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Once again an episode of The Long Call opens with another early morning montage: Rosa, released from the hospital, is brought home by Dorothy and her mother Ruth. Matthew and Jonathan are bracing themselves for Dorothy’s visit later that day, and soon after Matthew and Jen intercept Christopher Reasley
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On the heels of the success of The Long Call, BritBox is delving further into ITV's mystery cache with The Tower. Based on Kate London's debut novel, Post Mortem, the three-part drama was initially announced this past spring, filmed in early 2021, and has now only
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After the first episode’s exhaustive introductions to the main players in the drama, it’s a relief to feel that we’re back on familiar police procedural ground as Matt and Jen’s investigation continues. They are now dealing with the abduction of a young woman as well as
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The Long Call, Britbox’s newest four-part police procedural, has an impressive lineage, is based on a new series from mystery writer Ann Cleeves, whose Vera and Shetland series are longtime audience favorites among Anglophiles. With a great cast, ascreenplay by Kelly Jones (Death In Paradise, Baptiste, Des), and directed
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Buzzy crime drama The Long Call is officially coming to Britbox this October - just a few short days after its initial U.K. broadcast wraps up. The four-part series is based on the new "Two Rivers" series of novels from author Ann Cleeves, first published in 2019.
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With the announcement of the new original limited series Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, BritBox entered the ever-growing market of Agatha Christie adaptations for a new generation. Directed by and starring Hugh Laurie, the BritBox original is part of a growing slate of series for the streaming service.
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Critically acclaimed BBC drama Time is officially coming to America this summer by way of streaming platform Britbox. Written by BAFTA winner Jimmy McGovern (Accused, Moving On), the three-part series is a powerful exploration of prison life, punishment, and penitence. Time reteams McGovern with two of his Accused stars, Sean
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When Line of Duty first started airing in 2012 on BBC Two, it was a hit right out of the gate. Written and created by Jed Mercurio, it was the latest in a string of high-profile projects from the writer that ran the gamut from the ultra-realistic hospital drama Cardiac
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The Crown star Claire Foy is leaving royalty behind for a very different sort of leading role with Britbox. The Emmy winner has been tapped to star in the upcoming crime drama Marlow, an eight-episode thriller that tells the story of two warring families that have lived on the “Edgelands”
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The only constant in streaming is change. Once upon a time, Netflix had all the TV series and movies from multiple outside production studios. Now, it is losing the last of the Disney and Warner Bros. Pictures vaults to Disney+ and HBO Max, respectively, while NBC/Universal and Paramount consider
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It took Bodyguard hitting big on Netflix before American TV networks took Line of Duty seriously. The U.K. crime procedural became a phenomenon over the first four seasons, making it Jed Mercurio's first major hit on the BBC. But Line of Duty's relegation to BBC
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Though the new Britbox drama The Pembrokeshire Murders centers around a case that few Americans will likely be very familiar with, this ITV import is a show that dedicated true crime fans will know right down to its bones. Now, that's not necessarily a bad thing. But if