PBS
Van der Valk skipped a year between Seasons 1 and 2 due to pandemic-induced filming delays, airing in September 2020 and September 2022, respectively. However, Season 3 will have no such difficulties, with new episodes arriving right on time for September 2023. The series is even bumping its usual premiere
The Long Shadow
ITV has just announced a brand new series, The Long Shadow, which has already been cast, filmed, and completed, coming to its network and streaming on ITVX for autumn 2023. The true crime drama is based on the real story of the hunt for "The Yorkshire Ripper," serial
Drama
BritBox’s new police procedural Granite Harbour is a BBC–Scottish production that originated with Adriel Leff (Moving On) and former Derbyshire police chief Kul Muhay. Directed by Gary Williams, and written by Leff, Sarah Deane, and Tara Hepburn, it premiered last December in the U.K, and despite inevitable
Movies
Emerald Fennell was best known to PBS viewers as Nurse Patsy Mount from Call The Midwife, joining the series in Season 3 and exiting three years later, and for her turn in The Crown as Camilla Parker, the woman Charles came to regret not marrying instead of Diana. But for
Netflix
Season 2 of Netflix’s Heartstopper, the sweet and charming show about two high-school-aged British boys falling in love, is just as heartfelt, genuine, and poignant as its premiere season. Based on the webcomic by Alice Oseman, the story picks up the day after the first season ended, following Nick
PBS
Due to the ineffable whims of scheduling, the last two episodes of Grantchester Season 8 arrived together, airing back-to-back on PBS Masterpiece as a two-hour block. And, while that particularly broadcast decision was perhaps an unintentional one, the pairing of the final two episodes of the season ultimately really works
PBS
The Ridley cold open features Ridley fast asleep on the couch, dreaming the house is on fire. It was only a dream; the man responsible for the fire, Michael Flannery, is locked up, unable to see his mother in her final hours. It's too late now; she'
Netflix
Netflix is no longer the go-to one-shop-stop for British content on streaming the way it was a decade ago. U.K. imports are now found everywhere, from Hulu and Amazon following Netflix's example, the launches of BritBox, the acquisition of Acorn TV by AMC Networks, PBS Passport becoming
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When Morse, based on the popular Colin Dexter books, initially premiered in 1987 on ITV with John Thaw as the titular inspector, it was probably just seen as yet another contemporary police procedural in a landscape filled with them. However, the series turned out to be a massive turning point.
Sundance Now
The Pact's first season initially debuted on BBC One in the spring of 2021. The six-part thriller series was billed as "Welsh Big Little Lies" at the time of its debut by critics, with Julie Hesmondhalgh (The Trouble with Maggie Cole), Laura Fraser (Traces), Eiry Thomas
Paramount+
For those who grew up in Ireland in the mid-20th century, the stories of the Magdelene Laundries were things whispered about, terrifying accounts of what happened to girls who weren't virtuous or at least very careful. But in 1993, with the uncovering of a mass of unmarked graves
Apple TV
Apple TV+ first announced it had picked up Fingernails, a British science fiction film starring Jessie Buckley (The Woman in White) and Riz Ahmed (The Night Of), back in May 2022 off the Cannes Film Festival market. Since then, there's not been much news other than a few