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As Call The Midwife returns for its annual holiday tradition ahead of the Season 13 debut, it’s Christmas 1968, and Poplar is abuzz with holiday excitement. There are two new occupants at Nonnatus House, Nurse Nancy Corrigan and her daughter Colette. Nancy was almost lured away by a new
Disney/Hulu
Though Doctor Who technically introduced Ncuti Gatwa during its recent 60th-anniversary celebrations, it is the Christmas special "The Church on Ruby Road" that makes the official start of the Fifteenth Doctor era. Firmly established in its new streaming home on Disney+, the show has never looked more expensive
BritBox
A tradition that began with the original run from 1971-78, the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas series has now steadily released annual entries since 2018 (minus the first year of the pandemic). Unlike the classically structured short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, this adaptation of his Lot No.
Actors and Actresses
Jonathan Pryce is an actor almost everyone likely recognizes, yet who somehow has never reached the heights of fame he's likely deserved as a performer. Having starred in everything from prestige films, blockbuster franchises, and popular television series to Broadway musicals and West End Shakespeare, the man has
HBO & HBO Max
Succession may be over, but HBO's political satire is not taking a break anytime soon. The latest series, The Regime (initially titled The Palace), is the brainchild of one of Succession's writers, Will Tracy, who also happens to be an alum of Last Week Tonight with
PBS
Decades are never as neat as we would like them to be. The 2020s will have a cleaner beginning for the history books than most, in that the pandemic coincided with the proper year; however, the year 2023 is the one in which a lot of series from the 2010s
ITV
J.P. Delaney’s The Girl Before may have gone mainly unnoticed on HBO Max due to a criminal lack of marketing, but it was a decent-sized hit for BBC One when it was released in December 2021. It was perfect for streaming television, a four-episode/four-lead domestic thriller series
HBO & HBO Max
Mere days after its second season finale aired, HBO has announced that period drama The Gilded Age will officially return for a third season. Set in the upper echelons of late nineteenth-century New York society, The Gilded Age chronicles the clash between the old money elites of Manhattan, represented by
FX
The Australian-born British writer James Clavell was well-known in Hollywood for The Fly, The Great Escape, and To Sir, With Love before becoming a best-selling novelist for Shōgun in the 1970s. Perhaps the only surprising thing about his book being adapted in 1980 for the screen is that it wasn&
Netflix
Netflix continues to expand its Harlan Coben library of adaptations heading into 2024. Though the writer is American (he hails from New Jersey), his novels slide easily into the mold of U.K. crime thrillers, and since the streaming service signed an overall deal with his production company Final Twist
Acorn TV
Acorn TV is known for its British series like Bloodlands, Steeltown Murders, and Mrs. Sidhu Investigates. It also has quite a few popular French series as well, like Candice Renoir, Balthazar, and Missing Angel. But its most recent hits seem to combine the two, with Cannes Confidential, The Madame Blanc
PBS
As a show heading into its fourth season, there's a lot about the mystery series Miss Scarlet & the Duke that feels like a known quantity. After all, we've all done this before, and the beats are all still pretty familiar. Eliza Scarlet, Victorian London'