Drama
It's a running joke among Anglophiles that there are only so many actors in England. It's why we tend to see the same faces pop up in all sorts of series, year in and year out, from period dramas to police procedurals. But every so often
PBS
April showers may bring May flowers, but they also tend to drive people indoors to watch TV. It's a good time of year for it. With award nominations dancing in their heads, all the industry's major players are putting forward their best shows. On PBS and
BritBox
On the surface, the cozy mystery series Father Brown, which is based on the G.K. Chesterton novels in which a Roman Catholic priest solves crimes in a quaint English village, seems an unlikely candidate to spawn an interconnected world of spin-offs. Yet, that's precisely what happened with
Call the Midwife
The secret to Call The Midwife's success is that it isn't a series based on one character. Though the series started as focused on Nurse Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine), and Nurse Trixie (Helen George) has been there since the beginning, the show has been a larger
Good Omens
Most viewers likely aren't sure what to expect from the second season of Prime Video's Good Omens. Yes, the series's first season was wall-to-wall wonderful, an adaptation of the beloved Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett novel of the same name that felt like it
The Nevers
Life comes at you fast. Three years ago, in 2020, Joss Whedon's The Nevers was positioned as the Next Big British-ish Fantasy Series for HBO following Game of Thrones, including taking over the latter's coveted pre-Emmy vote schedule-block of Sundays at 9 p.m. in April
Marie Antoinette
The trailers for Marie Antoinette show the kiss that the young Dauphine and King's favorite Madame du Barry share in the series' second episode; only those clips seemed (whether intentionally or not) to frame the moment as vaguely indecent, another example of the infamous French queen and
Sanditon
Given that there are only six episodes in Sanditon's final season, one might expect the story to contract rather than expand. After all, there's not a lot of room to maneuver, narratively speaking, and many loose ends to tie up. But, in the season's
Call the Midwife
As Call The Midwife rounds into its second episode, it's May 1968 and Whitsuntide (Pentecost) is here. Nurse Shelagh is pulling together Nonnatus’s celebration, with maypole dancing, refreshments, and a raffle. Sister Monica Joan gives her the entire cache of marmalade Sister Veronica brought as a gift
Starz
Get ready to spend your summer at Fraser's Ridge — Starz has confirmed that the new season of its megapopular period romance Outlander will officially arrive on our screens this June. The lush and romantic series follows the story of Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), a World War II nurse
AMC/AMC+
AMC Networks hasn't had the easiest time of the 2020 streaming wars. The company chose to go a different direction than most other production studios with many little niche-marketed streamers rather than a giant conglomerate. It was a decision made by default and necessity, and while it may
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is about halfway through filming its fourteenth season, which is due to air sometime after the show’s 60th anniversary specials, likely in early 2024. Luckily, there has been plenty of exciting news to tide us over while we wait for Ncuti Gatwa’s debut as the Doctor.