Feature
Our long international literary adaptation nightmare is over. Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, and Kate Phillips are back on our screens for the next six weeks, and while a great many things are not remotely all right with either the worlds of Tudor England or the present day, at least we
Disney/Hulu
Whether you’re calling it Season 2, Season 15, or Season 41, a new season of Doctor Who by any numbering system would be just as eagerly anticipated. Tidbits about the upcoming season have been trickling out since Season 1 ended in June 2024. The rechristened Season 1 was an
Paramount+/Showtime
Watson delivered a big episode for the Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts in Episode 7*, "Teeth Marks." John was back to hallucinating after Shinwell switched his drugs again. Instead of dizzy spells and visions, John was hearing things, including the counsel of his old friend Sherlock Holmes. Watson recruited the
PBS
When we last left Versailles in Season 1 of Marie Antoinette, the king and queen were on top of the world, with Antoinette (Emilia Schüle) finally giving birth to the dauphin. Sadly, that pinnacle will pretty much be their last. This season will be all about the different forces and
PBS
It's been a decade since Wolf Hall first graced our screens. In the intervening years, we've seen plenty of takes on Tudor England, from the somewhat faithful (Becoming Elizabeth) to the stridently feminist (The White Princess, The Spanish Princess, Firebrand) and the downright fantastical (My Lady
BritBox
When The Cleaner first debuted in 2021, the satirical comedy crime series was looked at askance by critics who expected it to lean into body humor and gore since the premise was "Chatty Bloke Who Scrubs Up Murder Scenes Accidentally Solves Crimes." However, the series — conceived of and
Better Late Than Never
I have something a tad bit upsetting to share with you. It’s quite possible that you missed an entire TV series centered around Idris Elba as an action hero. It’s not entirely your fault. Hijack ran on AppleTV+ during the summer of 2023. As they say in the
Sundance Now
Taking a show that was initially planned to be a one-and-done limited series and renewing it for Season 2 after it becomes a massive hit is not a pattern inherent to HBO, though it might sometimes feel that way. The BBC does it all the time; recent examples
BritBox
The success of Unforgotten was far from assured when writer Chris Lang first penned the cold case series in 2015 after spending two decades mostly writing on ITV shows created by other people. Though the success of the series keeps building despite significant casting turnover, Lang has yet to replicate
Freeform
Cable network Freeform is not exactly known as a destination for Anglophile-friendly fare. Formerly ABC Family before it changed its name and embraced buzzier, more teen-focused fare like Pretty Little Liars and The Bold Type, the closest the channel ever came to British programming was ordering a pilot
Acorn TV
Acorn TV's flagship hit series, Harry Wild, has set a return date for 2025. The series has become the hit series for Acorn TV and a "proof of concept" (alongside My Life Is Murder) that the current formula the streaming service has hit on to make
BritBox
TV loves a maverick crime solver. ABC has a hit with High Potential, which finds cleaning woman Morgan Gillory (Kaitlin Gillory) using her extraordinary IQ and memory retention to solve crimes in Los Angeles. Over at CBS, the title character in Elsbeth (Carrie Preston), leverages her quirky powers of observation