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.
BritBox
Whether you know it or not, you've probably heard about Britain's infamous Mitford sisters before. The family, which contained everything from Nazis and communists to journalists and satirists, was essentially the reality TV stars of their day, and the antics of the six Mitford sisters have
Peacock
Buckle up, reality TV lovers: The Traitors aren't going anywhere. The series, which features nearly two dozen reality stars descending upon a Scottish castle where host Alan Cumming encourages them to lie, betray, and (metaphorically) murder one another for money, has been renewed for Seasons 4 and 5.
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
Prime Video has announced that A Very Royal Scandal will premiere this September. It is the third installment in its popular Scandal anthology, after 2018's award-winning A Very English Scandal, which starred Hugh Grant (Paddington 2) and Ben Whishaw (This Is Going To Hurt), and its 2021 follow-up,
HBO & HBO Max
It’s no secret that The Gilded Age’s cast is....well, let’s just call it large. Sprawling. Expansive, even. Boasting a roster that included two dozen series regulars in its second season and even more recurring roles, the HBO period drama had the most extensive ensemble cast on
Netflix
Netflix has finally set a premiere date for the return of its buzzy political thriller The Diplomat, one of its biggest and most surprising hits of the last year. The contemporary political drama stars Emmy winner Keri Russell (The Americans) as Kate Wyler, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to
Disney/Hulu
Hulu has confirmed that Rivals, a scandalous, soapy drama bursting with all the scandal and excess that 1980s England can offer, will officially be coming to the streamer this Fall. The series, which adapts Dame Jilly Cooper's bestselling novel of the same name, follows all the sex, romance,
Starz
As The Serpent Queen enters the back half of its second season, viewers have seen plenty of complicated alliances, romantic entanglements, and political crises both at home and abroad. Despite Queen Catherine de Medici's (Samantha Morton) best efforts, religious strife and general unrest is spreading throughout France, and
Movies
Kenneth Branagh is probably best known as an actor, thanks to his performances in films ranging from the 1993 adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing to his 2023 take on Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in A Haunting in Venice. But what you may not have
BBC
Filming has officially wrapped on King & Conqueror, the epic, eight-part BBC period drama that aims to explore the lives of the two men who helped shape the identity of England — and the future of Europe — as we understand it today. The drama will follow the story of Harold Godwinson,
PBS
Grantchester's ninth season ends much as it lived, with an hour that is...fine, if generally unremarkable. There is nothing shocking about this final hour, which makes a vague attempt at raising the stakes for several characters only to essentially reset things to the series' baseline status
Channel 4
Channel 4’s upcoming adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s debut novel Trespasses has landed some serious star power behind it. The book, which follows a Catholic teacher living in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and her scandalous romance with a Protestant man, was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for
Netflix
Rumors have been swirling about a Peaky Blinders movie for so long that it's honestly a bit jarring to see the production engine that will return the Shelby family to our screens begin to rumble to life. But, as they say, good things come to those who wait,