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
Classics Revisited
The amount of time between Caligula’s original 1976 shoot and an uncompromised version of the filmmakers’ original vision reaching audiences in the form of Caligula: The Ultimate Cut is 48 years. This is nearly double the lifetime of the corrupt and maniacal Roman emperor at the film's
BritBox
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, PBS had two nights of British programming a week. Masterpiece Theater, launched in 1970, was a Sunday night staple of public broadcasting and remains so. However, due to specific funding stipulations during its early years, Masterpiece Theater could only air period
PBS
COBRA: Rebellion hit the halfway point of the series last week with a violent demonstration outside the International Defense Expo in which Polly Wright, a leading member of Planet Resistance and a close friend of Ellie Sutherland, was severely injured and died soon after. Ellie and the leader of Planet
AMC/AMC+
Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale, the Sundance Now (and AMC+) original series based on the VV James novel Sanctuary, will return for a second season. The surprise announcement came in mid-August 2024, over six months since the show's original January debut. Despite the tiny viewership numbers (which,
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
When the history of prestige TV and the rise of streaming is written, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will have an entire entry to itself. The deal for Amazon's Prime Video to make the series was negotiated by Jeff Bezos, with two seasons contractually
Peacock
Buckle up, reality TV lovers: The Traitors aren't going anywhere. The series, which features nearly two dozen reality stars descending upon a Scottish castle where host Alan Cumming encourages them to lie, betray, and (metaphorically) murder one another for money, has been renewed for Seasons 4 and 5.
BritBox
The second season of Sherwood finally has a release date for Americans, as BritBox confirms today it will join the streaming service's Thursday night lineup starting in November. The critically acclaimed series from James Graham was a massive hit in the U.K. when it debuted in 2022