Netflix
Black Doves will fly before the end of 2024; Netflix's producers confirmed the news after giving the highly-anticipated spy thriller series a debut over on the TV side of the Edinburgh Film Festival. The six-part series stars Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice) and Ben Whishaw (This Is Going
BritBox
BritBox may continue to state it's business as usual since the BBC took over the streaming service in February 2024. However, its beefed-up lineup, especially on Thursday nights, belies that claim. The BBC has not made any wholesale changes to the niche service, at least not yet; after
HBO & HBO Max
Regular readers of Telly Visions have most likely read at least one rant concerning AT&T (and then Warner Bros. Discovery) ’s failure to properly promote the plethora of British series that HBO and HBO Max premiered between 2019 and 2023. Both parent companies made the same error, believing
Movies
For a while, Timestalker is about as romantic as you can make a film with the word “stalker” in its title. Charting an odyssey of one-sided infatuation, Timestalker comes from deadpan royalty Alice Lowe, who has been involved in a good dozen British comedy classics this millennium. Lowe has worked
Apple TV
At long last, the Garvey sisters will officially return in the fall of 2024. It's been nearly two years since the buzzy first season of Apple TV+'s buzzy dark comedy/thriller Bad Sisters aired. Finally, its highly anticipated second outing is set to arrive in November.
Feature
C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series is one of the most beloved pieces of children's literature of all time. The books have been in continuous publication since 1956 and have sold over 100 million copies in 47 different languages, spawning adaptations ranging from feature
PBS
The high heat may stick around for a while, but the calendar insists that summer is a'rollin' out as school parking lots refill with cars and TV networks start rolling out the first looks at their fall and winter programs. As always, Masterpiece plans to kick off
PBS
Once again, Hotel Portofino Season 3 opens on Wall Street as what feels like the endless collapse of the stock market rolls into it's second week. (The market finally hit its nadir on November 13, 1929.) Cecil is making a trunk call (British for long distance) to his
Movies
It feels like it’s been ages since we’ve seen Saoirse Ronan at the center of a naturalistic, contemporary drama, and her immersion in the self-destructive and self-loathing tendencies of Rona, an Orkney-raised alcoholic who returns to her remote Scottish island home, is what keeps The Outrun afloat in
Netflix
The speculation over how Bridgerton plans to proceed in Season 4 is over, and those hoping for something a little less traditional will have to resign themselves to waiting for another story. In July 2024, Netflix confirmed that Season 4 would center Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) after skipping over him
BritBox
Whether you know it or not, you've probably heard about Britain's infamous Mitford sisters before. The family, which contained everything from Nazis and communists to journalists and satirists, was essentially the reality TV stars of their day, and the antics of the six Mitford sisters have
Starz
Episode 6 of The Serpent Queen opens with Antoine Bourbon, still feeling the effects of the night before and Ruggiero’s drugged wine. Queen Elizabeth of England and her entourage sweep through the corridors as his brother, Louis, insists she can’t possibly be here; she’s in Flanders awaiting