BritBox
Welcome to Chadder Vale, a remote town surrounded by forest in the Lancashire hills (that’s The North, for those readers & viewers who aren’t full sickos on the topic of UK geography)! Sure, Chadder Vale experiences unexplained cold snaps seemingly year-round; the forest is extremely menacing and full
BritBox
Season 3 of The Tower concludes with a tense, thrilling episode in which Operation Perseus finally gets underway. However, first, there is the little matter of Tia’s kidnapping, which concluded last week’s installment. DS Sarah Collins is sent to Loretta’s, traumatized by Kingfisher’s brutal home invasion.
Viaplay
Since the BBC picked up the new adaptation of the mystery series Rebus from producer Viaplay, we have been keeping an eye on it. Hailing from Sweden, Viaplay is a highly niche streaming service focusing on Nordic Noir offerings; its programming often runs parallel to the stuff we cover at
Tubi
The first decade of the streaming wars was predicated on the idea that the only way to succeed without really trying was to create a Netflix clone: monthly charges, no commercials, and all episodes as a binge. However, at this point, despite its unwillingness to admit that the binge model
Acorn TV
Acorn TV and Channel 5 have finally set a release date for the first season of Inspector Ellis, or Ellis, as it's called in the U.K. (American TV has a tradition of adding the "Inspector" to these sorts of show titles; think ITV's
Sundance Now
Nicole Kidman first discussed adapting Liane Moriarty's The Last Anniversary in 2019, near the end of the pre-pandemic era. She was coming off the success of Big Little Lies, based on Moriarty's best-selling novel, followed by the whodunit thriller The Undoing, both of which aired/streamed
Netflix
Wallace & Gromit: Vengence Most Fowl finally has a release date in the U.S., and it's only going to be a short wait for fans between the film's premiere in the U.K. and debuting across the rest of the world. As you may recall,
BritBox
Rumors have swirled since June 2024 about a possible reboot of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. It took until October, but the BBC and BritBox have finally released an update. The new series, Lynley, is officially heading to TV in 2025 as production begins in Ireland. Based on the Lynley Mysteries
Peacock
Although almost everybody had to get at least a little bit familiar with Peacock in order to watch the Paris Olympics over the summer, much of the NBC streamer's original programming still largely flies under the radar of mainstream viewers. True, reality juggernaut The Traitors is helping to
BritBox
It's been about a month since Trigger Point Season 2 concluded on BritBox, the second season to stream on the niche British streaming service after Season 1 arrived in early 2024. Season 1 was imported directly from where it has been lost on Peacock since 2021; Season 2
Apple TV
Apple TV+ continues to ride the success of Slow Horses, which has been commissioned to trot out to a six-episode Season 6 less than a week after the Season 4 finale. (Season 5 was greenlit in January 2024, a few days after the conclusion of Season 3.) Based on the
Netflix
Initially commissioned in the wake of The Crown's final season, Netflix's newest prestige British series, Black Doves, is going to get red blood all over Netflix's white Christmas come December 2024, if the new images are anything to go by. Starring topline A-listers Keira