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
It's been nearly 30 years since the last episodic television adaptation of Maigret was launched. However, there was a time when the titular French detective from Georges Simenon's best-selling novels was a staple of European television. From 1960 to 2005, there were no less than eight
HBO & HBO Max
Since the launch of Max (nee HBO Max) in the summer of 2020, its parent companies (first AT&T, now Warner Bros. Discovery) have imported and co-produced British comedies. Not that most people are aware of it; AT&T assumed if you stream it, they would magically find
Movies
We Live in Time has been on the awards buzz radar since it was first announced in 2023. The film stars Florence Pugh (Little Women) and Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven) as the main couple in a dramatic romance. She's a chef with big dreams; he
BBC
Every actor cites two rules as they break them: Never work with children or animals. The theory behind this statement is that working with either requires working with someone who cannot yet fully understand they are acting. But what if the adaptation you're undertaking is a child-centric series?
Netflix
The process of transferring a beloved TV show to a feature film is never easy, but there are two directions productions usually take. The first, like with Downton Abbey, is to bring everybody back—all for one, one for all, no replacements for Mrs. Patmore or Lord Merton. Everyone comes
Acorn TV
Canada's longest-running, most-watched period mystery series, Murdoch Mysteries, is preparing to return to the Canadian airwaves in the fall of 2024 for its 18th season. One of the last bastions of linear September-May TV scheduling left that falls within our purview, the series still airs 22 episodes a
PBS
On paper, Ridley looks like a winning formula: take actor Adrian Dunbar, already a beloved household name in the U.K. for playing the self-righteous Irish-Catholic head of the internal corruption unit in Line of Duty, and give him his own detective show to anchor. Dunbar comes ready-made with a
Netflix
Since 2016, it has felt like the U.S. is on the verge of a nervous breakdown every four years heading into November. But no matter how awful it is out in the world, there's been one safe place for everyone to go every autumn: The Tent on
PBS
There wasn't much that went right in 2020. However, Masterpiece's decision to board the remake of All Creatures Great & Small (despite the fact the original never actually aired as part of their anthology) was one of the few decisions no one can argue with. After
PBS
Van der Valk continues to operate as one of Masterpiece’s under-the-radar series. The reboot of the Dutch mystery series that aired in the 1970s and was revived in the 1990s has been a solid player, holding down the September slots during the pandemic years. Since 2023, it’s morphed
Movies
It’s tough sometimes for the TV and film industry when one of the world’s most famous British women authors only wrote six books. Jane Austen is so beloved by the British public and readers around the globe that her face is literally on the £10 note. But there
Netflix
If it's September, then that can only mean one thing: Christmas is coming. You know it's true, Spooky Season People. Despite your love of Halloween and all things that go bump in the night, retailers are already one foot out the door on pumpkins and well