The Crown
Netflix's smash hit period drama The Crown, which dramatizes the story of Queen Elizabeth II and her family, will launch its highly anticipated fifth season this November. Still, the show will arrive in a world that's much changed, at least when it comes to the British
The Great British Baking Show
It's Dessert Week in the tent, as The Great British Baking Show tries to shake off Mexican Week in hopes viewers will quickly forget with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads. Dessert Week is one of those catch-all themes that can be as easy or as
Doc Martin
The end of an era is here: The final season of British comedy Doc Martin will launch on Acorn TV next week, closing the book on a franchise that has come to define the idea of quirky, offbeat British comedy for millions of viewers around the world. Over the course
AMC/AMC+
It's been almost a decade since the BBC originally commissioned Happy Valley in November 2012. Created and written by Sally Wainwright, the police procedural series was as much a cat-and-mouse game between PC Catherine Cawood and the man who'd raped her daughter, Becky, and driven her
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
When Miss Scarlet & the Duke was initially announced in 2019 to be destined for Masterpiece, the show was already in production with a premiere date set in the U.K. of Spring 2020. The show didn't make its debut stateside until January 2021, and with the shutdowns
Mystery
Fall is traditionally a time for mystery series on PBS. This year is no different, with the returns of Van der Valk and Miss Scarlet & the Duke and the premiere of new crime drama Annika, starring longtime Masterpiece fan favorite Nicola Walker. But the arrival of the highly anticipated
Good Omens
When the original Good Omens limited series arrived on Prime Video back in May 2019, it was a triumph for author Neil Gaiman, who was badly in need of one. His first prestige TV adaptation, American Gods, was sinking at Starz under the weight of disastrous behind-the-scenes upheaval. His hopes
Apple TV
Though we haven't even celebrated Halloween yet, it's time to talk about Christmas television. Yes, really. And while we expect holiday specials to arrive from all the usual cozy suspects: Call the Midwife, The Great British Baking Show, All Creatures Great and Small, a few newcomers
Sci-Fi
BBC America's critically acclaimed science fiction series Orphan Black spun a fascinating multiyear conspiracy around the story of a young woman who discovered she was part of a group of clones, ultimately airing for five seasons and winning an Emmy for star Tatiana Maslany's portrayal of
Mystery
The loss of Nicola Walker as DCI Cassie Stuart from Unforgotten was one of the big dramas of 2021. Though to be fair, her character had been written into a corner, and her passing made sense for the story to continue, it was still a blow to see one of
Van der Valk Season 2
Van der Valk's Season 2 finale begins straightforwardly. Cellist Fleur Mas (Hadewych van Gent) goes to work, performs at a concert, and has a "drink" thrown in her face during the reception, which turns out to be acid, falls screaming, and dies. The next morning, VDV
The Serpent Queen
Episode 5 of The Serpent Queen opens as Catherine de Medici and her favored maid Rahima stroll in the forest. In fitting with the series’ fairytale themes, the forest is so often the place where bad things happen, and where supernatural beings roam. Rahima spots a man, or a creature,