Lacy's love of British TV primarily involves evangelizing all things Doctor Who and watching as many period dramas as possible. York apologist and Ninth Doctor enthusiast, you can find her other writing all around the entertainment web.
Becoming Elizabeth
Premium cable network Starz has released the first look at its upcoming period drama Becoming Elizabeth, an eight-episode series that aims to explore an oft-ignored aspect of the famous Elizabeth Tudor's life: Her youth. The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth saw her
Movies
The trailer for A24's upcoming adaptation of The Green Knight is here, and it's everything any epic fantasy fan could ask for. The film is loosely based on the medieval alliterative verse poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an anonymous chivalric romance written in the
A Discovery of Witches
Mark your calendars, A Discovery of Witches fans. The series highly anticipated (and highly addictive) second season will come to an American cable network near you this June. After a successful run on AMC streaming platforms Sundance Now and Shudder, the popular supernatural romance will come to broadcast television on
Dodger
Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston will lead the cast of Dodger, a new story set in the world of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. The ten-part family drama will be set prior to the events of Dicken's famous novel and will follow the exploits of
The Drowning
Hit identity thriller The Drowning comes to America on not one but two streaming platforms this week. The drama will debut in full on Thursday, May 6 in a simultaneous premiere on streaming services Acorn TV and Sundance Now. The series aired in the U.K. earlier this year and
Tom Hollander
British drama Us will arrive on PBS' Masterpiece this summer, a heartfelt, witty story about a family on the edge of breaking apart. Based on a novel by best-selling author David Nicholls, Us follows the story of a couple who embark on a long-planned grand tour of
Movies
What a time to be a Jane Austen fan: It looks like we're getting not one but two new versions of Persuasion headed to our screens in the not too distant future. According to The Hollywood Reporter, streaming giant Netflix is producing its own updated take on Austen&
Domina
When American audiences think of period dramas, our minds tend to go immediately to England in Tudor, Victorian, or Regency times and popular shows like Bridgerton, Victoria, Downton Abbey, or The Tudors. But that's certainly not the case with the upcoming drama Domina, a new series that aims
The War Rooms
Jenna Coleman has been tapped to star in the upcoming drama The War Rooms, a series that will explore the untold stories of the women who lived, loved, and triumphed in Winston Churchill’s secret Whitehall bunker during World War II. Coleman will play Joan Bright, an unsung hero of
Death and Nightingales
Mark your calendars, period drama fans. Premium cable network Starz is set to air the 2018 BBC series Death and Nightingales next month. The three-part drama is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Eugene McCabe and stars The Fall's Jamie Dornan, The Nevers&
Actors and Actresses
Award-winning actress Ruth Wilson has the sort of wide-ranging career that encompasses both period classics (Jane Eyre) and groundbreaking contemporary gems (Luther). She’s also one of those performers whose work is generally so consistently great that we often forget to talk about how great it is. (For
Actors and Actresses
Every so often, a piece of horrible news lands in your lap that feels like the equivalent of being punched in the face. Such is the announcement that Helen McCrory, a powerhouse actress that has starred in everything from Peaky Blinders to Harry Potter, passed away at the age of