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.
Netflix
The many streaming services we all enjoy these days require a constant influx of new content to keep subscribers happy and viewers engaged, which means that American fans are suddenly finding themselves exposed to all manner of international programming we might never have come in contact with otherwise. From the
BritBox
BritBox has released the trailer for its upcoming period drama The Confessions of Frannie Langton, a sumptuous four-part Gothic-style historical tale about love, exploitation, and murder. A rare period piece that actually seems ready to wrestle with the reality of life for Black citizens in a post-slave
MGM+
Given the glut of entertainment companies and streamers that keep rebranding themselves with names that inevitably seem to include a plus sign at the end, you may not be all that familiar with MGM+ just yet. But don't worry; you will be. Formerly known as EPIX, the streamer
Acorn TV
Acorn TV's twisty Irish thriller Bloodlands was one of the streamer's more surprising (and most watched) arrivals in recent years, a seemingly average procedural that turned out to be anything but when it was revealed its primary character, supposed good guy DCI Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt)
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Miss Scarlet & the Duke Season 3 has been a roller coaster of episode quality. "Arabella's" was one of the series' best recent installments, while "Hotel St. Marc" was one of its worst. And now there's "Bloodline," an installment
Classics Revisited
As part of our "Classics Revisited" series, we're looking back at some of our favorite series and movies from years ago. Next up: The 2009 ITV adaptation of Wuthering Heights, which certainly takes some liberties with the text of Emily Bronte's classic novel, but
Doctor Who
Big things are coming to the world of Doctor Who. The iconic sci-fi franchise turns sixty years old in 2023 and will celebrate accordingly, with a trio of anniversary specials that will somehow involve former Doctor David Tennant, former companion Catherine Tate, and new incoming Doctor Ncuti Gatwa. Filming
Netflix
Viewers will likely remember that the third Bridgerton daughter Francesca was largely absent from the second season of the popular period drama that bears her family's surname. And Bridgerton fans will also likely remember the announcement that the role was being recast ahead of Season 3 filming, with
Disney/Hulu
Our collective obsession with superheroes has spread into every facet of our pop culture, from blockbuster films based on popular comic book franchises to sly satires like The Boys and The Umbrella Academy, which gleefully skewer many of the tropes and trends that make the genre so popular. Hulu'
Drama
These days, no matter what country you live in, it seems like we can't get enough stories of true crime. From grisly stories of murder to unhinged tales of scammers, we will absolutely watch them all, and all the better if they're based on real-life
Movies
The Bronte sisters are rightly remembered as trailblazers in the world of literature, a trio of female authors who each penned novels that would go on to be considered wildly controversial and unimpeachable classics by turns, and they basically did it all in whatever the late eighteenth-century version of
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Miss Scarlet & the Duke giveth, and Miss Scarlet & the Duke taketh away. After dropping one of the series' best episodes in recent memory last week with "Arabella's," Season 3 inexplicably follows it up with "Hotel St. Marc," an hour that is.