PBS
Walter Presents is a familiar brand to those who subscribe to PBS Passport. However, the foreign-language anthology series is still a recent phenomenon for those who still prefer to watch their TV over the air at set times like a person. The show has brought the best of non-English language
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News arrived bright and early in June 2023 that Masterpiece is again teaming up with BBC Studuio’s UKTV to co-commission its latest series, an adaptation of Robert Thorogood’s novel The Marlow Murder Club. This is the third co-commission from this team-up, the others being two of Masterpiece’s
The CW
Though the American network The CW has never really been much of a destination for Anglophile viewers, the times are indeed a-changing. Now under new management, the network is undergoing a fairly major shift in terms of its content and brand identity, trading in its line-up of superhero shows and
BBC
The U.K. is big into Christian holidays, despite not being a very religious country. Christmas specials (which have in recent years started to be referred to as "Festive specials") are a staple of the end of the year on the BBC, with ITV and Channel 4 following
Movies
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is currently struggling on with filming during the writer's strike, having already experienced massive delays in filming Season 1, and on the hook for a mandatory Season 2 no matter how the first eight episodes did or the price tag.
Netflix
Surprise --- our long wait for more Black Mirror is almost over, and sooner than most of us likely expected. Although Netflix announced back in April that Season 6 of the award-winning sci-fi drama would premiere in June, the streaming service has only just confirmed the specific release date. Season
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June is finally here, and with it, hot days, warm nights, vacations, and a closing of Emmy nominations voting. That last factor brings a modicum of chill to the TV landscape as the prestige titles and debuts (which may or may not deserve that moniker) give way to the regularly
MGM+
Although most people with a passing familiarity with history are probably aware of Gaius Octavius Caesar (or his more famous name of Augustus), far fewer people know who his wife was. And while technically, Livia Drusilla is Augustus's third wife, she had almost as far-reaching an impact on
BritBox
Like many series that premiered in the glut of 2020-2021, Grace was initially overlooked by American audiences when it first arrived. The series, starring John Simm (Life on Mars) as DSI Roy Grace, was based on the Roy Grace books written by novelist Peter James, with Russell Lewis — the man
World On Fire
In the world of British television, there are a plethora of stories about World War II and its aftermath. This is understandable given how the conflict forever altered life for residents of the U.K.; the traumatic experiences involved everyone who lived through the Blitz and the immeasurable loss of
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Winter is PBS' season of period dramas, with the likes of All Creatures Great & Small, Miss Scarlet & The Duke, and Vienna Blood to warm viewers' hearts during the cold nights. Conversely, the summer is a time for mysteries and thrillers; since 2015, PBS has traded off
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Marriage is what brings us together today. But this series, streaming now on PBS Passport, is not a blessed arrangement. The show feels long for only four one-hour episodes, aiming for a slow-burn slice-of-life portrait of long-term married couple Ian (Sean Bean) and Emma (Nicola Walker). However, it drowns the