The Durrells in Corfu
Sad news for fans of family drama The Durrells in Corfu: ITV has confirmed that the series’ upcoming fourth season will be its last. The series was renewed for a six-episode Season 4 back in May of 2018. Keeley Hawes will return as family matriarch Louisa, with Josh O’
Culture
Our latest series runs down the truth behind the popular bakes featured on The Great British Baking Show. This week: The Finals! Finals Week The Great British Baking Show has always ended with a tea party, though the size and scale of the parties have grown over the years it&
Unforgotten
With Grantchester on a long hiatus thanks to the debate over whether or not star James Norton would return for another season, PBS picked up crime drama Unforgotten to fill its traditional schedule space this past spring. The show, which might be described as an "anti-whodunit," stars
Call the Midwife
Though we’re still a few months from the return of popular period drama Call the Midwife, filming on its upcoming season has been underway since May. The drama was renewed through Season 9 back when it was only airing Season 6, so we haven’t – and won’t – need
The Great British Baking Show
First there were twelve, now only a trio of bakers remain as we enter The Great British Baking Show Season 5 finals. After Danny, the lone female baker, was eliminated in the tension-filled Patisserie Week semifinal last week, three men have survived to do battle in a tent filled
The Frankie Drake Mysteries
Good news, mystery fans: There’s a new detective in town. And she’ll be coming to a PBS streaming service near you. The Frankie Drake Mysteries is an eleven-episode Canadian series that follows a group of female private detectives in 1920s Toronto. Lauren Lee Smith stars as the
Culture
Our latest series runs down the truth behind the popular bakes featured on The Great British Baking Show. This week: The Pâtisserie Semi-Final! Pâtisserie (Semi-Final) The word "pâtisserie" is French for "Bakeshop." This round is all French pastry all the time, and it is
Movies
As one of countless people who read the best-seller by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows almost a decade ago, I was keen to check out the screen adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Many a book discussion group has examined and embraced this historical
The Great British Baking Show
It seems like just last week we were being introduced to a dozen bright and hopeful bakers as The Great British Baking Show Season 5 began. How can it be that only four contestants now remain? This week Brendan, Danny, James and John figuratively headed across The Channel with three
Comedy
So, it may have taken David Tennant a few years post-Doctor Who to become a proper big name star, but he certainly seems to be everywhere these days now. (Not that I am complaining, let’s be clear.) Not only is he set to star in the highly anticipated
The Time Travelers Wife
Steven Moffat just can’t seem to let go of time travel. The former Doctor Who showrunner only just recently passed the reins of the long-running science fiction series to new head executive Chris Chibnall, and he’s apparently already back at the whole wibley wobbly timey wimey thing.
The Miniaturist
Period drama The Miniaturist is set to air this September on Masterpiece and PBS has released an official trailer for the upcoming drama. Anna Taylor-Joy stars as Nella Oortman, a young girl who marries a wealthy merchant in seventeenth century Amsterdam. Excited to begin her new life, Nella suddenly