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.
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AMC Networks' streaming service AMC Premiere will be the American home for Downton Abbey alum Laura Carmichael's new series, an adaptation of the literary thriller The Secrets She Keeps. The noir-ish thriller is based on a book of the same name by Michael Robotham, which tells the
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The full trailer for Netflix's upcoming female-led Arthurian retelling, Cursed, is here, and it's pretty much everything we wanted it to be. There's a group of red-robed monks busy hunting down the magical Fey folk, talking of a war against magic. A young woman
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Huzzah! The Great, Hulu's frothy, mostly inaccurate, and utterly delightful take on the life of a young Catherine the Great, will officially return for a second season. Elle Fanning stars as Catherine in this self-styled "occasionally true story" opposite Nicholas Hoult as her husband Peter III.
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Here’s a fact that may surprise you: With this episode, we’re now officially halfway through Beecham House Doesn’t it...feel like we should be further along in this story? Or, at least, really even know what the story the show’s trying to tell is? Sigh. Look,
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Outlander star Sam Heughan has joined Crazy Rich Asians' Constance Wu and an all-star cast for the upcoming period romantic comedy Mr. Malcolm's List. The Jane Austen-inspired comedy of manners centers on Mr. Jeremy Malcom, one of nineteenth-century London's most eligible bachelors. He is, as
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In the wake of the show's Season 2 renewal, cable network AMC announced that it will bring hit Sky crime drama Gangs of London to America later this year. The ten-part series tells the story of a city that's being torn apart by the turbulent power
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Popular BBC relationship thriller The Nest will come to America this summer, courtesy of streaming platform Acorn TV. The five-part series stars Line of Duty's Martin Compston, Gentleman Jack's Sophie Rundle and Sex Education's Mirren Mack in a messy, complicated story of family, dreams,
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Beecham House is so frustrating precisely because it should be good. On paper, it’s a story that hasn’t really be done before, set in a period we rarely get to see in shows like this. In actuality, however, it’s a trope-filled retread with tremendously dull storytelling, generally
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In the wake of a new theatrical version of Emma and the U.S. broadcast of Sanditon earlier this year, 2020 has proven a pretty great year to be a Jane Austen fan. And with everything going on in the world right now, there may still be no better time
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Ben Whishaw is set to star in a new BBC adaptation of NHS doctor Adam Kay's bestselling memoir This is Going to Hurt. The book is based on Kay’s own diaries, which tell the unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynecology. Whishaw
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Netflix fantasy drama Cursed, a female-focused retelling of the King Arthur legend from the perspective of the Lady of the Lake, will officially premiere this July. An adaptation of a YA graphic novel from author Tom Wheeler and illustrated by Frank Miller, the series will aim to tell the story
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New Masterpiece period drama Beecham House is stunning to look at. The sets are lush, the costumes are beautiful and the world of eighteenth-century Delhi leaps to life onscreen. Unfortunately, the show’s beautiful veneer is forced to cover over a multitude of cracks. The first episode of the series