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.
Movies
Fresh off his French medieval epic The Last Duel, directly Ridley Scott will turn his gaze to the Napoleonic era with Kitbag, but he won't be taking his most recent leading lady with him. Duel star Jodie Comer was initially attached to play Josephine Bonaparte in the upcoming
Peaky Blinders
The BBC released the first trailer for the final season of Peaky Blinders, which promises a dark, chaotic end to the popular period gangster series. Set in Birmingham, England in the aftermath of World War I, the story follows the exploits of Tommy Shelby and his family, leaders of the
The Larkins
The basic concept of this week's episode of The Larkins is simple. Ma's sister Bertha - who is, naturally, her complete opposite in virtually every conceivable way - comes to visit the farm and friction ensues. And, as such things go, it's fine. I mean, there&
Comedy
it's true, popular Apple TV+ comedy Ted Lasso isn't precisely a British series. But it's such a good show, with such decidedly British sensibilities (I mean, it basically had a Christmas special last season) that it seems basically built in a lab to appeal
Killing Eve
The highly anticipated fourth season of cat-and-mouse thriller Killing Eve arrives in just a couple of months, and BBC America has given us a rather fantastic holiday present: The first real trailer for the final run of episodes. (Granted, it's only 30 seconds long, but at
The Larkins
It seems unlikely that anyone is watching Acorn TV's The Larkins for its high-stakes drama. There really isn't any. Each episode usually features an overarching plot, but none of them are what you might call deep. This week, the hour's larger "story&
Bridgerton
Netflix gave Bridgerton fans the best Christmas gift of all this year: An official premiere date for Season 2. (And one that's so much sooner than most of us likely expected!) The first season of Bridgerton dropped on Christmas Day in 2020, a colorful, confectionary swirl of romance
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As we emotionally prepare ourselves to enter the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, maybe we shouldn't be surprised that the virus is now infiltrating our pop culture in more concrete ways than simply causing the shows we love to arrive on our screens months after they were
Culture
For a year that was again frequently marred by shutdowns and production setbacks, there've been a surprising number of great releases on our screens in 2021. Granted, most of them arrived in a flurry through the latter half of the year as those same delays eased (though our
The Larkins
The Larkins' third episode, "In Which Ma and Pa Go on Holiday," is basically exactly what it says on the tin, and no one is likely at all surprised, or even remotely upset, by that fact. Part of the appeal of this show is its quiet straightforwardness,
Comedy
Though many viewers likely have some mixed opinions about the way that the second season of the award-winning comedy Ted Lasso wrapped up, it's hard to argue the idea that the Apple TV+ series is one of the sweetest, most heartwarming things on any platform at the
Killing Eve
It's the end of an era, sort of. While acclaimed drama Killing Eve will only have aired four seasons and fewer than 40 episodes by the time its final credits roll, the dark drama that followed the story of an intelligence agent and the assassin with whom she