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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At times, Belgravia was exactly what period drams ought to aspire to be - entertaining, with plenty of fancy dresses, soapy gossip, and entertaining upper-class problems. Unfortunately, the show's final hour veers far too frequently into essentially pointless melodrama, complete with continually scheming servants, actual murder attempts, blackmail
Great Expectations
Following the success of his dark take on Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol last year, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight will put a fresh spin on the author's Great Expectations in a new six-part version for BBC One and American cable network FX. This is definitely
The Great
Hulu's new satirical new series The Great isn't your typical period drama. It's not particularly historically accurate. It's often raunchy, full of profane language, and occasionally quite gruesome. And it's also one of the best things you'll watch
Comedy
It's official: Ricky Gervais' bleak but strangely heartwarming comedy After Life, which just returned for its second season on Netflix last month, has already been renewed for a third. The news comes as part of an annoucement that Gervais has also been signed to a larger, multi-
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The penultimate episode of Belgravia is an overstuffed hour of circuitous fake-outs, secrets, and surprise revelations that ultimately feel like they go nowhere, pushing the ultimate pay-off of the truth about Charles Pope's identity to the finale. In all honesty, it's so unnecessary. Would
Cursed
The story of King Arthur can vary widely depending on which version of it you read. But there are some things that are constant - a wizard named Merlin, a Round Table, and Arthur's possession of a magical and powerful sword known as Excalibur. In some versions of this
Beecham House
It's official: Period drama Beecham House is will officially air on Masterpiece this summer. The series has been available to stream for PBS Passport members since March, but has yet to broadcast here in America. But that's about to change at last, and the series will
Black Mirror
Given, well, everything going on in the world right now, it probably shouldn't surprise anyone that creator Charlie Brooker is planning to take a break from his award-winning dystopian science fiction anthology Black Mirror for a bit. After all, when the real world is as terrifying and
The Spanish Princess
Star period drama The Spanish Princess is returning for its second and final season later this year, and we’ve finally got a first look at the new season. (Spoiler alert: It’s very pretty.) The series is the third installment based on Philippa Gregory’s bestselling series of novels,
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As Belgravia continues, everyone's secrets boil ever closer to the surface in an hour mainly serving as a holding pattern for future revelations. This story's two-steps-forward, five-steps-back nature is highly frustrating, as at least three different sets of characters inch ever closer
Talking Heads
As the entertainment world struggles to figure out what the new normal is during the coronavirus pandemic, the BBC greenlights a remake of Alan Bennett’s famous series of Talking Heads monologues with an all-star cast. As you might have guessed from the title, the show is pretty much
Good Omens
If there's ever been a time of late when we all desperately need the intercession of celestial beings, it's probably now - when we're all social distancing and doing our best to stay safe, healthy and sane during the COVID-19 pandemic. Author Neil Gaiman