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
D.H. Lawerence's classic novel Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned immediately when it was published in the 1920s. And largely stayed on the global banned books list for the better part of the century that followed—for reasons that may or may not seem quaint now
Starz
Cable network Starz has become one of the television industry's most unabashedly female-focused programmers, specifically making programming that's not just about women, but aimed squarely at female viewers. From swoony period romances like Outlander to historical dramas about often overlooked or misunderstood female figures like
Sanditon
Fans were thrilled at the surprise resurrection of period drama Sanditon in the spring of 2021. They couldn't wait to return to the quaint seaside resort village as soon as possible. But that announcement also came complete with the news that the series was being renewed for two
Netflix
As someone wise once said, all good things must come to an end. But it's hard not to wish that a conclusion had not come quite so swiftly for Derry Girls, a rare television series that's as successful as a hilarious comedy as it is as
Starz
It's official: Catherine de Medici's reign will continue. Starz has officially renewed its sharp, biting period drama The Serpent Queen for a second season just as the first wrapped up this weekend. The series stars Samantha Morton (Harlots) as the infamous French Queen and aims to
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Given that Eliza Scarlet has been arrested so many times on Miss Scarlet & the Duke that you could make a reasonably extensive montage comprised solely of her various trips to prison and judge's benches, perhaps the biggest surprise about the events of Season 2 episode "A
Doctor Who
As anyone who watched the Doctor Who BBC centenary special "The Power of the Doctor" already knows, something wonky appears to have happened with Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker's regeneration. Because she didn't regenerate—as most of us likely expected—into the new Doctor Ncuti
Apple TV
His Dark Materials star Simone Kirby has joined the sprawling cast of Apple TV+’s still untitled adaptation of Edith Wharton’s classic The Buccaneers. Kirby is probably best known to American audiences for her role as scientist Dr. Mary Malone in the second season of HBO’s Phillip Pullman
Apple TV
Even though the first season of the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses just premiered on the streamer back in April of 2022, its second will be hitting our screens before the holidays and promising to go even more significant than ever before, featuring more personal threats within MI-5 and
Acorn TV
Acorn TV's Whitstable Pearl initially another entry in a crowded field of dramas that feature a random assortment of regular people who suddenly decide to start solving crimes. But what sets this series apart from the rest of the pack is the fact that it's heroine
Netflix
When Netflix initially announced its streaming offerings for October, the buzzy British drama Inside Man was listed, with a release date of TBD. (Likely because the show was still airing in the U.K. at the time.) But, with the drama's conclusion on BBC One, we now know
BBC America
Though cable network BBC America is still a key resource for Anglophiles given that it's the American broadcast home of Doctor Who, its influence has been waning in recent years as more and more streamers enter the crowded marketplace and almost all seem to be offering some kind