The White Princess
After what feels an amount of time possible equal to the length of the actual Wars of the Roses, the highly anticipated sequel to popular period drama The White Queen is finally about to hit our televisions. The White Princess’ reign will officially begin on cable network Starz on Sunday,
Doc Martin
Good news, Doc Martin fans! After months of speculation and discussion about the future of the show, filming has officially started on the next season. ITV announced that star Martin Clunes and the rest of the Doc Martin crew have returned to Cornwall to start production on Season 8. The
Call the Midwife
Spring is almost here – which means it’s just about time for a brand new season of popular period drama Call the Midwife! The new season premiered in the U.K in early January, and will begin its U.S. run on April 2. It will run on local PBS
The Great British Bake Off
Attention, Great British Bake-Off fans! If you’re like me you have been apprehensive about who will take the place of our beloved baking show gals, Mary Berry, Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc. You may even have sworn off the show all together for pulling up stakes at the
Victoria
Previously on Victoria: The queen discovers – to absolutely no one’s surprise – that she’s pregnant. Everyone’s thrilled, although Victoria’s less than thrilled with the fact that everyone thinks her pregnancy should incapacitate her. She must name a regent, in case she should die herself, but a battle
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Victoria
Big news for Victoria fans! Acting legend Dame Diana Rigg is officially joining the cast for the period drama’s second season, making an already buzzy series even more exciting. Rigg is probably best known these days for playing the sharp-tongued Lady Olenna Tyrell on HBO megahit Game of
The Child in Time
Benedict Cumberbatch is coming back to Masterpiece – just not in the exact way you might think. The Sherlock star is producing an adaptation of award-winning author Ian McEwan’s 1987 novel The Child in Time for BBC One and PBS. In addition to serving as executive producer, Cumberbatch will
Death in Paradise
No doubt many PBS viewers are familiar with the charming BBC mystery/dramedy Death in Paradise. Every episode provides a not-so-gruesome murder or two, a display board full of suspects, a few red herrings and a conundrum. Our hero suddenly has a eureka moment – and gathers everybody together
Victoria
Previously on Victoria: The queen and her new husband return from their honeymoon, where they’ve discovered they quite enjoy being married. So much so, that Victoria would also like to discover how to not get pregnant just yet. (She wants children, of course – just, not right now.) Unfortunately, Lehzen
Actors and Actresses
Do you remember the TV comedy Men Behaving Badly? It debuted February 18, 1992 on ITV, moved to the BBC after two series, and finished its run there in 1998. Let’s catch up with the careers of the cast of Men Behaving Badly since entering the 21st century. In
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It’s the time of year when that possibly well-intentioned imp Cupid starts flying around, shooting unsuspecting people with his projectiles of infatuation; thus the obligatory Valentine-themed post. This year I decided to focus on real life couples from British film. These examples come from different times in