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.
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
Prime Video released the first batch of photos from its upcoming revenge thriller Wilderness, a series about a seemingly happy couple whose marriage falls apart when one learns the other is cheating—and decides to take payback into her own hands. Based on the novel of the same name by
Sundance Now
It's a truth universally acknowledged that often real life can be a whole lot stranger (and often much, much darker) than fiction. This, of course, is a big part of the reason that the true crime genre is so enduringly popular. And the story of Irish criminal and
Netflix
The world of period drama is steadily getting bigger. Not only are we (finally!) getting more stories focused on British periods outside of the Regency (Mary & George, Monstrous Beauty), lavish foreign dramas are rapidly picking up the slack when it comes to historical dramas set outside the United Kingdom.
PBS
The second episode of Grantchester Season 8 doesn't waste any time on set-up, immediately jumping back into events of last week's dramatic cliffhanger, namely, whether Will Davenport killed a man. And, despite the suspicions of some of us (read: me) that this twist might be
PBS
While PBS is rightly known for the high-caliber British mysteries and sprawling period dramas that can be found under the Masterpiece banner, it's also quietly building a name for itself as a digital and broadcast home for international offerings. Thanks to its embrace of the anthology franchise
MGM+
Generally, when we think of the legend of King Arthur, certain things come to mind: Handsome knights and ladies fair engaging in the delicate rituals of courtly love in the shining kingdom of Camelot, a boy pulling a sword from a stone to near-universal acclaim; all with a powerful
Starz
Though they're used to it now, Outlander fans face another substantial gap between new episodes. Though new episodes are airing, the show's penultimate eighth season will take a break at its midpoint and won't return to finish its run until an as-yet-undetermined
Apple TV
For all that French general turned emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is one of history's most famous figures, the entertainment world has yet to produce a definitive onscreen version of his story. (Not for lack of desire — even Stanley Kubrick was trying to make a Napoleon movie back in the
PBS
Grantchester is something of an oddity in the British mystery world — a character-focused drama in which the crime is often the least important thing happening in any given episode. Rather than set up elaborate red herrings to surprise viewers with the identity of who committed any given crime, the
Call the Midwife
These days there are few things more certain in British television than new seasons of Call the Midwife. The megapopular period drama about the nuns and midwives serving the poor of London's East End first premiered in 2012, and is still going strong over a decade later, breezing
World On Fire
While World War II dramas can sometimes seem like they're a dime a dozen within the world of British entertainment, Masterpiece's sprawling World on Fire has set itself apart by telling this familiar story in a completely fresh and unexpected way. The drama aims to tell
Movies
Damian Lewis is the sort of actor one tends to associate with prestige drama --- he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his starring role in the spy thriller Homeland, but his career has spanned series ranging from period dramas (Wolf Hall) to adaptations of literary classics (A Spy