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Author Edith Wharton's final novel, The Buccaneers, revolves around a group of wealthy American heiresses on the hunt for titled, most likely genteelly poor British aristocrats to give their families the legitimate social status their cash can't buy them. (If this sounds familiar, it's
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There are many reasons to look forward to Apple TV+'s upcoming period drama inspired by Edith's Wharton's final unfinished novel, The Buccaneers. For one, it will be the streamer's first traditional costume drama. (Its The Essex Serpent, while a period piece, definitely
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What if you woke up one day and didn't know your own secrets? That is the central dilemma in the upcoming Apple TV+ thriller Surface, a story about gaslighting, trust, suicide, and murder that wrestles with themes of free will and predestination. After all, who can you trust
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If it feels like we've covered Apple TV+ a lot in the past few weeks, it's because we have. The streaming service is rapidly becoming a destination location for fans of British and British-adjacent entertainment content: Hot on the heels of the conclusion of its
Comedy
Mark your calendars. Apple TV+'s first British comedy, Trying, will return for Season 3 this summer. The critically acclaimed, heartwarming series has yet to really hit it big here in America, but perhaps the third time will be the charm for this underrated gem that deals with a
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In recent months, Apple TV+ has slowly been upping its game regarding British and British-adjacent streaming content with shows like Slow Horses, Trying, and Ted Lasso (which feels made for Anglophiles, even if it's technically American.) The Tom Hiddleston-led The Essex Serpent was its first foray
Sci-Fi
Ahead of the Cannes Film Festival in May, Deadline announced a new sci-fi romance, Fingernails, would be among the projects set for auction. (The Cannes Market, which begins before the film festival itself, is one of the annual events where potential big-screen projects are packaged with actors and
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Prepare your emotions, Ted Lasso fans. It's looking more and more likely that the series will indeed end after its third season, which is currently in production. And to be fair, the team behind the megapopular football comedy has always been pretty upfront about the fact that the
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Apple TV+ is moving quickly with Slow Horses, granting the espionage drama a two-season renewal in the wake of its just-completed first season. The drama, which is based on the popular Slough House series of spy novels by Mick Herron, stars Oscar-winner Gary Oldman as the head
Comedy
Noel Fielding was already a known comedian in the U.K., famous for being part of the sketch comedy troupe The Mighty Boosh, though anglophilic Americans probably knew him best from his role on The IT Crowd. But it was Channel 4 tapping him as part of The Great British
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Though Apple TV+ is only just now starting to produce British series and films (instead of series and movies that just feel British, like Dickinson, star Brits, like Defending Jacob, or are British adjacent, like Ted Lasso), it's been prepping for this since it launched. In July 2020,
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Apple TV+'s upcoming series The Essex Serpent has all the hallmarks of a prestige period piece: It's based on Sarah Perry's bestselling historical novel; its story wrestles with complex issues of superstition, faith, and belief; and it's full of atmospheric establishing shots