Sci-Fi
Last week's Doctor Who ended with the end of the universe as the Flux entered the TARDIS from every door. (There were a lot of extra doors.) The week opens with the Doctor waking up from a black and white dream with a giant haunted house to a
Reality
We're reaching the final weeks of The Great British Baking Show. This year has been one of the best since the series moved over to Channel 4. Producers have recognized the series was moving too far in the direction of Nailed It! with its too-difficult challenges and going
Drama
Olivia Colman may have completed her time as Queen Elizabeth II on Netflix's The Crown, but she's not yet done with the streaming service. Her latest film, The Lost Daughter, which has been making the rounds of film festivals in preparation for a run at awards
Drama
Filming for Tom Jones is officially underway in Ireland, and the first image from the series has already hit our shores. Based on Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, one of the first modern novels ever printed, the coming of age story follows the titular
Mystery
The Long Call, Britbox’s newest four-part police procedural, has an impressive lineage, is based on a new series from mystery writer Ann Cleeves, whose Vera and Shetland series are longtime audience favorites among Anglophiles. With a great cast, ascreenplay by Kelly Jones (Death In Paradise, Baptiste, Des), and directed
Drama
Aidan Turner's run on Poldark has made him one of the faces of PBS' Masterpiece. (And also the bare chest of it too.) His next project, Leonardo, is another period set historical drama, rolling the clock back to 1506 Italy. Turner stars as the famous artist and
Acorn TV
Poet detective Adam Dalgliesh has returned in a new series called, obviously enough, Dalgliesh. It’s the first remake since the acclaimed and long-lived ITV/Masterpiece series aired from 1983 –1998 with Roy Marsden as Dalgliesh. This latest adaptation tackles three of the novels by the late P. D. James
Culture
The holidays are racing towards us, and with winter comes settling at home around the TV. The last two months of the year are significant for streaming services, many of whom saved their big awards contenders for release close to the end of December. It's also when many
Mystery
The good news about Season 2 of Baptiste is that it is far more engaging than Season 1. That's almost entirely due to the guest cast, led by Fiona Shaw. Shaw's Emma Chambers is a complicated woman. She's someone desperate to be loved by
Mystery
Leonard's court date is upon us on Grantchester, and the church is handling about as well as can be expected. The Bishop (Stuart Bowman) turns up and fires him, withdrawing his license and all. Will wants to stand for Leonard in court, but Leonard refuses; after all, doing
Drama
Time flies and so do Call the Midwife seasons! With only two episodes to go, we're already into the heart of the summer of 1966. As we return to Poplar, Lucille’s colleagues, patients, and neighbors throw her and Cyril a sweet little party in honor of their
Sci-Fi
Doctor Who: Flux is the show's first six-part adventure since Classic Who and 1979's "The Armageddon Factor" during the Fourth Doctor era. (Once the series crossed into the 1980s, serials shrank to 3 and 4 parters; even "Trial of a Timelord" was