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It looks like an absolute nightmare being married to King Henry VIII, not just because of the statistical likelihood of death or national humiliation, but because even when Henry was dying of ulcerated infection, you could still be considered a dangerous, threat-to-the-crown liability. Of all the fates experienced by Henry
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When the cast list for The Night Manager Season 2 was announced at the beginning of June 2024, it was pretty noticeable that only one name from the show's first season, which aired in 2016, was listed on the roster: Tom Hiddleston. Obviously, he was a requirement for
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Period dramas can run the gamut when it comes to scope, tone, and subject. However, there are a handful that are continually held up as examples of the best of what the genre can be and do: Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth'
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Doctor Who’s new reboot era has garnered buzz in cultural circles for many “firsts” in LGBTQ+ representation. So far, there’s been the first gay Doctor, the first gay kiss in Doctor Who, the first transgender actor, the first transgender character, and so on. All of these have happened,
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Filming for Patience, the highly anticipated English-language remake of the fan-favorite French series Astrid (Astrid et Raphaëlle), has just completed in the U.K., and with the end of filming comes the announcement that a distributor on that side of the pond has signed on to air the series. The
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With its fourth season premiering stateside in mid-June 2024, Acorn TV’s hit series My Life Is Murder is back for another round of cozy crimes down under. The series stars Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) as retired police detective Alexa Crowe, a whip-smart and fearless powerhouse who assists the
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One of the best things about Doctor Who, as a series, is its willingness to revisit, reimagine, and interrogate its own long-running history. For all that showrunner Russell T. Davies has insisted this latest incarnation of the sci-fi classic, with its new home on Disney+ and the bigger budget to
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Welcome to the third issue of Bustling With Bridgerton, a series where we’ll be celebrating and delving into the costumes designed for Bridgerton’s most interesting characters: Queen Charlotte, Eloise Bridgerton, Penelope Featherington, and Cressida Cowper. Between the releases of the season’s two halves, costume designer John Glaser,
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The Gilded Age is staffing up again, but this time, it's being more selective about who it's bringing on board. Fans of the series are pretty aware of the show's sprawling (and we do mean sprawling) cast. Downton Abbey had a large ensemble for
Apple TV
Fans of Luther may be sweating the return of the brown jacket and red tie, but over on Apple TV+, Idris Elba is already back in action as filming gets underway for the second season of Hijack. Plot details for the second season are being kept tightly under wraps, which
Acorn TV
As lead actress Lucy Lawless noted in a recent interview with Telly Visions (coming later this week!), the draw of My Life Is Murder, its main character Alexa Crowe, and the cozy mystery genre as a whole is the sense that things will be “set to rights” by the end
BritBox
One of the few Eagle Eye Drama series that isn't on PBS, Suspect, the remake of the Danish hit Forhøret (Face to Face), is preparing to return for a second season. The first season, which debuted on BritBox at the end of 2022, starred James Nesbitt (Bloodlands) as