PBS
Despite sounding exactly like one of those twee English village comedies with ludicrously small stakes and a lot of homegrown British heart, Mr Bates vs The Post Office is about one of the most egregious and calamitous miscarriages of justice seen in the United Kingdom. Masterpiece will run an explainer,
Paramount+
Strange things are afoot at Paramount+'s U.K. division. Besides the ongoing drama surrounding the potential (likely?) sale of its parent company, the international arm has been steadily cleaning house, slimming down its workforce, essentially abandoning much of its in-progress slate, and even going so far as removing
Netflix
Scoop tries hard to convince you it has something important to say about Newsnight’s Prince Andrew interview. In November 2019, the flagship BBC news and current affairs program interviewed Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, about his well-documented connection to convicted sex offender and alleged mass trafficker of underaged
PBS
With Doc Martin drawing to a close as it reached its tenth season, Martin Clunes began turning to one of his passion projects with his free time: travelologues. Fans of the actor will know that since 2017, he's been behind several projects where he travels to different remote
Starz
The bitch, as they say, is back. Well, almost. Starz has released a first look at the upcoming second season of its biting period drama The Serpent Queen, and if the lush costumes and sprawling cast are any indication, we're all in for an excellent time this summer.
BritBox
The charming Caribbean island of Saint-Marie in Death in Paradise has a murder rate that equals the fictional Midsomer County’s, keeping the Honoré police department extremely busy. For thirteen seasons now, Death in Paradise has followed a tight format of murder in the opening credits wrapped up in each
ITV
Since the conclusion of Endeavour just over a year ago, in the U.K. in March 2023 (and then on PBS in July), fans of Shaun Evans have been impatiently waiting for his return to television. Though Evans had a career for a good decade before landing the career-defining role
Netflix
It's official: Netflix's The Sandman universe lives and moody Gen-Xers and English majors everywhere have never been happier. (I'm mostly referring to myself here but I very much doubt I'm alone in this. Just saying) The streamer has released the trailer for
Movies
Admit it, we’ve all been waiting to call Dev Patel a renaissance man. The incredibly affable British-Indian actor is yet another world-class talent to debut in the teen show Skins and has risen the ranks of respectability from Slumdog Millionaire through Lion, The Personal History of David Copperfield, and
PBS
When people think of period dramas, they often think of something very specific: lavish stories set in Jolly Olde England, usually centered around the murderous whims of King Henry VIII, the generally tragic lives of his wives who deserved better, or the triumphal reign of his second daughter, Elizabeth. And
Movies
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman are two of the biggest actors working today — and now they're finally going to work together. (Or, at least, work together properly.) The prestige duo are joining forces for The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 dark comedy The War of the Roses.
Netflix
You don't have to be in the entertainment industry to realize that creating television can be an odd business. This has been especially true since 2013, when the streaming revolution caused executives to lose their collective heads and blow up a model that had been working for 50