2024, not long after the attempt at relevance with Belgravia Season 2, that MGM+ was revealed to be working on a Peaky Blinders-style series, with Narcos’ creator Chris Brancato stepping up to spearhead the project. Never mind that Belgravia: The Next Generation was as dead on
Netflix
Despite PBS successfully importing the best of British television for nearly forty years, when the streaming revolution hit, it wasn't immediately apparent to most production studios how well contemporary U.K. shows would fare with American audiences. Only Netflix figured it out early on, when it imported most
PBS
A mystery series where the amateur detective is a book merchant who uses his love of history and literature to solve crimes sounds like a show made for PBS. Add stars Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) and Polly Walker (Bridgerton) as the couple in the center of the series who lead the
Netflix
The year 2025 was never going to be an easy one for Bridgerton fans. One of Netflix's most popular series, the show is currently running on an 18-month production cycle between seasonal releases. With Season 3 arriving midway through 2024, there was no way Season 4 was going
Paramount+
We here at Telly Visions were not kind to MobLand, either in the extremely truncated run-up to the series after the streaming service nabbed the series from Showtime or in our initial review. After all, we were talking about a project that had all the makings of a slam-dunk hit
PBS
Grantchester's second episode of its tenth anniversary season starts with its strongest angle: The continuing saga of the life of Geordie Keating and his latest vicar pal. The series doesn't even get to the body until the second act, and then most of what we learn
BBC
One of the best aspects of the U.K.'s primary export being entertainment is that whenever something historically significant happens, it often inspires a BBC-produced TV series. Such was the case with the London 2012 Olympics, which not only was a ratings hit in sporting programs, but also
Feature
Watching a shift in societal mores is usually something that happens at a glacial pace. One looks back after 25 years and discovers that the world has changed from one's childhood, slowly, inexorably, mostly when one was doing other things. But the 2010s were not like that. The
Feature
There was a piece in the Financial Times recently decrying the lack of a monocultural connection as one of the things currently dividing populations; the implication being that siloing oneself entertainment-wise leads to siloing oneself politically. The writer was talking about the U.K., of course, but the same could