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King Charles III has all the hallmarks of a Shakespearean history play, one that tells that sad truth that "Monarchs should be seen and not heard." But what does it say about the United Kingdom that it insists on telling the tale of the end of our second
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At one time or another most parents have experienced the pain of seeing their kids bullied or excluded, but the families featured in this week’s episode of Call the Midwife have got long-term struggles on their hands. In a related story, one of our most committed midwives undergoes a
Doctor Who
This week’s episode of Doctor Who hands us the largest twist of Moffat’s tenure–and indeed in the show’s history.
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Prepare yourselves, everybody. It looks like the Downton Abbey movie is actually happening. If the British tabloid press is to be believed, at any rate. Yes, according to reports, the mega-hit costume drama will officially return in feature film form. The show, which ran on PBS in the U.S.
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King Charles III airs this weekend on Masterpiece, a Shakepearan style historical drama about history that hasn't actually happened yet. We reflect on the end of the second Elizabethan Age and the anxiety about it that has brought about such a drama before its time. Just a couple
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This week’s episode of Call the Midwife finds Poplar immersed a state of heightened anxiety. As the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, Sister Mary Cynthia continues to struggle with her recovery and an expectant mother finds the ways of her culture clash with those of her newly adopted home. If
Doctor Who
This week’s episode, “Knock Knock” give us another perfect episode, this time based on the standard Whovian Haunted House trope.
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One thing leads to another on this week's Call the Midwife. Treating a maternity patient with serious dental issues results in romance for Nurse Franklin. The Buckles take in a young man with special needs who has nowhere to go and, in the process, we also discover that
Doctor Who
Unable to reason with the TARDIS to take them back in time for tea, the Doctor and Bill find instead themselves at a Frost Fair in 1814…
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The award-winning play King Charles III will be coming to a PBS station near you this May. Masterpiece presents a television adaptation of the Tony-nominated show, starring the late actor Tim Pigott Smith. He also performed the lead role in both the Broadway and West End productions, the latter of
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Despite the backdrop of a close-knit community celebrating the opening of a new park with maypole dances and chariot races, tough decisions and despair dominate in this week’s Call the Midwife. Mothers who can’t bear children are juxtaposed against those who can but can’t afford to keep
Doctor Who
A quick jaunt into the future heralds the beginning of trying to get home again, in Doctor Who’s second episode, “Smile.”