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We've reached October, and the television season is in full swing here at PBS and on PBS Passport. Sunday nights are packed with British mysteries; Thursdays (for some local stations) have debuted the Canadian Midsomer Murders, while Walter Presents continues to experiment with airing some of its most
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The British film industry has been producing striking debut films at an unfathomable rate over the last few years, and now that Hoard has premiered at the Venice Film Festival, we certainly can’t accuse them of all feeling the same. The London-set drama centers on Maria, who, as
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Mystery series are old hat to British TV fans. After all, the Brits have essentially made an art form out of the genre, whether it's a series based on classic literature or one that sees an individual with a completely inappropriate background (priest, professor, restaurant owner) suddenly take
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October is typically considered the height of autumn, and as such, it goes by many names: Pumpkin Spice season, Decorative Gourd season, Spooky season, etc. However, in the entertainment business, it's the heart of film festival season, as major indie films and awards contenders head from high-profile
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Suranne Jones’ first effort at penning her own series has landed an American debut. MaryLand, a family drama about two sisters reunited over the death of their mother, Mary, will officially come to PBS in 2024 as part of the Masterpiece spring lineup. The long-running British anthology series announced
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Now that his decade-long stay in Portwenn has come to an end, Doc Martin star Martin Clunes is set to tackle a slightly darker role in the upcoming ITV thriller Out There. Out There will focus on the story of a family whose home and way of life are
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Netflix has rounded out the casting for its upcoming drama Toxic Town, a a four-part limited series that aims to shine a spotlight on the Corby poisonings, an event that is considered one of the U.K's worst environmental disasters. Bridgeron star Claudia Jessie has joined the
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One day, BritBox will hit critical mass and release a show so big, so popular, so mainstream that it will stop being that streaming service people look at me funny when I start gushing about how great it is. When that day comes, the world will discover the truly stupendous
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Part 2 of Van der Valk’s second episode picks up directly after the death of Jan Kappel, Van der Valk’s former mentor and Julia’s former lover. Both are clearly shaken; even Hendrik lacks his usual ebullience as he studies the body. Julia tells Van der Valk she
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They say when stress hits, people revert to their base selves. That certainly seems true of our suspects as Unforgotten Episode 4 opens. Faced with his mortality, Tony tries to buy his way out of his cancer diagnosis and then turns ugly towards Medhi Hussein when his glad-handing doesn&
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As a new era of Doctor Who dawns, the show's upcoming trio of 60th anniversary specials seems poised to revisit a key event from the series' past. Look, most Whovians have never fully gotten over the fate of former Tenth Doctor companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), who
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It’s been three and a half years since Season 1 of World on Fire aired, despite Season 2 being greenlit before the PBS premiere, as filming on two continents during a pandemic proved impossible. With a large cast and a storyline that encompassed the confusion, pain, and horror of