Mystery
Annika's final episode for Season 1 opens with Morgan's 16th birthday on the horizon and a case that has our titular detective pensive. The deceased is Viola McCaskill, washed up from the drink. But it's the next of kin that's the problem:
PBS
The final episode of Magpie Murders is packed with revelations from the Alan Conway whodunit and the story of what happened to the author himself. In a change of pace, instead of the story starting in the real world, either present-day or a flashback, this week's finale begins
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Before anyone gets too excited about the fact that the name of the Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 finale is "The Proposal," I regret to inform you all that while there are multiple proposals of various kinds throughout the episode of both a business and a
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
HBO's Succession is a blueprint for how to put together a traditional prestige drama: A Shakespearean family tragedy that focuses on betrayal and backstabbing, featuring A-list actors, generally unlikable characters (99% of whom are white), and a story set in the rarefied world of America's uber-elite,
Mystery
Though it doesn't get nearly the attention of, say, Endeavour or Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Vienna Blood has become a sleeper hit for PBS. The turn of the century mystery series, based on the books by Frank Tallis, is one of the few mysteries set in the
This season of The Great British Baking Show has not been its best. The series has reached the point that it no longer can surprise on its terms. The days when Mel and Sue kept crying contestants off camera are long gone, and Prue's inability to stand up
PBS
Between the returns of Miss Scarlet and the Duke, All Creatures Great and Small, and Sanditon, 2023 looks like a good year for PBS viewers. But while some shows are being put out to pasture, like Endeavour, and some are getting new cast members, like Unforgotten, a few of the
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
When PBS Masterpiece announced earlier this year that Season 3 of the popular mystery series Miss Scarlet and the Duke would arrive on our screens just a scant two months after the conclusion of its second, fans were over the moon — and rightly so! Thanks to a delayed renewal and
Sundance Now
Many people are probably passingly familiar with the story of British-naturalised Russian defector Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko, who was allegedly killed by radiation poisoning by the Russian government. Litvinenko fled Russia with his family to the U.K. in 2000 after publicly accusing his superiors of, among other things, ordering the
Acorn TV
With mystery series Whitstable Pearl poised to return for a second season on Acorn TV, it's a good moment to check in on some of the streaming service's favorite whodunit to see if they are returning anytime soon. Murder In Provence, for example, has not been
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
British mystery series are some of the most popular shows among anglophiles, even if some of them, like, say, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries or Frankie Drake, are set in countries other than the U.K. Amazon Prime Video's latest, Three Pines, is in the same category
Drama
Television fans owe a lot to Game of Thrones. The series wasn’t just compelling drama; it made prestige fantasy popular, even cool, in a way we’re still seeing play out on our screens today. (See also: The rise of His Dark Materials, The Wheel of Time, The Lord