Van der Valk Season 2
The timing of the pandemic shutdowns in 2020 upended a lot of planned TV production schedules. But the ones who felt the hit the most were those who planned to film internationally, especially those who couldn't rethink that plan because they were set in other countries. For instance,
The Drowning
The Drowning is a four-part drama currently available on AcornTV and Sundance Now. It originally aired on BBC’s Channel 5 and its cast is full of familiar faces, including Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones. Written by Tim Dynevor, Francesca Brill, and Luke Watson, and directed by Carolina
Outlander
Production on the sixth season of Outlander has officially wrapped, and the series is headed back to our screens early next year. Unfortunately, however, Season 6 will be slightly truncated due to the filming delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, clocking in at just eight episodes. (But, on the plus
Ridley Road
Masterpiece has released the first images of its latest collaboration with the BBC, Ridley Road. Inspired by a true story, the series is adapted from Jo Bloom's best-selling novel of the same name. Set in the U.K. in the late 1960s, newcomer Aggi O'Casey
Unforgotten
Fans have been patiently waiting for a new season of Unforgotten ever since Season 3's cliffhanger ended with DCI Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker) quitting the force. But it took a while for ITV to get the already-renewed fourth season off the ground after it aired in 2018
Guilt
With many of our summer standards delayed thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, a new wave of heretofore unseen British programming is finally making its way to American shores - including the 2019 thriller Guilt, which will air on Masterpiece this September. Unlike many of PBS's other summer offerings, which
Culture
Summer is rolling in, and so are the new summer series on streaming. Once again, it's an array of offerings from across the internet, including several titles coming to PBS Passport and yet another service getting ahold of the rights to Downton Abbey. So, what's coming
Too Close
AMC drama Too Close - now streaming on the cable network's premium service AMC+ - packs a lot into its three episodes, and while much of its story is intriguing, the series is disappointing overall. It’s based on the novel of the same name, by Natalie Daniels, the pen
Summer is just about here, and with it, a new crop of new shows from Masterpiece. After several years of this being the "summer of mysteries" with Endeavour and Grantchester, 2021 aims for something a little different, kicking off with a family drama titled Us. The series initially
Bridgerton
As Netflix and Shondaland continue to develop a Bridgerton-based empire, production on Season 2 of the series is happily humming along in London. But the latest casting news has implications not just for the current series but perhaps the spinoff as well. Rupert Evans (The Man in the High
The Undeclared War
Fans of Wolf Hall will rejoice. While the wait continues for the delayed sequel based on Hilary Mantel's third novel The Mirror & The Light, the team has gotten the band back together for a project at U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 co-produced with NBCUniversal's
The Pursuit of Love
Period drama The Pursuit of Love premiered on the BBC earlier this spring to rave reviews and now American audiences will finally get to see the buzzy adaptation for themselves this summer, thanks to Amazon Prime Video Based on Nancy Mitford's groundbreaking 1945 novel of the same name,