Apple TV
In a landscape where multiple streaming services currently in existence are probably not going to be around much longer, Apple TV+ stands alone as a singular, yet improbable success story. As a content provider with zero experience making its own original series, its launch in 2019 was heavily overshadowed by
Acorn TV
Riding the current high of two record-breaking series premiering back-to-back in Art Detectives and Irish Blood, Acorn TV announced it will bring back one of the shows that hasn't yet found an audience, in hopes that the newcomers will start tuning in. Signora Volpe, the lush Italian-set odd-couple
PBS
Masterpiece has released the trailer for its forthcoming new adaptation, The Forsytes, which aims to update the classic story of The Forsyte Saga for a new generation. John Galsworthy's Nobel Prize-winning book series has already been adapted for television twice, both of which are still generally considered to
Movies
The first teaser for director Emerald Fennell's (Saltburn) adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic novel Wuthering Heights is here, and if it wasn't clear before now that this film was going to be....let's just call it controversial, the trailer immediately doubles down
BritBox
—BritBox has been on a roll since early 2024; the BBC never managed to launch its own standalone streaming service (sorry, BBC Select), but when given one that's already on a successful track, the British Broadcaster certainly knows how to program it effectively. The uptick in premium series
Movies
It is a generally accepted trope that the most effective horror movies are the ones that never show you the monster. It holds for classics like Alien and Rosemary's Baby, and is still used to great effect today in franchises like A Quiet Place. However, one of Netflix&
PBS
PBS first announced it would pick up the Mark Gatiss-penned series Bookish in February 2025, a few months ahead of the show's summer-slated premiere in the U.K. At the time, the show was declared as coming sometime in "the 2025-2026 TV season, and scuttlebutt suggested it
BritBox
It was only a matter of time for the Para-verse (sorry, not Telly Vision’s term) to once again wrestle itself out of its comfort zone. "The Para-verse," for those unaware, is the unlovely term for the BBC/BritBox’s Death in Paradise franchise, which has expanded to
Netflix
The trailer for Netflix's lavish new period drama House of Guinness is here, and if it looks a bit like a historical take on Succession, well, that's probably on purpose. The latest series from the wildly prolific creator Steven Knight, the mind behind such popular dramas
BritBox
Episode 3 of Sister Boniface Mysteries' fourth season begins with suspicious behavior afoot at the local Church Hall; a Scottish invasion has taken place. It’s a surprise party thrown by Vera Clam’s sister, Jeanie McIntyre (Elaine C. Smith), and her husband, Angus (Gordon Kennedy), who’ve come
Movies
Downton Abbey was the beginning of a new era on PBS when it debuted, even though no one knew it at the time. Meant as a truncated one-and-done miniseries when it premiered in the depths of winter in 2011, the series became a word-of-mouth sensation via burgeoning social media. By
Netflix
Bridgerton creator Shonda Rhimes was recently in Edinburgh for the city's annual celebration of film and television as the opening salvo to Season 4's marketing rollout. Her talk mostly made news for topics other than her hit show; however, it was notable that she stated again