Netflix
Thanks to the premiere of The Fantastic Four: First Steps this weekend, the world is about to come to know British actress Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, one of the most famous heroines in all of Marvel comics. But to Anglophiles everywhere, she'll always be Princess Margaret in
Disney/Hulu
Gritty six-part period drama Dope Girls is finally set to premiere in America this month, and if the new Hulu trailer is anything to go by, it's going to arrive with a bang. The story, which feels like nothing so much as a more feminist take on gangland
Movies
News that Focus Features was working on a brand new adaptation of Jane Austen's classic Sense & Sensibility dropped less than a month ago, but the project is apparently already in high gear. The first novel published by Austen (anonymously, of course), the story follows the Dashwood family,
Acorn TV
Jean White is the last patron at the Sainte-Vincent library as this week’s episode of The Madame Blanc Mysteries opens, chatting with the guard, Thomas (Henry Zammit Cordina), as she’s packing up. An exhibit of Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of intoxication, is closing this week, as the priceless
Apple TV
Nearly two years after the divisive third-season finale, which felt like a definitive ending — if not for the show, at least its main character — Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso has officially started production on a fourth season. Considering it took the streamer over a year to even confirm all
Channel 5
Channel 5 continues its ambitious plans to become one of the pre-eminent sources of British drama with an announcement of half a dozen new shows to be commissioned for the 2025-2026 TV season. The slate, which was announced without a single American co-producer in sight, includes a diverse range of
Acorn TV
Since its debut in 2021, The Madame Blanc Mysteries production team tends to drop renewal announcements at the end of the summer, along with first images from filming the series' yearly holiday special. Like other highly popular British TV series, Madame Blanc has been awarded a "Festive Special&
PBS
The sixth episode of Atlantic Crossing opens with two American soldiers going off shift at the Opana Radar Site in Hawaii; one is anxious to get away, but the other wants to stay and improve his skills. He sees something unusual on the equipment, but when they contact their superiors,
PBS
Everyone needs that jerk of a friend to force you to celebrate your birthday when you'd rather be wallowing in the misery of the current state of the universe. I've got one (waves at the previous byline), you probably have one, and every vicar in Grantchester
PBS
The sixth installment of Patience, which is the show's Season 1 finale, “Pandora’s Box,” is a story of eco-terrorism and double agents where Metcalf nearly dies. This has been a fun season of television, and I’ll admit my perspective softened after interviewing writer Matt Baker and
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The BritBox period drama Outrageous chronicles a particularly thorny time in history by telling the story of a complex and often challenging family. The six Mitford sisters — Diana, Nancy, Pamela, Deborah, Unity, and Jessica — captured the imagination of 1930s Britain thanks to their polarizing politics, dramatic fashion sense, and seemingly
Netflix
Teenage crime-solving is back on the (streaming) menu with our first look at the highly anticipated second season of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. The BBC series, which streams on Netflix here in the U.S., is based on popular author Holly Jackson's bestselling series