Writer Janet Mullany is from England, drinks a lot of tea, and likes Jane Austen, reading, and gasping in shock at costumes in historical TV dramas. Her household near Washington DC includes a badly-behaved cat about whom she frequently boasts.
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Jean White is the last patron at the Sainte-Vincent library as this week’s episode of The Madame Blanc Mysteries opens, chatting with the guard, Thomas (Henry Zammit Cordina), as she’s packing up. An exhibit of Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of intoxication, is closing this week, as the
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The sixth episode of Atlantic Crossing opens with two American soldiers going off shift at the Opana Radar Site in Hawaii; one is anxious to get away, but the other wants to stay and improve his skills. He sees something unusual on the equipment, but when they contact their superiors,
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This week’s episode of The Madame Blanc Mysteries begins as Charlie Brodeur (Sanchia McCormack), co-owner of antique store Brodeur & White, is shutting up shop for the day, looking forward to an evening out with her partner, Simone (Djinda Kane). Her Aunt Fifi (Marcella Teuma) is now alone
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Atlantic Crossing’s midpoint opens with a scene of a crowd outside the White House protesting America’s involvement in the war after the introduction of the Lend-Lease Bill. Inside, Eleanor Roosevelt reminds her husband that many Americans are disappointed in his actions, and he points out that many
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Acorn TV’s fourth series of The Madame Blanc Mysteries opens with the holiday episode, which aired in December 2024 in the U.K. on Channel 5, back-to-back with what is technically the first episode of Season 4 in the U.K., but listed here as Season 4,
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The fourth episode of Atlantic Crossing begins as the previous one did: in the White House pool. But this time, Roosevelt swims alone, and we hear his musings on how his life, and his control over it, have been changed. But as the monologue continues, as the President dresses, Missy
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Episode 3 of Atlantic Crossing opens in Scotland, where Olav and General Fleisher (Stig R. Amdam) are gloomily drilling the Norwegian Brigade. The recruits are volunteers from whaling ships, who may have a great attitude and harpoon skills, but are of little use since the Allies won’t allow them
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In the opening episode of Atlantic Crossing, we saw the invasion of Norway in a new world order where official neutrality counts for nothing. Crown Princess Märtha and her children have escaped over the border to Sweden, where Ambassador Florence Harriman advises her to leave; Sweden is full of spies,
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“Hello, cowboy,” says Crown Princess Märtha of Norway (Sofia Helin) to her Stetson-wearing consort, Crown Prince Olav (Tobias Santelmann) as the new Masterpiece drama Atlantic Crossing kicks off. It’s 1939, and they’re aboard a train on a goodwill visit to the U.S., having lots of fun
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light's final two episodes, called "Mirror" and "Light," respectively, portray the shocking downfall of Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) as precipitated by his selection of Anne of Cleves (Dana Herfurth) as Henry's fourth wife. But in reality,
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Wolf Hall is dominated by themes of marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth, a primary concern for the first two generations of Tudors, which only loomed larger as Henry started going through wives like tissue paper, as he does in The Mirror & the Light. The Church controlled marriages for centuries in
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Wolf Hall’s spectacular settings are one of the joys of the series, both in the 2015 original and in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. However, viewers may wonder if every historic building used in the series is correct to the 1530s. The answer is no, that wouldn’