Comedy
British TV comedy has a long history and a serious fandom. From Monty Python to Red Dwarf, the mere phrase "British comedy" comes with weighty lineage and a reputation to uphold. Even newer shows like The Office and Fleabag leave long shadows that other series have to fight
Drama
The BBC renewals from the last month have mostly been for dramas American fans have already seen. Time, for instance, aired Season 1 on BritBox last year, Vigil Season 1 is tucked away on Peacock as one of the few British offerings they have, and The Tourist Season 1 recently
Mystery
Acorn TV's newest original series Harry Wild is an Irish mystery set in Dublin that is both fast-moving and fun. Retiree Harry Wild and her teenage sidekick Fergus Reid make a great crime-solving team, and star Jane Seymour’s portrayal of a strong, aging woman who is not
Drama
PBS has gotten in tighter with Eagle Eye Drama since picking up Walter's Choice foreign language series to help fill out its Passport offerings. PBS has picked up both the company's remakes of popular police dramas/mystery series, Professor T and Before We Die. The network
Mystery
Killing Eve opens this week only a few minutes after last week's episode's conclusion, with Villanelle dragged back into Konstantin's apartment after being shot by an arrow on Hélène's orders by someone Konstantin identifies as "Gunn." No one is pleased
Drama
Sanditon rolls merrily along this week, seemingly eager to tick as many stereotypical period drama boxes as possible in the name of pushing its story forward. There's a charming midsummer fair! A stoic man expresses emotion due to the mention of his beloved dead spouse! An unwed mother
Drama
Another Sunday, another visit to Poplar with Call the Midwife! You’ll recall last time our intrepid midwives mobilized against a scabies outbreak and took in a badly shaken Miss Higgins after her home was burgled. An overwhelmed single mother and a heartbroken young couple were also recipients of the
Sci-Fi
The time of the Thirteenth Doctor is drawing to a close. But before Jodie Whittaker says goodbye to Doctor Who for good she's starring in a trio of feature-length specials prior to her regeneration. The first installment, "Eve of the Daleks," aired this past New Year&
Drama
Despite the fact that it was originally intended as a limited series, the Jamie Dornan-led thriller The Tourist will return for a second season. The news comes as part of a flurry of BBC renewal announcements that also saw Suranne Jones' submarine thriller Vigil and Martin Freeman's
Movies
Mansfield Park is Jane Austen’s third novel to be published, and if you’ve swooned over her other books, you may find this one ... difficult. Her contemporary readers didn’t seem particularly bothered by the change of tone. After all, it was still much better than many books produced
Drama
Bridgerton has barely had its second season out for a week, and the streaming service is already prepping to make more. Not Bridgerton Season 3, though that is expected to start filming later this year or early next. This is the spinoff prequel series focused on the primary character addition
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March has given way to the beginning of April. And while April showers should bring May flowers, they'll also bring a flood of new British TV shows and movies to a streaming service near you. That's not an April Fool's joke. This month is