Marie Antoinette
History arrives much sooner than we expected on the fourth episode of Marie Antoinette, as the young Dauphin and Dauphine officially become King and Queen of France. It's an elevation that it is immediately apparent neither of them is ready for, given that this is also the episode
Sanditon
As we round the turn into Sanditon Season 3's final batch of episodes, the end of the series itself starts to feel very close indeed. Despite the show's origins as the story of one Miss Charlotte Heywood, our heroine is still little more than a cog
Call the Midwife Season 12
Call The Midwife continues the dark trajectory of Season 12 with a medical crisis at the maternity home. It won’t be the first time in this series that the fictional events of 1968 Poplar mirror those of our lives –– families separated, overwhelmed medical staff, and a serious life-threatening epidemic.
Totally Completely Fine
The trailer for a new Australian series just dropped, and we’re feeling totally completely fine about it. Billed as a dark comedy, Totally Completely Fine is a six-episode series exploring what happens when a young woman at her lowest is literally tasked with talking others off the ledge. The
Peacock
Period pieces, especially those set in Roman and Greek antiquity, tend to lean hard into British culture instead of knowing what those cultures were genuinely like. From I Claudius to Alexander The Great, sword and sandal shows and movies are angled to Anglophiles, including current shows like Domina on MGM+
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
David Attenborough's Frozen Planet II only just finished airing on BBC America in March, but there's already another Attenborough series on the way for April and Earth Day 2023. His latest special, Wild Isles, which aired on BBC One in February 2023 (though not without some
AMC/AMC+
It's always been a bit surprising that period drama landscape has generally been so uninterested in telling stories of the Jacobean era. Maybe anything that followed Queen Elizabeth I was destined to seem lesser by comparison, but there is a surprising lack of content set during this period,
PBS
PBS has released its Summer 2023 schedule, including the new season premiere date for fan-favorite mystery series Grantchester. The series ended on a shocking finale that raced Will Davenport (Tom Brittany) and his newest love interest Bonnie Evans (Charlotte Richie), to the altar without passing go or collecting any dramatic
Netflix
Hot on the heels of the success of The Night Agent, Netflix's next big political thriller is set to make a big splash this April. The Diplomat features an intense premise, an all star cast, and an intriguing mix of high stakes politics and more character-driven personal dynamics.
HBO & HBO Max
The BBC-HBO co-production Industry, which follows a group of interns competing to be hired at the prestigious investment bank in London, Pierpoint & Co, is finally bidding for audience attention. The series, which is best viewed as a cross between Succession's cutthroat insult power plays and Euphoria'
BritBox
Streaming service BritBox has announced that the third season of the popular crime drama Grace is set to premiere this April, just a few short weeks after its broadcast concluded in the U.K. Based on the popular series of novels by Peter James -- which is currently at 18
Unforgotten
Nicola Walker’s exit from Unforgotten proved a ratings goldmine, as the show’s fourth season was one of ITV’s most-watched programs of 2021. But, at the time, it was not clear if the popularity was due to Unforgotten itself or Walker’s exit. When Walker’s new detective