Acorn TV
After six months of pondering what was up with The Madame Blanc Mysteries, AMC Networks and Acorn TV have finally announced a Season 4 premiere date. Fans will recall that Acorn TV, the leading producer of the series alongside the U.K.'s Channel 5, had traditionally treated the
PBS
Glenda Jackson's passing in mid-2023 was a tragic loss for the British stage and screen. The two-time Oscar-winner (in 1969 and 1973) had semi-retired from acting by the time the 21st century rolled around. She used her fame to further the progressive politics she believed in, serving as
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Masterpiece is returning to its literary roots, announcing that the new French-made adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo starring Sam Claflin (Enola Holmes) will air next year. Though its author, Alexandre Dumas, is likely more famous for his other adventure novels, such as The Three Musketeers and The Man
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Fun Fact about Lucy Worsley, the woman best known in the U.S. for her many documentary series, like Lucy Worsley Investigates and Holmes vs. Doyle, in which she does historical deep dives into British history. In the U.K., she's actually known for her many documentary series
Netflix
Greta Gerwig's The Chronicles of Narnia adaptation is starting to come into focus. The Barbie director has reportedly tapped Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan (Saltburn) to join the cast. And though no one officially involved with the production has said this out loud yet, the news of Mulligan'
Sky
Fans of Luther are still hoping that series star Idris Elba and creator Neil Cross will manage to work out a deal to make a sequel to Netflix's well-received 2023 film, Luther: The Fallen Sun. But until schedules magically align (and Netflix decides to hand over some money)
BritBox
The last decade has been a whiplash between sudden spates of progressive change, creating more equitable conditions for Black and LGBTQ+ artists to produce films and TV series about their lived experience or the lived experience of their culture, pockmarked with sudden extremist backlash from politicians and voters, whether it
Acorn TV
Acorn TV is known as an alternative streaming service to BritBox. The latter is British-centric, where Acorn TV tends to pick up English-language shows from everywhere but the U.K., including New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Ireland. However, the race to become the American home for Welsh series is
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The triaging of The Marlow Murder Club release schedule continues apace, as Season 3 gets announced by UKTV, despite the series being a co-production with Masterpiece, which has not even released the first images from Season 2, let alone a trailer. It's slightly better than the Season 2
Apple TV
It is a truth universally acknowledged (around this website anyway) that casting British actors immediately makes your project more respectable. It's why so many films at Cannes and other International Film Festivals feature casts that are studded with British talent; it's why HBO and Game of
BBC
Given that the franchise has been around for over sixty years, Doctor Who has a lot of anniversaries to celebrate. As a general rule, it usually likes to go all out for them, in ways that most frequently involve copious applications of former Tenth Doctor, David Tennant. (See the global
AMC/AMC+
It's been nearly two years since Black Bear Pictures initially announced the horror film Whistle. The film, based on the short story of the same name by author Owen Egerton, was part of the small group of films that were announced for production in October 2023, months into