Acorn TV
There's something to be said for knowing your lane. Streaming service Acorn TV has established a reputation for itself in the world of quirky crime dramas, thanks to its distinctive storytelling and a string of successful series starring recognizable actors who are trying something new in their careers.
ITV
The News of the World scandal was barely a blip on Americans' radar when it broke in the middle of the summer in 2011. Aside from the revelation that the Murdoch-owned paper had tapped the phones of royalty for years, an angle that resonated here due to the
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
Making television shows and movies is always a crapshoot. You can have all the best actors, scripts, sets, and directors, but everything can easily slide sideways if the wrong executive producer gets their way, or a director and actor have very different ideas. Sometimes a show fails just because people
BritBox
One of the brightest spots of the 2020s has been the uptick in British cozy crime shows on American streaming services. Thus far in 2025, it has been an embarrassment of riches on both Acorn TV and BritBox over the last five months, including (but not limited to) Ludwig, Art
BritBox
Does it have urgent, modern themes, or is it an old-school Gothic drama with a contemporary coat of paint? This question arises in all four episodes of Playing Nice, a thriller miniseries written by Grace Ofori-Attah that premiered in Britain around the New Year. The series takes a
Netflix
Ruth Ware's The Woman in Cabin 10 was not her debut novel; that honor goes to In a Dark, Dark Wood, which she published in 2015. However, it wasn't until Cabin 10, her second novel published a year later, that the British author broke out, with
BritBox
Sister Boniface Mysteries Season 4's second episode chronicles Great Slaughter’s absurd and sinister Scarecrow Festival. Relative newcomer Felix Livingstone finds the equally beloved and reviled Festival one of the Great Slaughter traditions that is absolutely bewildering. Alan Yarrow (Ben Rufus Green), ostensibly in charge, clutches a clipboard,
Paramount+
One of the unsung comedies of the BBC's current lineup, Dreaming Whilst Black, is heading back to the small screen for Season 2 before the end of 2025. The screamingly funny half-hour comedy hails from series co-creator Adjani Salmon, who originally launched it as a web
Movies
It's been over 400 years since playwright William Shakespeare posthumously broke big in 1623 with the "First Folio," after spending his entire life as a minor homegrown English celebrity. In that time, partly thanks to the British Empire and colonialism, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Netflix
It's a truth universally acknowledged that there aren't enough American period dramas. Sure, U.S. audiences enjoy watching historical shows — Downton Abbey was a massive hit here, and the steadily growing success of The Gilded Age is nothing so much as a sign that we should
Movies
It is rare for a franchise to conclude in the 21st century, when the landscape is heavily marked by reboots, revivals, and reimaginings of older titles. It's not just shows like The Forsytes remaking The Forsyte Saga for a new century, or boyish comedy All Creatures Great &
PBS
There is something deeply satisfying about seeing a show you've been obsessively following since it was announced, and after two years of emailing around to PBS asking if public broadcasting is picking up, finally, FINALLY, someone says yes. It's even better when that show is one