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Acorn TV
Since its debut in 2021, The Madame Blanc Mysteries production team tends to drop renewal announcements at the end of the summer, along with first images from filming the series' yearly holiday special. Like other highly popular British TV series, Madame Blanc has been awarded a "Festive Special&
Acorn TV
It took a good six months, but Acorn TV and Channel 5 finally confirmed Inspector Ellis's return for Season 2. One of the brighter debuts for the niche streamer in 2024, the series (which, like Inspector Morse and Inspector Lewis before her, is merely called Ellis in the
Channel 5
In an era where legacy media is struggling in the face of changing technology, Channel 5 stands out as one of the few success stories among the networks that existed before streaming upended the landscape. Once a third-tier also-ran network on the U.K. dial that mostly aired
Channel 5
One of the most challenging parts of the rise of streaming for already established broadcast channels was ensuring viewers could identify the streaming service from the linear network — or in the case of most U.K. channels, the multiple networks already fighting for cohesion under a single moniker. Not everyone
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The collapse of Paramount, once a production studio so mighty its name was shorthand for the Supreme Court case that broke up the studio system, has primarily manifested in the U.S. in not-so-obvious ways. They're all small-time complaints that add to a portrait of
Channel 5
Much like most Americans were unaware until recently that Disney owned Hulu, most U.K. (and U.S.) viewers have no idea Channel 5, the network behind All Creatures Great & Small, is owned by Paramount. As we have mentioned, Paramount is in the middle of being sold to Skydance
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Channel 5 first announced it was commissioning a new thriller starring PBS favorite Allen Leech, at the time under the working title The Hunted, in the spring of 2023. At the time, filming was about to commence, and the network had the new four-part series slated to arrive late
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Channel 5 has announced the commission of a new cozy-crime series, The Puzzle Lady, based on the best-selling series of novels by the late Parnell Hall (1944-2020). Described as "Miss Marple on steroids" or "Jessica Fletcher meets Groucho Marx." Hall started publishing the
Channel 5
Can money buy you happiness? That’s the question at the heart of the new Channel 5 period drama The Hardacres, a rags-to-riches story from the producers of All Creatures Great and Small that is based on the bestselling series of novels by CL Skelton. Set in 1890s
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Robert James-Collier is one of the few Downton Abbey actors who was a relative newcomer. He stuck it out for the series' full run and all the movies but has yet to fully break out beyond his role of the LGBTQ+ butler. Part of this stems from his