Movies
The trailer for the upcoming biopic The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is here, mixing two of the internet's favorite things to great effect: Cats and Benedict Cumberbatch. The highly anticipated film recounts the story of the eccentric British artist Louis Wain, who was best known for his
Drama
Much like real life, when The Crown Season 4 introduced Princess Diana, she immediately took over the show, becoming the main focus of the entire season. On the one hand, it did wonders for the series' profile. After spending three seasons mired in the small but respectable single million
Drama
Bridgerton is inarguably one of the most anticipated shows returning to Netflix in 2022. The runaway hit based on Julia Quinn's Regency-era set romances featuring the aristocratic Bridgerton family in 1810s London has become the streaming service's most-watched series ever. (At least, according to its own
Reality
It's high summer in the U.K. The grass is green, the birds and chirping, and "Achy Breaky Heart" is playing. Welcome to The Great British...wait what now? For those of us hoping the boy energy of last season would dissipate between seasons, sorry y&
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Martin Clunes drama Manhunt is returning for a second season, set to debut on streaming service Acorn TV this October. The first season of the show aired back in 2019 and was a surprising hit for British network ITV, becoming the highest-rated new drama on any U.K. channel that
Sci-Fi
File this under things I never thought I'd see happen, but I guess you truly can sometimes go home again. Former showrunner Russell T. Davies - the man responsible for modern-day Doctor Who as we know it - is returning to the TARDIS for the show's
Comedy
It's official: The upcoming third season of the popular Irish comedy Derry Girls will be the series' last. Set in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, Derry Girls follows the misadventures of a squad of ill-mannered teen girls as they navigate typical coming of age adventures against the
Culture
When Telly Visions launched in September 2011, PBS and Masterpiece were still generally the most dependable way to watch British shows in America. Both A&E and Bravo, which had started as highbrow cable channels in the 1990s, had long left those ambitions behind. BBC America existed, but only
Mystery
When we last checked in on the long-gestating Luther movie, the BBC had reportedly partnered up with Netflix to get the project off the ground. Now that partnership has officially taken off, with the film adding two prominent A-list names to the cast. Like the TV series, the movie will
Housekeeping
Not to toot our own horns, but: Telly Visions turns ten years old this week. Yes, our very first post went up on September 21, 2011. (Insert your own Earth, Wind & Fire joke here, I guess.) It's a remarkable milestone for many reasons - not the least
Reality
The Great British Bake Off debuted on BBC 2 in 2010 as a Kids In Need charity show enticing people to start fundraising bake-offs at home. No one realized at the time that the series, which featured BBC 2 regular Mary Berry, The Supersizers hosts Mel and Sue, and some
Drama
It probably feels like about a decade ago since David Tennant was announced to front a new limited series adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days to air on the BBC. The news was initially announced in December 2019, with Slim Film + Television and Federation joining an international set