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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HBO Max's Starstruck is honestly one of the unsung gems of the Peak TV era, a charming, winsome, and incredibly intelligent romantic comedy that deftly mixes heart and humor into something that feels like a breath of fresh air onscreen. Thankfully, those of you may have slept on
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As we celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the second English queen named Elizabeth, it's worth asking ourselves why, nearly 500 years after her reign began, we as a culture are still so fascinated by the first. Perhaps it's because Elizabeth Tudor represents so much that we
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Fresh off his Oscar nomination for The Power of the Dog, Benedict Cumberbatch is apparently gunning for another one. He's set to star in United 93 director Paul Greengrass' upcoming period drama about the Peasants Revolt, which will likely be full of the sort of sweeping spectacle
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As most Anglophiles probably know, there's a long theatrical tradition in the British entertainment community. Perhaps it's because they all hail from the land of William Shakespeare or, more likely, the vibrant culture of regional theaters and acting schools in the U.K. means that it&
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Prepare your emotions, Ted Lasso fans. It's looking more and more likely that the series will indeed end after its third season, which is currently in production. And to be fair, the team behind the megapopular football comedy has always been pretty upfront about the fact that the
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Though Season 1 of charming crime caper The Outlaws only arrived on Prime Video back in April, a second season of the comedy is coming sooner than most of us probably expected. Before the end of the summer, in fact! It's thanks to a rare positive confluence of
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American network The CW is not usually considered a destination location for anglophile-friendly television (even though it is the network that tried (and sadly failed) to bring Taskmaster to U.S. shores). That said, it has had some success in recent years with splashy historical dramas like Reign, a generally
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Apple TV+ is moving quickly with Slow Horses, granting the espionage drama a two-season renewal in the wake of its just-completed first season. The drama, which is based on the popular Slough House series of spy novels by Mick Herron, stars Oscar-winner Gary Oldman as the head of a division
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Netflix has released the trailer for the new Rowan Atkinson comedy Man vs. Bee and...it's pretty much exactly what you'd expect from the title. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, by the way. Atkinson rose to global fame starring in shows that helped
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Though English novelist Daphne du Maurier is probably best known for Rebecca, a Gothic story of gaslighting and murder that remains so popular it has never once gone out of print since it first hit shelves in 1938, she was a prolific author who penned multiple other notable works of
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The first season of Showtime's We Hunt Together was the rare crime drama that actually tried to do something different in this particular genre space. An out-of-the-box-style crime thriller, it told the story of a series of murders and the cat-and-mouse chase to find the culprit that focused
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Britbox has officially set the date for its next true crime original: The Barking Murders is set to arrive on the streaming service this June. The three-part drama tells the story of notorious Essex serial rapist and murderer Stephen Port, who drugged and killed four gay men in London in