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The words "Victorian," "Regency," and "Period Drama" often get used interchangeably despite being two totally different eras and an entire genre of film and television. It happens because most English-speaking period dramas are set in the U.K. during the 1800s, defined by
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A Ghost Story for Christmas initially debuted in 1971 on the BBC, a Christmas Eve anthology series of scary stories to tell in the dark while awaiting Santa. The original iteration ran for seven years, concluding in 1978. The first five adaptations were based on M.R. James' famous
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Cush Jumbo, who starred in The Good Wife, its spin-off The Good Fight, and most recently Criminal Record, tackles a completely different role in her new podcast Origins with Cush Jumbo: She plays herself. But it’s not as unlikely a career turn as one might think. “I’m
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Netflix has revealed a star-studded cast for its seventh installment of the anthology series Black Mirror, which will premiere on Netflix in 2025. Created by Charlie Brooker, the series features dark, frequently dystopian stories that explore the unanticipated (usually negative) of modern technology on human society. Satirical and disturbing,
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Since Industry's producers announced the show would add Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) as the main arc guest star for Season 3, it's been hard to ignore how much the show was heading for an early cancelation. The series, which initially debuted in November 2020 on
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Last week, Channel 4 revealed that The Great British Baking Show would return in 2024 to the exact spot on the calendar where it always premieres since the pandemic forced it to slide from an end-of-August debut to the end of September. At the time, with the Tuesday
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According to the temperature readings, it may still be summer, but the Julian calendar does not lie: Sunday, September 22, was the autumnal equinox, which means we've reached the official first week of fall. Decorative gourds abound, the pumpkin spice must flow, and cozy mystery season is right
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Piet Van der Valk did not look good at the start of this week's Van der Valk, as we returned for "Safe in Amsterdam, Part 2." Eddie is still missing in action; Bibi Franken (Anastasia Hille) swore her innocence in the double homicide, declaring she'
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As Moonflower Murders returns for its second installment, Susan is dwelling on her guilt in encouraging Alan Conway to use the real-life murder of Frank Parris as the inspiration for Atticus Pünd Takes the Case. She flashes back to eight years ago, meeting with him for lunch when he
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Ridley returns for the second half of its premiere mystery for Season 2, “A Sleeping Tiger,” with the discovery of a somewhat awkward problem. DI Darren Lakhan arrested Tasha Walker after raiding her house and finding a bag of clothes belonging to her boyfriend, Liam Manley, the team’s main
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With the launch of Max in France this summer, the streaming service has finally turned its attention to producing original French-language series. If those series cross the pond to become modest hits in America, then so much the better. After all, competitors like Netflix and Prime Video have found
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Even if your knowledge of World War II history is spotty, you've almost certainly heard of the Blitz. This sustained eight-month bombing campaign saw German fighters commit mass attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities throughout Britain. London was particularly hard hit, getting bombed for over 50