Movies
Recent high-profile films set in rural Ireland have showcased contrasting tones and genres: the guns-blazing, Liam Neeson-starring In the Land of Saints and Sinners was a Clint Eastwood thriller transposed to coastal Donegal (complete with a noticeably more lively Neeson), while Martin McDonagh’s Oscar-nominated The Banshees of Inisherin opted
Apple TV
Apple TV+ will extend its current run of streaming one British series a month into 2025. Its latest, Prime Target, was first announced just under a year ago, in February 2024; a good old-fashioned thriller where a scholar on the verge of a global-level breakthrough finds himself being pursued by
PBS
Welcome to Wolf Hall, the world of 16th-century politics and intrigue. It is 1529, and the issue of King Henry VIII's first marriage is coming to a head. And, as the opening placard tells us, the king is not a forgiving man. Cromwell: The rumor is the king
PBS
It's a terrible world we live in when a mature woman can't enjoy a nice skinny dip after finishing her crossword puzzle without overhearing her neighbor being murdered. That's how Judith Potts (Samantha Bond) begins the premiere of The Marlow Murder Club. When her
PBS
Ridley Season 2’s final mystery, “The Memory Jar,” opens with a shiveringly good look at a brutal winter on the windswept moors. At the farm owned by Tara (Emily Stott) and Rob Dunning (Tachia Newall), they start another day in their homely, messy kitchen, getting ready to hit the
Netflix
The adaptation of Ruth Ware's best-selling 2016 novel, The Woman in Cabin 10, is finally in production. Netflix first announced it was greenlighting the feature film in May 2024, and its newest A-list British star, Keira Knightley, who was already set to star in the upcoming Black Doves
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It seems safe to say that BritBox’s Passenger is unlike almost any other television show that’s aired this year. The six-part series hails from Andrew Buchan, probably best known to Anglophiles as grieving father Mark Latimer in the crime drama Broadchurch. But his debut screenplay couldn’t be
ITV
ITV has released the first images from the newest Martin Clunes thriller, Out There, which is coming to the U.K. network in time for the 2024 Holidays. Like the BBC, which commissions Christmas-themed episodes from its most popular series like Doctor Who, and high-profile specials like its yearly Agatha
Disney/Hulu
The David Tennant-led Rivals is funny, clever, and quotable. Although the biggest draws are arguably the shirtless men and countless sex scenes, author Dame Jilly Cooper is a witty one, and her source material is ripe with textual play, which translates well onscreen. Tennant’s character, Lord Tony Baddingham, steals
The CW
To hear Joan (Sophie Turner) tell it, you'd think that Boisie (Frank Dillane) was Mr. Perfect, but the rose-colored glasses finally came off even for her in the fourth episode of her titular series. The news that the Ashburys were hoping to adopt Kelly lit a fire under
Apple TV
The fifth episode of AppleTV+’s Disclaimer was a tough one. It was the first one that didn’t bounce back and forth between the past and the present, and it really brought the drudgery of the present-day storyline to light. After Robert kicks her out of the house, Catherine
Netflix
It's Pastry Week in the tent as The Great British Baking Show returns on a rainy day, with the bakers bundled up against the chill. This is notably the second time in a row the series has put Pastry Week smack dab in the middle of the season.