Paramount+
Though the future of Paramount+ as a streamer is still somewhat up in the air — its parent company, Paramount Global, is in the process of being acquired by Skydance Media in a deal that will likely go through in early 2025 — that hasn't stopped its international arm from
PBS
We've reached the halfway mark of the third decade of the 21st century, and while things are not anything like people said the future would be, there have been bright spots. One of those bright spots is the rise of prestige TV, a subset of high-end programming that
Movies
Most films on housing insecurity, poverty, and homelessness follow the same playbook. People in bad situations make poor life choices and end up on the street; their inner strength and burning will to live help propel them through hardship until they pull themselves up and find their way back to
Acorn TV
Here at Telly Visions, we sometimes encounter the problem of what constitutes a British series. Does The Lord of the Rings: The Rings off Power count? It's based on Tolkien's works and stars a heavily U.K. cast, but it's also set in Middle
BritBox
Channel 5 first announced it was commissioning a new thriller starring PBS favorite Allen Leech, at the time under the working title The Hunted, in the spring of 2023. At the time, filming was about to commence, and the network had the new four-part series slated to arrive late that
UKTV/Alibi
Older PBS viewers may remember Bergerac, the 1980s-era detective series that made Midsomer Murders' John Nettles a household name in the U.K. Like many British mysteries of the era, Bergerac wasn't an official PBS series, but with the popularity of Masterpiece Theater's Mystery! spinoff
Channel 4
First, there was The Great British Baking Show, then The Great British Sewing Bee, followed by The Great Pottery Throwdown. Now, Channel 4 has commissioned another reality competition series based on the arts of homemaking: The Game of Wool. (The series is technically set in Scotland, hence the eschewing of
Acorn TV
Acorn TV has been on a commissioning spree, a move that seems at odds with parent company AMC Networks, whose financial picture has been a disaster for 2024. The streaming service has three brand new shows for 2025, including Art Detectives and Irish Blood, both in the vein of Harry
PBS
PBS Passport members are most likely aware of the German buddy cop series known in the States as Luna + Sophie, which started streaming here in the spring of 2022. The timing was fortuitous, as it arrived on the platform within days of Annika, which Masterpiece initially launched as an early
Peacock
As the year winds down, many are looking forward to the arrival of Santa Claus or the moment when the old year gives way to the new. But for some of us, the best thing about the turn of the year is that a new season of The Traitors is
ITV
ITV has officially greenlit an entire series of the unique interview program The Assembly, which began its life as a critically acclaimed BBC one-off earlier this year. An adaptation of the French series Les Rencontres du Papotin, which featured appearances from notable figures, including President Emmanuel Macron and Killing Eve
BritBox
The detective series Vera is one of the few pervasively popular British cozy crime shows that reached household name status without ever officially airing on PBS. The show's first four seasons played as one-off reruns on local public broadcasting stations from 2011-2014, but starting with Season 5 in