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Some British shows get Christmas specials right out of the gate, a sign of just how strong the ratings are with the general public and the series' popularity. The Doctor Who reboot, for example, Call The Midwife, and All Creatures Great & Small all come to mind. Then there
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The top-rated BBC series Being Human, originally aired from 2008 until 2013, has finally found its way to streaming, first on BritBox and now on AMC+. Created by Toby Whithouse, whose earlier work included 2001's Bridget Jones’ Diary, the creative team originally intended the series to be
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Holiday traditions are an important part of the Christmas season, from buying a tree and putting up decorations to cooking elaborate meals with friends and family. For Anglophiles, that often means throwing ourselves into that most British of holiday entertainment traditions: The Christmas special. Though the idea has never really
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There are shows that are an acquired taste. And then there’s Such Brave Girls.
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To the surprise of just about nobody, The Tourist is moving house for Season 2. The Jamie Dornan-starring BBC series debuted to such high numbers in the U.K. that it landed a Season 2 despite most of the cast being killed off in the finale. However, in America,
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BritBox’s four-part biographical drama Archie is, ostensibly, the story of Archibald Leach, the man generally known to the world as Cary Grant. But while the show touches on multiple periods of his life, from his childhood in poverty to his young adulthood on stage and his mid-life
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Witch hunts, whether literal or figurative, are based on generally fear. Fear of the other, of the non-Christian, fear of anything that's too different or strange. And, historically, whether we're talking about 14th century Europe or 17th century America, they're almost always about
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Beyond Paradise may not be celebrating Christmas in the islands (unlike Death in Paradise, which also has a Holiday special set in the sun and the sand), but that doesn't mean the residents of Shipton Abbott, near the Devon coast, aren't going to make their own
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It's true that the Ineffable Plan can occasionally grind exceedingly slowly, but wow does it ever come through in the clutch sometimes. After months of handwringing, speculation, and rumors that the show was definitely probably almost certainly coming back, Prime Video has finally made it official: Good Omens
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While the actors' and writers' strikes here in the States have caused TV schedules to be delayed and, in some places, outright scrapped, those of us who are fans of British TV and PBS have been far more fortunate. As we noted at the time of the strikes,
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Is Slow Horses’ third season its best outing yet? So far, it seems likely. Last week, we had half the season under our belt and felt confident that, thanks to the high frequency of twists, pursuits, and conspiracies, Season 3 was the finest Slough House adventure thus far. With Episode
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BritBox has formally announced that the first series penned by Sir Lenny Henry, Three Little Birds, will premiere on the streaming service in two parts in February 2024. ITV initially announced the project in 2020 as part of the production studio's efforts to diversify storytelling, with Russell T