Theater
Anglophiles who love Wales and all things Welsh (or who at least watched the National Theatre production of Nye when it was streaming free on YouTube) have probably heard about the many ways the country has dedicated itself to preserving and promoting its culture and language. This has taken many
BBC
The last time we checked in with the upcoming BBC crime thriller Virdee, it was October 2023, and the series had just been commissioned starring Doctor Who's Sacha Dhawan. Dhawan had just wrapped up his role as the latest incarnation of The Master on the long-running science fiction
Movies
While most have heard of the Cannes Film Festival, one of the oldest international competitions, far fewer are aware of the Cannes Market, which happens simultaneously with the festival. The market is where executive producers with money to spend go to find their next films. Production studios with empty release
Theater
It's no secret that the booming, vibrant British theater scene is one of the best in the world. But for Anglophiles who don't happen to live in or particularly close to London, it's hard not to feel a bit left out when it comes
AMC/AMC+
Sharon Horgan's Bad Sisters is one of the closest things Apple TV+ has to a hit comedy since Ted Lasso ended. However, it's far from Horgan's first show or her first to cross the pond to America. Horgan moved into producing in 2014, and
Channel 4
Over the last decade, there's been a disingenuous argument over whether entertainment has gotten "Too Political," as if telling stories that reflect one's personal experience isn't revolutionary for anyone who is not an upper-class white male from Western civilization. In reality, some
Movies
For all that a particular segment of the population likes to complain about the shallow nature of the entertainment industry, it's hard to understate film and television's power to shape and inform our society. The most recent example is Mr Bates vs The Post Office, whose
UKTV/Alibi
The 2015 reboot of Poldark turned out to be the leading edge of a wave of British remakes of TV series from the 1970s and 80s, many of which were broadcast on local PBS stations during the era when the PBS mothership didn't try to control what aired
BBC
When BBC Alba, the Gaelic-language offshoot of BBC Scotland, announced the commissioning of The Island (An t-Eilean) in March 2024, it boasted that the series would be the biggest and most high-profile Gaelic drama in the network's (and the country's) history. In the area's
Sundance Now
The dark comedy series The Dry is one of those shows that's survived a lot of upheaval as the U.K. streaming wars have forced British production studios and platforms to figure out where they stand. Unlike America, where our broadcast networks are all commercial, and their ratings
Tubi
A Scottish castle won't be the only place to catch Alan Cumming in 2025: The Traitors host has signed on to appear in the second season of the British series Boarders. The show was an instant hit when it premiered on BBC Three in the U.K. and
Netflix
Netflix initially announced in April 2024 that it was commissioning a feature film adaptation of the 2014 bestseller The Ballad of a Small Player. The project is directed by Edward Berger, whose All Quiet on the Western Front swept the BAFTAs (though not the Oscars) in 2023; from the outset,