The Great British Baking Show
The Great British Baking Show was tailor-made for the sort of reality series to do Christmas specials. The "Christmas Special" episode has been part of the TV landscape ever since television became the modern hearth for families. In the U.K., these special Christmas episodes were mostly
The Long Song
The full trailer for the upcoming Masterpiece drama The Long Song has arrived, and it promises a story full of hardship, survival, and long-hoped-for change. The three-part series is based on the novel of the same name by the late Andrea Levy, which was shortlisted for the
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It's the final month of 2020, a year that turned out a way no one expected. The biggest story of the year was always about the proliferation of streamers. However, no one thought it would become the leading industry purveyor of entertainment quite so centrally, at least not
Doctor Who
Doctor Who giveth, and Doctor Who taketh away. As fans count down the days until New Year's special "Revolution of the Daleks" premieres, the show announces that two members of the TARDIS crew will be leaving the cast following after the holiday installment. Given that rumors
His Dark Materials
This week's His Dark Materials begins with Lyra taking a chance that she can get away with infiltrating Will's Earth twice without getting caught. Even without Pan sounding the alarm, audiences can guess that the second round won't go nearly as smoothly as the
The Murders at White House Farm
Don’t expect sensationalism in this ITV dramatization of one of Britain’s most notorious homicide cases, the brutal murder of three generations of a family in 1985 in a remote, locked farmhouse. The case that HBO Max series The Murders at White House Farm is based on remains controversial
Doctor Who
The old saying goes, "Christmas Comes But Once a Year." So too does the Doctor Who holiday special. A dose of Who for the holidays has been a staple of the franchise since the mid-aughts reboot. Under the direction of showrunner Chris Chibnall, the Christmas specials have
The Great British Baking Show
The late start to this year's edition of The Great British Baking Show had the unintended consequence of landing the finals over American Thanksgiving. It is a moment to give thanks for the heroic lengths the production went to in doing a lockdown edition in the middle of
We Hunt Together
Given that the British import We Hunt Together came to America on premium cable network Showtime earlier this summer, it's likely that many viewers completely missed out on the series entirely. This is an unfortunate shame because the show is one of the more original crime dramas to
The Great British Baking Show
The most recent season of The Great British Baking Show was not the series's best effort: From ridiculous challenges that seemed more focused on shaming the contestants than celebrating their bakes to awkward host interactions and truly incomprehensible judging decisions, the tent has been a mess this year,
Starz
Cable network Starz is rapidly becoming a go-to location for female-focused historical period dramas. From its trio of dramas based on Philippa Gregory novels (The White Queen, The White Princess, and The Spanish Princess) to the upcoming series based on the early life of Princess Elizabeth Tudor (Becoming
Black Narcissus
As 2020 draws to a close, yet another avenue opens up for British co-productions, as FX teams up with the BBC to bring over a new adaptation of Black Narcissus. Based on the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden and the 1947 British psychological drama directed by Michael Powell and