Movies
It may seem like most awards-bait films starring a high-profile British cast that debut at the various film festivals are instantly scooped up by studios eager for Acamdey Award attention, but that's not always true. Many get bogged down in negotiations with buyers or come away with tepid
BritBox
Everyone wants to believe they’d know how to carry out the perfect coverup, especially in today’s true-crime-obsessed world. Welsh noir drama Tree on a Hill/Pren ar y Bryn paints an absurd yet much more realistic picture of what happens when a mediocre couple gets in over their
Starz
Anyone with the Marie Kondo "I love mess" meme saved as a top reaction photo on their phone would absolutely love the fourth episode of The Couple Nex Door Season 1. Evie may have kicked things off in Episode 3 by saying Pete was more into the idea
Peacock
Not every period piece is based on a true story; it just can feel that way sometimes, especially with the rise of the biopic film in Academy voters' hearts in the last decade and TV's tendency to retell already-known stories. Sometimes, just being based in a specific
Acorn TV
AMC Networks will face its first reckoning of 2025 in mid-February, when the final numbers come in for 2024, and the parent company of the little federation of streaming services headed up by AMC+ has to admit if its strategy is working. (Signs aren't good, but we live
Disney/Hulu
Hulu's announcement that it was scooping up the wildly funny BBC breakout hit Black Ops came on the heels of the BBC confirming the show's return for a second season. Season 1 hasn't reached America yet (it's expected to debut in early
BritBox
It’s rare for the BBC to greenlight more than one season at a time, and certainly not before the current one has aired, which is why the announcement the network was giving Blue Lights a third and fourth season before Season 2 arrived in early 2024 was a bit
Movies
One of the buzziest British films of last year is finally making its way to America: The dark romantic comedy Timestalker, which aims to "encapsulate the female romantic predicament in multiple eras" by following the story of a woman forced to reincarnate every time she falls in love
BritBox
Hotel Portofino was about halfway through Season 3 in the summer of 2024 when Eagle Eye Drama's Jo McGrath, the studio behind the series, revealed there were plans for a second series set in Italy. As part of the public-facing Eagle Eye team along with Walter Iuzzolino, the
Apple TV
Apple TV+ continues to lean into its international programming era, announcing that French language drama Carême will arrive on the streamer in April. The eight-part period piece is set to explore the life of the titular Antonin Carême, the man who became the world's first celebrity chef (and
PBS
One of the biggest series of 2023 in the U.K. was the BBC series The Gold. Initially imagined as a limited series, the six-part small-screen dramatization of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery was a star-studded affair, full of PBS favorites, as is befitting of a show that retold the
Acorn TV
Murdoch Mysteries’ eighteen seasons may seem paltry next to shows like the U.K.’s Midsomer Murders (Season 25) or Silent Witness (Season 28). However, on this side of the pond, it’s nearly legendary as Canada’s longest-running scripted one-hour drama series. The period mystery series first debuted in