PBS
One of the worst aspects of the streaming revolution was Netflix's determination to upend the traditional TV schedule, believing that people did not want to be forced into appointment television or made to wait on weekly installments, effectively destroying one of the few remaining cultural traditions that cut
PBS
As Unforgotten hits its penultimate episode, in which little happens other than gathering all our suspects in one place, Agatha Christie-style, several things have become clear about The Case of Gerald Cooper, starting with the most significant latest discovery: Everything we know about it is a lie. It begins with
PBS
Marlow is not just a hotbed for murder but has now become an archaeological zone of interest. Judith got her bushes and tools back out to help dig up 1500-year-old fossils in town after a neighbor discovered an ancient sword with his metal detector. You'd think it would
PBS
We've reached the penultimate episode of Professor T Season 4, and everyone's personal lives are in flux. Zelda’s story is taking prominence, and the Dean becomes a less shallow and more fully-fledged character. Though Peter Snares seems like a lovely man, the Dean’s heartache
Netflix
There is a slight irony to the way “Bread Week” has developed as part of The Great British Baking Show. Both “Cake Week” and “Bread Week” have been staples of the series since the very beginning. Biscuit Week now officially sits between them; however, there were several seasons where baking
Netflix
It is a truth that has not yet been universally acknowledged (but we're getting there) that the leaders of the U.S. and the U.K. governments are not always the brightest crayons in the box. Like most people who have the emotional wherewithal (and monetary means) to
BritBox
The 2020s began with a reckoning over shows that glorify law enforcement, but instead of changing the landscape, the five years that followed seem to have only doubled down on such things. There are more Law & Order shows than ever, and dozens of shows with alphabet soup levels of
Acorn TV
The seal has officially been broken over on Acorn TV. The most popular of American company AMC Networks' little federation of niche streamers, the originally UK-based service has been very careful since being purchased to stick to its mission of being a home of English language shows from countries
MGM+
In the Western Canon of Great Books, there are two stories by Charles Dickens that everyone has heard of, even if they've never even seen a copy in their lives. The first, A Christmas Carol, has gotten new adaptations almost every year since the turn of the century,
BritBox
We’ve just passed the halfway point of Sister Boniface Mysteries Season 4 as the series takes us to the glamorous yet tawdry black-and white world of English television game shows in the mid-1960s. “Let the Games Begin,” which is also the name of the on-screen TV gameshow, is as
BritBox
BritBox's rise from the nichiest-niche afterthought of a streaming service to the destination for British programming has been a slow climb since it was first announced seven years ago. However, having made three successful standalone Agatha Christie miniseries in partnership with the BBC, the streaming service is now
Acorn TV
AMC Networks' little band of niche streaming services sometimes feels to me like The Little Engine That Could. Every time things seem to be going south again, someone digs deep and produces something far better than it has any right to be, like Interview with a Vampire on AMC+