The Girl Before
When HBO Max first launched in May of 2020, it promised anglophiles a new avenue of streaming their favorite programs by picking up all of BBC America's current library. But the high-profile shows at the streamer's launch were all American-based. Though there were some
The Time Travelers Wife
Sanditon's Theo James and Game of Thrones' Rose Leslie have been tapped to star in Steven Moffat's upcoming adaptation of the bestselling novel The Time Traveler's Wife. The series, which is being produced by HBO, will reunite two actors who both appeared in
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As the streaming wars in the U.S. heat up, the big beneficiaries are the viewers who love overseas shows. Content is king, and American studios can only make so many shows a year. That means several streamers are turning to British shows to fill the gaps; Netflix, for example,
Gangs of London
Mark your calendars: The popular British crime drama Gangs of London will officially air in the U.S. on AMC this spring. The ten-part series is currently available to American viewers viewer the network's AMC+ premium streaming platform, but this will mark its first linear broadcast. The
Nadiya Bakes
Netflix's latest reality show series from the U.K., Nadiya Bakes, is not technically a direct spinoff of The Great British Baking Show. Love Productions does not produce it; neither Paul Hollywood nor any other bakers from Season 3 (U.K. Series 6) show up. But from the
This England
Kenneth Branagh is set to portray U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in This Sceptered Isle, a drama that charts the events surrounding Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of the global coronavirus pandemic. Of course, your mileage may vary about whether we truly need
I Hate Suzie
It's official: After much speculation, Sky has officially renewed Billie Piper's chaotic dramedy I Hate Suzie for a second season. The eight-part series starred Piper as the eponymous Suzie Pickles, a C-list celebrity whose nude photos are leaked in a worldwide hack, revealing the
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The year 2021 is a big one for anniversaries on PBS. It's the tenth anniversary of Downton Abbey's premiere season; it's the 25th anniversary of the show's first major rebrand from Masterpiece Theater. (The series become Mobile Masterpiece Theater in 1998, which
It's a Sin
It's impossible to go into a drama that touts itself as the story of the AIDS crisis in 1980s London and expect anything that even remotely looks like a happy ending. And it's true, Russell T. Davies' haunting gut-punch of a drama, It'
The Irregulars
It's been over 120 years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle invented Sherlock Holmes and his constant companion and scribe, Dr. Watson, but the continuing mileage his story generates is remarkable. So is the success these endless adaptations have; from Robert Downey Jr. to Benedict Cumberbatch, there seems to
The 39 Steps
Benedict Cumberbatch will take on Alfred Hitchcock in his next role, starring in a limited series remake of the iconic director's classic thriller The 39 Steps . Granted, it's true that the decision to remake anything associated with Hitchock is always particularly fraught - the man is considered
All Creatures Great and Small
Stream the entire series now on WETA Passport. Last week’s episode of All Creatures Great and Small felt like the end of the season, even if it didn’t end as happily as we hoped. But this final episode, originally aired in the U.K. as a Christmas special,