His Dark Materials
The His Dark Materials trilogy is made up of three very segmented novels. Book one, known either as The Golden Compass or The Northern Lights, depending on which side of the pond you're on, exists utterly in Lyra's world. It's a mirror universe where
Jane Austen
The CW, a network that is best known for its superhero series based on DC comic book properties and teen-focused dramas like Riverdale, is working on a new anthology series based on the works of none other than Jane Austen. Yes, really. Currently titled Modern Austen, the anthology series
Roadkill
Roadkill is a series that’s comprised of just four episodes, the sort of short length that makes you think that it has to be a show that knows what sort of story it’s telling and what its ultimate endgame is. But three-fourths of the way through the
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
This week’s installment of The Trouble with Maggie Cole turned up the drama several notches as more secrets were revealed. But before digging into the specifics, let’s remind ourselves of how we got here. In Episode 4, Maggie finally got the chance to made amends with Roxanna. Alex’
Jodie Turner-Smith
U.K. network Channel 5 has commissioned a convention-defying new drama focused on the death of the infamous English queen, Anne Boleyn, starring British actress Jodie Turner-Smith. It does not yet have a title but the three-part series will reportedly examine the downfall of Henry VIII'
The Great British Baking Show
It's Top 5 Week on The Great British Baking Show Season 8 (or Series 11 if you prefer). It's the week the series has unofficially dubbed the quarter-finals since the show's second series (the one that's never aired over here.) Fittingly,
Doctor Who
Not even a global pandemic can keep the Doctor down for long. Production on Doctor Who Season 13 - the third to feature Jodie Whittaker as the renegade Time Lady - has finally begun. Thanks to the effects of the coronavirus shutdowns that threw much of the entertainment industry into turmoil, filming
COBRA
Good news for COBRA fans - the political thriller will indeed return for a second season, but what that will look like is really anyone's guess, particularly after the bonkers events of Season 1. The Season 2 renewal was announced earlier this year. The drama, which follows the global
Comedy
Buzzy dramedy I Hate Suzie officially arrives in Ameria this month, starring Doctor Who and Penny Dreadful alum Billie Piper as an actress whose life is turned upside down when her phone is hacked and graphic photos are published online of her extramarital affair. Piper, who is co-creator of
Gentleman Jack
Production on the second season of the critically acclaimed period drama Gentleman Jack is officially under way in Halifax. The show tells the story of Anne Lister, a 19th-century British landowner, lesbian, and all-around unorthodox woman who was wildly ahead of her time in many respects. In its
PBS
The trouble with this final episode of COBRA is that we know a second season is in the works, so we expect a finale that both wraps up issues and raises new questions. But this is COBRA, so... not so much. As usual, the tension and stakes in this particular
Roadkill
The second episode of Roadkill continues along in much the same vein as the first, full of ridiculous subplots, some over the top grandstanding from Hugh Laurie’s self-serving Peter Laurence, now officially the Minister of Justice, multiple car crashes of both the literal and figurative variety, and just