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BritBox has started getting into spinoffs of some of the BBC and ITV's most popular shows, creating original content that is new yet familiar. Father Brown has begat The Sister Boniface Mysteries, Death in Paradise is bringing Beyond Paradise. In both those cases, the spinoffs helped BritBox position
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BritBox's deep dive into original programming in the U.S. has had its ups and downs. Some of its series, like Sherwood, are absolute corkers, while others are perhaps less. One of its most successful last year was The Sister Boniface Mysteries, based on the small-time recurring
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The British House of Commons observes so many weird, archaic traditions and rituals it’s no surprise that its institutions have been internalized by many Members of Parliament to cause some properly bizarre behavior. Enter John Stonehouse, Postmaster General in Harold Wilson’s late-60s cabinet, and a thoroughly odd
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Karen Pirie is a new breed of police procedural, and it’s about time. The team responsible for Line of Duty and Bodyguard, joined by writer/actor Emer Kenny (who also takes the role of Karen’s best friend River) and director Gareth Bryn, have created a thoughtful, entertaining, and,
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The truth-is-stranger-than-fiction 1970s-era tale of real-life Labour MP John Stonehouse, who attempted (and failed) to fake his death and restart life in Australia, is the perfect fodder for true crime TV. It has all the hallmarks of the genre: a husband who cheats on
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American shows get rebooted, reimagined, and remade with alarming regularity since the beginning of the 21st century. It was only a matter of time before other countries caught on to the idea. Poldark and All Creatures Great and Small did it on PBS, and Father Brown also recently spun off
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BritBox initially launched in 2017 on the back of having a complete catalog of British favorites that were, up until that point, only found haphazardly on streaming. Classic Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, the old Upstairs Downstairs, Inspector Morse, and the like. The service also attempted to appeal to British ex-
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BritBox’s Crossfire is a three-part thriller about every vacationer’s worst nightmare: A sun-drenched escape that quickly turns into a blood-soaked horror show when a group of would-be terrorists invades a picturesque resort and begins indiscriminately shooting guests and staff members. The series follows the
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BritBox’s Suspect is not your typical British TV crime series. It’s the latest English language remake from Walter’s Choice head, Walter Iuzzolino’s production company, Eagle Eye Drama, a remake of the Danish series Face to Face (Forhøret), the original which debuted on PBS Passport in December
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BritBox's December 2022 offerings may be throwbacks to the streaming service's original intent, but that's just the deep breath before the ITV and BBC owned hurls itself bodily into 2023. The service is getting into producing originals in a big way, with plans for
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BritBox has several high-profile projects heading to streaming for 2023, from the Cary Grant biopic Archie to the Death in Paradise spinoff Beyond Paradise. But one of the streaming service’s most significant gets is landing the new historical drama from Sir Lenny Henry, partly based on the oral
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Changing leads midstream is not unusual for long-running police procedures; it’s just a matter of figuring out how to incorporate it. It’s why shows like Grantchester aren’t called “The Sidney Chambers Mysteries” or the Chief Inspector Ganache adaptation will be called the Three Pines series because