Amazon Studios/Prime Video
It took 65 years for James Bond to finally exit the U.K., but as of February 20, 2025, the man with a license to kill is officially an Amazon employee. The nearly decade-long saga of the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos' quest for the right to
BBC
Irish author Marian Keyes is a success story out of a novel. After growing up in Limerick, she moved to London only to suffer depression and addiction. But in the depths of her recovery, she began to write short stories drawn from her family experiences, only to have her editor
Channel 4
Not content to simply travel through time and space in the TARDIS these days, current Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies is now also working on a brand new LGBTQ+ drama for the British network Channel 4 that sounds almost painfully timely in its subject matter. Titled Tip Toe, the
Peacock
Despite the incessant rumors surrounding Line of Duty's return, U.K. viewers already have a solid replacement, and it's not any of the shows that followed from creator Jed Mercurio in the wake of the series' sixth (and so far final) season. As much as
PBS
When the executives behind Walter Presents, Jo McGrath and Walter Iuzzolino, decided to start a production company to remake their most popular foreign language hits in English, choosing Professor T was a no-brainer. The original three-season Belgian version was a hit in the U.S. and the U.K., plus
Disney/Hulu
The BBC and the press have bemoaned the lack of successful comedies from the U.K.'s public production studios in the past few years. Most of these have focused on the "easily offended" crowd and other nonsense as if one needs to be offensive to be
Acorn TV
Filming is officially underway on the new Acorn TV and Channel 5 co-production, Murder Before Evensong. Based on the best-selling series of novels by British author and "celebrity vicar" the Reverend Richard Coles, the series is clearly meant to capitalize on the runaway success of similar mysteries featuring
PBS
The mystery of whether we'd see more of the newly reimagined MIss Scarlet has been swiftly solved. Just days after its Season 5 finale, Masterpiece has announced that the drama has officially been renewed for a sixth outing, with production set to begin this month in Belgrade, Serbia.
BritBox
Ever since the early 1980s BBC debut of Miss Marple, starring Agatha Christie's handpicked star Joan Hickson in the titular role, adaptations of the celebrated English author have been a reliable ratings draw. The BBC's Partners in Crime followed in the mid-1980s before ITV struck gold
Doctor Who
Sometimes impossible things just happen and we call them miracles: Two decades after Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper starred in the first season of Doctor Who's modern era, former Ninth Doctor and his companion Rose Tyler will officially reunite for a new set of audio adventures with Big
Netflix
Netflix's Bridgerton has dropped a ton of new information about the series' upcoming fourth season, in which it will finally be Benedict Bridgerton's (Luke Thompson) time to shine. The hedonistic second Bridgerton son has been loath to settle down over the show's first
PBS
One of the most challenging decisions when remaking a once-popular series that has fallen by the wayside is whether or not to update it to the modern era, especially when the series in question was initially set in "contemporary times" when it was originally released. For some shows,