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
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
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
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 books,
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
Doctor Who
It’s Monsoon season in the Whoniverse! Award-winning actress and “Queen of All Queens” Jinkx Monsoon will have a major role in Season 14 of Doctor Who. Jinkx rose to fame on RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she took the crown on Season 5 and All Stars Season 7.
Netflix
It can often feel like period dramas that occur during World War II are a dime a dozen, which is a big part of why any series that tries to do something new with the setting almost immediately stands out from the pack. World on Fire's multi-POV
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette's third episode is essentially framed as a catfight, a face-off between the young Dauphine and the King's mistress Madame du Barry, as they struggle to determine who's more powerful within the world of the French court. And, granted, we do get
Sanditon
Since the second and third seasons of Sanditon were filmed back to back, one has to assume that the folks in charge of the series knew quite early on that Season 3 would be the show's final outing. Even though there had to be ample time to plan