BritBox
Buzzy drama The Jetty marks the start of Jenna Coleman's (The Sandman) detective era, and after several months of waiting, U.S. viewers will finally see what that looks like. Described as a twisty thriller and a coming-of-age story, the series follows the story of Ember Manning (Coleman)
Netflix
It’s a shame that Black Doves couldn’t fit into Netflix’s pre-Thanksgiving schedule because the six episodes of its first season are tailor-made for intergenerational holiday weekend viewing. Another entry in the venerable Bullets & Banter subgenre of espionage thrillers, Joe Barton’s (The Lazarus Project) latest series
BritBox
ITV announced it was commissioning a series on Ruth Ellis in mid-July 2023. The last woman to be executed by hanging in Britain, the real-life Ellis was a model and escort who rose to nightclub manager. Her popularity in the U.K. social scene peaked in the mid-1950s until her
Apple TV
Apple TV+ and the BBC Natural History Unit have teamed up again for the latest nature documentary from the storied production team. This is the third time the two have done so in as many years, having previously worked together on Prehistoric Planet and The Year Earth Changed. They'
Starz
Starz and the British network Sky have renewed their darkly comic thriller Sweetpea for a second season. This news is perhaps not all that surprising given that the C.J. Skuse novel upon which the show is based has several sequels -- and the series itself has barely touched on
PBS
For the second time in 2024, there is good news on the streaming wars front, as those succeeding services start pulling away from those that will not. As I recently noted in our Gangs of London Season 3 post, this is a frustrating time for TV fans when series that
ITV
Though period dramas have flirted with telling stories about famous faces and eras of history that have nothing to do with Tudor England in recent years, when in doubt this is always going to be a genre that goes back to what it knows best: The family of King Henry
HBO & HBO Max
The second episode of Get Millie Black lands Curtis in the hospital for emergency surgery following his shooting. Millie finds Curtis’ boyfriend, Daniel, fighting with a nurse about being allowed to see him. The nurse snidely says the hospital doesn’t recognize “that kind of family,” Millie steps in, calling
Acorn TV
Season 3 of Dalgliesh opens with a two-part adaptation of the P.D. James novel Death in Holy Orders. The opening installments have everything we love about this series — a picturesque, remote setting inhabited by a cast of eccentrics at each others’ throats in a Gothic revival ecclesiastical building. St.
Movies
The Beatles broke up over half a century ago, but the world's first significant boy band out of the U.K. still attracts viewership. Get Back, Let It Be, and the new Beatles '64 are all official hits on Disney+ (one of the streaming service's
Movies
Before the advent of streaming, TV and movies ran on a cycle. Networks produced new episodes of their shows from September to May, with a long holiday break and summers off. Movies dropped their blockbusters at the top of the summer and mid-July, with the awards bait arriving from September
PBS
Last week, Thomas Cromwell did the right thing for the country and saved Henry VIII's life. He will not live to repent that decision in leisure. This week, his choice comes back to bite him. Wolf Hall reaches its inevitable conclusion as Anne Boleyn fails to save herself.