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July has been an odd month in the entertainment landscape ever since the streaming wars began in the mid-2010s. Before that, despite the prevalence of cable, July and August were still the quietest months on the docket, as long-time television executives had grown up with the idea of
BBC
It was back in September 2024 when the BBC announced it was commissioning a new series from Jimmy McGovern, the man behind the award-winning anthology series, Time. McGovern, who is famous in the U.K. for his shows that delve into the British criminal justice system and its shortcomings
ITV
Shaun Evans actually had a career before Endeavour; however, a decade is a long time to play one role on TV, and it will easily overshadow anything that came before with the general public. That's perhaps why Evans' first choice for a follow-up series was playing
Disney/Hulu
Hulu has quietly become the streaming home of several high-quality British comedies that most American viewers just haven't managed to discover yet, despite those of us in the media yelling about them fairly regularly. (See also: Comedies like Extraordinary, Am I Being Unreasonable?, and Such Brave Girls.
Netflix
Bridgerton Season 4 has wrapped filming, but Netflix has been adamant that the new season will not arrive until at least 2026, leaving fans with months to wait. Though the ~18-month gap between seasons is relatively the same as between Seasons 2 and 3, that wait didn't
Movies
Not every fan of Downton Abbey knows that the series theme song has a name and lyrics, beyond just "The Downton Abbey Suite." When the original soundtrack was released in the UK in 2011, it included a version of the track titled "Did I Make the Most
PBS
Episode 3 of Atlantic Crossing opens in Scotland, where Olav and General Fleisher (Stig R. Amdam) are gloomily drilling the Norwegian Brigade. The recruits are volunteers from whaling ships, who may have a great attitude and harpoon skills, but are of little use since the Allies won’t allow them
PBS
Coco Chanel was a Nazi collaborator, but the fashion icon knew what she was on about when she (apocrophally) said “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.” It’s a rule of thumb that many shows should follow more as well: Before sending it
PBS
Now that we’ve introduced the two main characters and laid the basic groundwork for their burgeoning partnership, “The Missing Link,” the third episode of Patience, opens in a classic murder mystery manner: with a dead body. There’s a woman on the floor of York’s Castle Museum, and
PBS
It's finally July around here, which means that the very particular mismatch between the beginning of the TV season (June 1) and the start of the year for PBS (July 1 — as educational television, public broadcasting follows the school year calendar) has realigned. However, Masterpiece (and therefore most
BritBox
BritBox has set a July premiere date for the return of its (bonkers) psychological thriller series, The Ex-Wife. But its second outing is going to look a bit different from its first, with a new actress taking over the role of the titular main character and a story that&
Disney/Hulu
The sudden success of sisters Kat Sadler and Lizzie Davidson with their startling comedy, Such Brave Girls, cannot be overstated. Neither had much of a career before the series — Sadler's most prominent credit was as a freelance comedy writer for hire on Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, and Davidson had