AMC/AMC+
It's been over six months since we last heard anything about The Crow Girl, one of the few U.K. series commissioned for the British version of Paramount+ to make it through production without getting canceled, despite the company's near collapse and new ownership. It was
BritBox
Summer may be drawing to a close, but September will kick off three months of BritBox's Tuesday Night run of cozy crimes in a beach town programming, as Return to Paradise Season 1 and Beyond Paradise Season 3 will debut in back-to-back runs this fall. Fans of the
HBO & HBO Max
The marketing for the final Downton Abbey film is in full swing, with less than a month to The Grand Finale’s debut in the theaters. Peacock will stream all episodes of the series and the first two movies ahead of the film’s release, as well as a TV
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
There's been a spate of thriller shows recently that take an "expected" trope and attempt to turn it on its head for dramatic purposes. The Bodyguard comes to mind, a show where the hero refuses to believe a grieving woman is a terrorist just because she
Netflix
Regular readers of Telly Visions will have noted the past few weeks have been a bit light in posting; much like 2024, the summer has been filled with family emergencies, and rescission means less help. It's a dark time, not just for public broadcasting, but for the world
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
British period dramas often focus on specific eras more than others. There are numerous reasons for this, including the desire to remain within a recognizable level of societal structure that is familiar to modern audiences, or because a well-known character/author's works are set in a specific era.
Netflix
Irish actor Cillian Murphy, currently in the prime of his career, is charting a course followed by many before him who have achieved commercial blockbuster success, albeit with performances that are not particularly creatively fulfilling, even as they pay the bills. In the wake of his Academy Award win for
Sky
It's been just over a year since Sky initially announced it was greenlighting the series Atomic, from Gangs of London producer Pulse Films. The series arrived with actors attached, with Alfie Allen, who had just shaken off his post-Game of Thrones slump with a starring turn in Season
BritBox
BritBox's continuing slow roll into a powerhouse streamer for the Anglophile crowd is gathering momentum as we slide into the latter half of 2025. The niche-based subscription service has undergone numerous improvements over the last 18 months, since the BBC took full ownership of the international app. (BritBox
Movies
It's mid-August, which means that preparations for Autumn 2025 are in full swing. Kids are shopping for back to school, college kids are heading back to their dorms, and the Spooky Season decor is already creeping into shops. This is a busy time for those who work in
PBS
When the final set of Sherlock Holmes stories passed into the public domain on New Year's Day 2023, it was as if the entire entertainment sphere had been waiting for that moment to start releasing every version of the famous detective imaginable. The Arthur Conan Doyle stories were
Acorn TV
The season finale of The Madame Blanc Mysteries Season 4, “Where Eagles Dare,” opens in the town’s barber shop, Boyz, as Jeremy and Dom chat with another customer, Jovan (Danny Hatchard), and joke about not being a couple. Jovan and his young son, Freddie (Anthony Irons), are relatively new