Disney/Hulu
"We're all just stories in the end" is an idea we've encountered on Doctor Who before. But although this line was originally spoken in the Season 5 episode "The Big Bang," the Eleventh Doctor's famous phrase has rarely felt more
Fox
Most people no longer remember that Doc Martin was initially a spinoff of a British film, the comedy Saving Grace, where star Martin Clunes played "Doc Martin," Dr. Martin Bamford, a London surgeon stuck out in the wilds of Cornwall. When a spinoff was commissioned to explain how
Channel 5
In an era where legacy media is struggling in the face of changing technology, Channel 5 stands out as one of the few success stories among the networks that existed before streaming upended the landscape. Once a third-tier also-ran network on the U.K. dial that mostly aired older American
Movies
It remains to be seen whether the deeply ambitious project currently being called The Beatles—A Four Film Cinematic Event will actually be the big screen success Sony hopes it will be. (The deeply painful title certainly doesn't help, though we will just politely ignore that boardroom-ese nonsense
BritBox
“Every time we put our focus on one suspect, another lead would take us down another path. It was a jumble of snakes. ”That’s how DCI Hector Morgan (Harry Lloyd) sums up his investigation into the death of Jack Wright in the show’s fourth episode. And he’s
Apple TV
Despite the presumably thousands of viewers who assume Hugh Laurie is from the U.S., thanks to his many years starring in the FOX medical drama House with an American accent, he's actually a very British actor, with the awards hardware to prove it. (He was given an
BritBox
It only took the BBC five years and three Agatha Christie adaptations before it returned to its most recent primary adaptor of Christie novels, Sarah Phelps (The Sixth Commandment). Phelps made herself into something of a U.K. household name after she did a run of five Christie adaptations in
Ovation
It is a truth universally acknowledged that popular mystery series can pretty much run forever. Midsomer Murders is currently shooting its twenty-fifth season. Death in Paradise has been solving crimes in a tropical paradise for fourteen seasons, and Father Brown has been balancing investigative and spiritual duties for twelve. Heck,
Apple TV
Though the final season of Outlander has yet to air, filming wrapped on the series last Fall, which means we'll slowly start to see its stars take on projects that don't involve Scottish standing stones or time travel over the next few months. Sam Heughan recently
Netflix
Move over, Slough House. Slow Horses isn't going to be the only destination for law enforcement derelicts and misfits on the proverbial television block. Netflix's forthcoming crime drama Dept. Q will follow the investigations of a newly formed cold case unit that's so second-tier
Exclusive
Call the Midwife Season 14 has concluded its early release on PBS Passport; however, it still has a couple more installments left on most PBS stations. Even so, fans can already get excited about Season 15. Series star Laura Main, who plays Nurse Shelagh on the series, told Telly Visions
PBS
The spinoff rumors for Call the Midwife have been getting louder in the last few months, as the series, currently airing Season 14 and commissioned for Season 15, shows no signs of wavering in its popularity. Series creator Helen Thomas recently acknowledged them, stating that developing a spinoff worthy of