BritBox
The routine acceptance of LGBTQ+ presenting/identifying people in Western society is a relatively recent phenomenon. The U.S. and U.K. legalizing marriage for all is barely a decade old; the U.K.'s Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act went into effect in March 2014, the U.S. Supreme
Acorn TV
A Christmas special* for Acorn TV’s The Chelsea Detective? Well, why not? DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough), the genial, sharp-witted detective of the title — short, ginger, dyslexic — is an appealing figure. He’s so law-abiding he makes hand signals from his bike even when no other traffic is visible.
PBS
There are very few things one can count on in the television landscape, especially when it comes to British TV. There will always eventually be a new season of Doctor Who, for example (even if it takes a decade or two). The BBC will ask if you have a television
Movies
Guy Ritchie's attempt to resuscitate his would-be British Upperclass Gangster Film Franchise, The Gentlemen, has gone far better than anyone could have imagined. The original film (with the same name) debuted at the end of 2019 in the U.K.; there were high hopes for it to land
HBO & HBO Max
Janet speaks for herself in the fourth episode of Get Millie Black, narrating about being underestimated and how her ghetto roots limit her potential – according to others. But Janet is ambitious. She’s not about to settle when she can hunt big game like Freddie Somerville and use him to
Acorn TV
The final mystery of Dalgliesh Season 3, “Devices and Desires,” takes us to a community dominated by a nuclear power facility where a serial murderer, known as “The Whistler,” is targeting female employees. The episode opens with a young woman, Vivienne Mitchell (Holly Demaine), leaving a party; she narrowly misses
BBC
Sir David Attenborough is the most famous naturalist in the world, but before 1979, he was just another upper-class Brit who discovered the power of television by being in the right place at the right time. That final year of the 1970s marked the release of Attenborough's seminal
BritBox
BritBox has snapped up the buzzy ITV comedy drama Douglas Is Cancelled for its spring line-up, the latest project from former Doctor Who and Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat, which aims to explore sexism, professional gender politics, social media, and cancel culture. It arrives at a timely moment when it seems
Apple TV
Production at last seems to be underway on the second season of Apple TV+'s The Buccaneers, the streamer's colorful, unconventional adaptation of Edith Wharton's final, unfinished novel. The drama's first season saw its titular squad of wealthy American heiresses arrive in England
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