Movies
The trailer for the controversial new David Bowie biopic Stardust is here, and fans of the iconic performer are likely to have conflicting feelings about it. Though most Bowie enthusiast (yours truly included) are likely quite excited about the thought of a film that explores the singer's quite
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On paper, Peacock’s Noughts + Crosses should have been a buzzy summer hit – a cultural conversation starter a la Hulu’s The Handmaid's Tale that arrived at a perfect and necessary moment, pushing its viewers toward necessary conversations about issues of race and cultural privilege. In actuality, the
Mystery
The first trailer for the upcoming Masterpiece period mystery series Miss Scarlet and the Duke is here, and it's everything we could have wanted it to be. The series follows the story of one Miss Eliza Scarlet, the first female private detective in Victorian London. When her father
Culture
The dark comedy Two Weeks to Live, starring Game of Thrones alum Maisie Williams and Fleabag's Sian Clifford, will debut on HBO Max this November. The series which aired on the U.K. network Sky earlier this Fall received rave reviews from critics, who compared it to the
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Here at Telly Visions, we cover British programming. The initial plan was to focus on Masterpiece programming and British imports that air on PBS. But as the landscape has changed drastically, and the streaming era has brought a giant influx of British-made television to America, that brief has expanded to
PBS
As COBRA continues, the net seems to be closing around the Sutherlands. This episode opens with Rachel calmly lying through her teeth to the police; as she tells Robert after, it’s family first, possibly the only sentiment they have in common with People’s Justice leader Scott Minett. Worse,
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The new Masterpiece political thriller Roadkill is certainly entertaining viewing, but it often feels as though it arrived on our screens from a parallel dimension, one in which any fallout from Brexit didn’t really happen and where a pandemic isn’t dominating every conversation in the halls of government
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We’ve reached the halfway point of The Trouble with Maggie Cole and things only seem to be getting more complicated and twisty. Let’s take a moment to refresh our memories about last week’s fallout over Radiogate and the Outed 6. Maggie awoke the next day intent on
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German actress Alicia Von Rittberg has been cast to play the famous Tudor princess in the upcoming Starz period drama Becoming Elizabeth . The eight-episode series will focus on a time period that isn't often covered in onscreen adaptations of Elizabeth I's life: Her youth. To be
Culture
As the holiday season arrives and awards season starts creeping upon us, there's more prestige TV than ever, which means more British TV than ever. This month, PBS Passport, Acorn TV, and Britbox are joined by Netflix, HBO (and HBO Max), and even the Disney-owned FX in bringing
Reality
A significant shift happened in The Great British Baking Show Series 5, which was the American Season 1, and I'm not just talking about the show's move to broadcasting on PBS. It was the first season where the show introduced theme weeks beyond the traditional "
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Though fans have been anticipating the arrival of Diana Spencer on The Crown virtually since the series began, the full trailer for Season 4 reminds us that there's another powerful woman waiting to step on the scene: Margaret Thatcher. Britain's first female Prime Minister arrives in