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Last week’s episode of Howards End ended with the Schlegels’ vote to take Wilcox’s London house if it is suitable. This week begins with his arrival to drive Margaret there. As she leaves, Helen says, “Don’t do anything rash.” Be warned — there is plenty of rashness ahead.
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This second episode of Howards End opens with a stunning shot of a beautifully stark winter landscape through which black-clad figures make their way to a graveyard. Margaret is the only non-family member at Mrs. Wilcox's funeral and receives filthy looks from the family. Back at the titular
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Any new adaptation of E. M. Forster’s 1910 novel Howards End has a tough act to follow, namely the much-loved 1992 Merchant Ivory film starring such British acting greats as Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, and Vanessa Redgrave. However, the 2017 version produced by the BBC, initially in partnership with
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Whether you know it or not, you've probably heard about Britain's infamous Mitford sisters before. The family, which contained everything from Nazis and communists to journalists and satirists, was essentially the reality TV stars of their day, and the antics of the six Mitford sisters have
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Move over Kardashians; there’s a new dynasty of celebrity sisters headed to our screens — except they were born over a century ago. Enter the Mitford sisters, the subjects of a forthcoming BritBox period drama, Outrageous, which began filming today around Buckinghamshire. The six Mitford sisters, born between 1904 and
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Never let it be said that Netflix doesn't learn from its mistakes. After somehow managing to not sign breakout Season 1 star Rege-Jean Page to a long-term contract and allowing the actor to slip through their fingers in the wake of the series' megapopular first season, Bridgerton
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Genre TV series as lush prestige adaptations may not have started on Netflix, but they have become the streaming service's bread and butter in the last five years. Still, romance — especially period drama romance — was still considered the purview of the middle-to-highbrow TV world, your local PBS stations,
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Spring arrives on March 20, 2022, and romance to our televisions with it. Fans of period piece love stories are going to have a whole bouquet of offerings along with the new season, from the return of Sanditon and Call The Midwife to the premiere of The Gilded Age'
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Bridgerton's first season was a massive hit, more extensive than just about anyone anticipated. But it also set up an accidental stumbling block for Season 2. As part of the show's push to make Julia Quinn's series of singular romances a larger ensemble, the
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March is going to be a bonanza for fans of period TV series. On March 20, Sanditon Season 2 arrives on PBS, along with Call The Midwife Season 11. On March 21, The Gilded Age will premiere its Season 1 finale on HBO, followed by streaming on HBO Max. And
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On Christmas Day, Netflix brought fans of regency romance a Christmas present as it released the announcement for Bridgerton Season 2's arrival. Though some fans (including me) thought the streaming service would make us wait until December 2022 for more of the Quinniverse, the wait turned out to
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The past year in British entertainment has felt odd, especially for American viewers. The delayed lack of programming from 2020 hit over here in the first half of 2021, leaving us with nothing to watch, while the rush of content the second half of the year made it almost impossible