BritBox
Death in Paradise has yet to debut its current season (Season 14) in the U.S. on BritBox, but the first couple of episodes are out in the U.K. after the show debuted at the end of January 2025 across the pond. More importantly, so is the news that
Better Late Than Never
John le Carré's status as a (spy)master of espionage fiction has yet to be seriously challenged, not least because his 60-year writing career spanned one of the most eventful periods of international relations in human history – from the dawn of the '60s to the equally fractured
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ITV recently confirmed that filming for Trigger Point Season 3 had commenced in the U.K., an unsurprising development considering the show's viewership numbers in the U.K. made Season 2 the second-most-watched drama series on ITVX. However, for those who have been keeping their ears to the
Movies
On the heels of Jessie Buckley's critically acclaimed turn in The Lost Daughter in 2021, where she played opposite Olivia Colman, it was announced she'd be teaming up with another British actor heading for Dame-hood, Fiona Shaw, in a new film called Hot Milk. The picture
Acorn TV
Happy Murdoch Mysteries Day for all who celebrate. The show's current season (Season 18) debuted in October 2024 on the CBC in Canada and on the little-watched cable channel Ovation in the U.S. (which has a free streamer that viewers can find, where all episodes have been
BritBox
The BAFTAs return for another year, with the first of two annual events arriving just after Valentine's Day. The British Academy Film Awards, the first of the two events covering British Film and Television, is now nearly 80 years in and continues to honor the best work on
Tubi
It took almost a year and a post or two begging for a second season, but Channel 4 has confirmed the return of the unsung comedy hit of 2024, Big Mood. The series had decent viewership numbers in the U.K. when it initially aired, but surprised Anglophiles in the
PBS
Have you seen Almost Famous? It’s Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical film about the experiences of "William," a teenage music journalist writing for Rolling Stone in the early 1970s. At one point, William has gotten himself in a terrible bind: he’s been on the road with the
PBS
It’s the little things in life that often give the greatest satisfaction. All Creatures Great & Small opens with Richard Carmody, who is thrilled to receive a box of goat droppings in the mail, which he shows to everyone at breakfast. He and Siegfried offered their clientele the chance
PBS
Surprise, Miss Scarlet Season 5 is almost over. (Yes, really!) This may come as a shock to some, given that it feels as though we've barely had any time at all to adjust to this revamped incarnation of the series or to get to know the new leading
BBC
The Industrial Revolution in Western culture was the death knell for a way of life that involved one’s extended family in the U.S., the U.K., and other European countries focused on advancing technology. But that culture is still alive and well, especially in South Asian communities. The
Actors and Actresses
If you don’t know Sir Ian McKellen, hang your head and turn in your Anglophile card. McKellen is as synonymous with British stage and screen as fish and chips are with its cuisine. He has led numerous stage productions and has been a leading man on television since playing