BritBox
The Welsh cultural resurgence in the U.K. is one of the feel-good stories of the 2020s, but most Americans have no idea which of the "British" actors they've seen are actually Welsh. (Michael Sheen may be the big exception to this rule, simply because of
Amazon Studios/Prime Video
I will be the first to admit I was wrong about The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power. Sure, we here at Telly Visions enjoy the series; however, the process of creating those first two seasons was an utter mess, even without the 2020 pandemic and 2023 strike
Netflix
Toxic Town is the story of the Corby Toxic Waste case, a landmark court case dubbed “the British Erin Brockovich” that has now spawned a swift, pacy Netflix miniseries that borrows not just from the formula of the crowd-pleasing Julia Roberts film, but also the 25 years of media about
ITV
Though most Americans think of the BBC when they think of British television, the truth is a lot (and I mean a LOT) of British favorites that cross the pond actually come from the BBC's main rival, ITV. Some of Masterpiece's most popular shows are from
BritBox
Grace is one of those British detective series that spends years flying under the radar until one day it reaches Season 10, and then suddenly people start noticing it's quietly become a cultural staple when no one was paying attention. Most of the dramas that inhabit that space
Netflix
There are plenty of reasons to be annoyed with Netflix these days, from the streamer's seemingly endless price increases and questionable recommendation algorithm to its penchant for canceling series before they get a chance to grow an audience (cough Dead Boy Detectives cough) or because they're
Paramount+
Since the success of Guy Ritchie's Netflix series The Gentlemen, the action-focused director has been all over the news, taking on everything from a Gentlemen sequel series to a spinoff movie Wife & Dog to a new Young Sherlock. However, throughout the fall of 2024, we kept hearing
BritBox
Your mileage may vary on whether you think that right now --- in the wake of the political DEI backlash and the spiraling of the #MeToo movement --- is the moment to release what is essentially a workplace dramedy about cancel culture. Not to mention one that hails from Steven
PBS
PBS has been off cycle from the commercial TV world ever since it discovered it could have the entirety of January to itself. However, spring is still a significant part of the schedule, especially when Masterpiece has a series it genuinely believes can compete in the yearly Primetime Emmy push.
Disney/Hulu
Get ready to step back into the TARDIS this Spring. Disney+ and the BBC have finally (and officially) confirmed that sci-fi series Doctor Who will roar back onto our screens in April for Ncuti Gatwa's second season as the Fifteenth Doctor. (Depending on which number system you ascribe
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The Wheel of Time may turn on the page of the original Robert Jordan novels, but it moves much swifter on screen. There are many book fans who have been turned off by showrunner Rafe Judkins' extreme streamlining of the 14 tome series, but considering when you add all
BBC
Though Nicôle Lecky‘s Mood — a musical drama about a budding singer trying to make it with the odds stacked against her — failed to garner much attention in the U.S. (buried as it was on the seemingly continually struggling BBC America), the show was kind of a big deal