Netflix
There are few things that are assured in life. Death, taxes, and the U.K. monarchy seem to be three of them, though it takes a lot of work for the last of them to maintain that illusion. However, the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the remarkably smooth way
Acorn TV
In the 21st century, most of us take DNA testing to solve crimes for granted, but it was not that long ago that such evidence was not even possible, let alone routinely used. Moreover, it certainly wasn't possible for anyone to trace the DNA of someone after they
Doctor Who
It looks like Doctor Who's 60th anniversary celebrations are going to last well past the month of November. Technically, the iconic science fiction franchise first premiered on November 23, 1963, with the episode "The Unearthly Child". Now, as the series prepares to rocket into its seventh
BritBox
When it was first announced there would be a TV series about Boris Johnson's role in dealing with COVID-19 in June 2020, it was decried as "too soon." After all, the crisis had barely started at that point; most people had only just realized that "
Disney/Hulu
Hulu, BBC Three, and RTE hit upon a winning strategy of unlikely romances in 2018 with back-to-back hits of Normal People and Conversations with Friends. The newest collaboration doesn't include the Beeb, but it does have a series that qualifies as an unconventional romance... of a sort, anyway.
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
Despite the fact that the second season of Good Omens was a hit with both critics and fans when it premiered back in July, Prime Video, for some inexplicable and incomprehensible reason, has thus far refused to officially announce the series' renewal. This is doubly devastating given the fact
PBS
We've reached November, and the holidays are just around the corner. World on Fire, Annika, and Hotel Portofino are half over, and the Christmas specials are going to be descending upon us in a month or so. Sunday nights are packed with British mysteries; Thursdays (for some local
Doctor Who
Landmark science fiction series Doctor Who is celebrating its 60th anniversary this November, and the BBC is going all out to mark the occasion. Former Tenth Doctor David Tennant returning to play a (allegedly) new Fourteenth incarnation of the Time Lord in three new specials that will air next month,
Marie Antoinette
Prepare to return to the world of Versailles: production on the second season of period drama Marie Antoinette is officially underway. The news comes alongside that the BBC has once again scooped up rights to broadcast Season 2 in the U.K. However, details about what fans can expect from
Feature
Unforgotten continues to be a hit despite casting upheaval and a new DCI at the head of the cold case division. However, series creator Chris Lang has managed to keep the show humming along, and the arrival of DCI Jessie James (Sinead Keenan) helped the series ratings soar to even
William Shakespeare
The United Kingdom is a tiny island in the Northern Atlantic that once ruled a vast expanse of the globe. While today, that empire is a vestigial tail of what it once was, but its primary export still reflects that legacy: Culture. For centuries, the British way of life has
PBS
This week's episode of Annika opens by Forth Bridge in Edinburgh. This week's body's being fished out of the drink just as this week's novel, Waverley, or 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott, is being fished out of Annika'