PBS
Wolf Hall originally aired on PBS in 2015, during the year that saw the rise of the phrases "Prestige TV" and "Peak TV." For those unaware, "Peak TV" is a phrase coined by FX CEO John Landgraf to describe the current era of programming
BritBox
The third episode of The Jetty picks up with Riz’s autopsy. “The chances of being murdered are small. But the shadow cast by its threat is so vast that we don’t even know we are living in it. My name is Riz Samuel, and I chase the darkness
BritBox
Though our pop culture tends to make a big deal of it, hosting is an often thankless job. Whether you're running the show at the Oscars, the Emmys, or some other big deal event, you're asked to become the face of the forces trying to wrangle
BritBox
What if you’re a police detective, and your latest case makes you rethink all of your life choices? That’s the conundrum facing Detective Ember Manning (Jenna Coleman) in the new series The Jetty (the series aired on the BBC in July). The case starts with a literal crash,
Netflix
Over on the regular edition of The Great British Baking Show, a crisis is brewing, as the series has now turned out two extremely mediocre winners in a row, and all because judge Paul Hollywood can't just let the series play out without meddling. (Meanwhile, Prue Leith hints
Movies
Luca Guadagnino isn't Spielberg-level famous, but cinephiles know the Call Me By Your Name director and his melancholic pathos. Guadagnino shook things up in 2024 with Challengers, ditching his signature fuzzy European landscapes for sharp volleys on a tennis court, splitting his fan base into two camps (pro-
BritBox
Few things are as dependable in life. Death, Taxes, and Father Brown arriving in January of the new year, and three of them. The Mark Williams-starring series based on the early 1900s short stories by G. K. Chesterton has been debuting in January on the BBC since it first launched
Paramount+
It was early October 2024 when Deadline first reported that Guy Ritchie had signed on to a new project at Showtime, which would stream on Paramount+ with Showtime. Referred to as The Associate, the film would be a crime thriller, and Deadline had heard that Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), Helen
Sky
U.K. network Sky has revealed our first look at its upcoming six-part dark comedy, The Death of Bunny Munro, which stars Matt Smith (Doctor Who) as an alcoholic womanizer who must face his worst self when he's forced to become a single parent to his son, Bunny
BritBox
It's been a hot minute since we heard from Gavin & Stacey, one of the few British Comedies from the late aughts that actually made inroads in the U.S. when it aired on BBC America. The sitcom was created and written by James Corden and Ruth Jones,
Netflix
Netflix announced it had signed a deal with Stephen Graham for his next "real-time, continuous take" series not long after the streaming service picked up Boiling Point, the four-part series based on the pandemic hit film of the same name. It was part of a slew of announcements
Apple TV
Charles Dickens isn't credited with inventing the amnesia trope in literature. However, his 1859 A Tale of Two Cities popularized it with the character of Lucie Manette, whose traumatic memory loss serves as a key plot device in the narrative. A century and a half later, it'