Netflix
Anyone worried that The Crown’s final season would signal the end of Netflix making prestige British series with absolutely A-list level casts can breathe a little easier with the announcement of Black Doves, the streaming service’s forthcoming spy thriller out of the U.K. Initially announced in April
PBS
We've reached the halfway point of Annika's second season, and the most prominent life crisis on the table, telling Michael he's Morgan's father without blowing everything to smithereens, has been accomplished. No one is suing anyone for custody, no one quit their
PBS
World on Fire’s Season 2 mid-point picks up in Libya, where Harry rejoins his regiment. The Seige of Tobruk is getting dire, with control of Alexandria and Suez and supply routes to Britain at stake, and Churchill himself has ordered that positions must be held. Captain Briggs orders Harry
PBS
Well, well, well, it seems like Cecil might finally (finally!) get his comeuppance in this week’s Hotel Portofino. Our not-so-favorite snake in the grass has gotten himself into quite a predicament. His Italian business partners from Detroit (a nice euphemism for the mafia) are tired of waiting for their
Movies
What if there existed a medical procedure that concretely proved we were in love with our partner? As long as we’re willing to give up an insignificant piece of keratin, a scientific device will determine if we were both in love, if only one of us was in love,
Netflix
The best part of the new intro sketches isn't that they are funny. (Though Noel eating a plate when told, "Go on, eat the whole thing," is classic vaudeville schtick, and goddesses help me, I cackled.) It's that Alison makes sure they are helpful
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
If you are an Anglophile who hasn't heard of Amazon Freevee — or the concept of FAST channels, which are essentially free streaming channels supported by ads — it's probably time to start learning about them. A fast-growing free streaming niche, FAST apps like Tubi, The Roku Channel,
Movies
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American rights to the feature film Wicked Little Letters, a foul-mouthed period comedy starring Olivia Colman (The Crown) and Jessie Buckley (Fingernails). The film, which reteams former The Lost Daughter co-stars, is based on a true story of a dark and absurd nineteenth-century
Netflix
Some of the best period dramas on Netflix can be found among the streamer's international offerings, from the German series The Empress and Italian romp The Law According to Lidia Poet to Spain's Cable Girls. But it sounds as though its next big international production will
HBO & HBO Max
The second season of Max drama Julia is set to premiere in November, and will take viewers on a journey that encompasses everything from the decadent French Riveria to the White House Kitchen itself as the popularity of the famous chef --- and her groundbreaking public television series --- keeps
Disney/Hulu
Back in 2021, when Disney+ first started commissioning U.K. originals, it put three into production, with the headliner being a 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea adaptation. The first, Wedding Season, arrived on Hulu in September 2022 and was immediately swallowed up in the backwash of post-COVID content and
BritBox
BritBox and the BBC continue their Agatha Christie miniseries universe post-Sarah Phelps with the second stand-alone non-famous detective story Murder is Easy. The two-part story comes after 2022's remarkably well-received take on the relatively under-adapted Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Like Evans, Easy is a story