ITV
Laura Donnelly Hunts a Scottish Serial Killer in ‘The Dark’
ITV’s newest crime thriller, 'The Dark,' stars Laura Donnelly as DI Monica Kennedy, based on the novels by GR Halliday.
PBS
'The Gold' Premieres with a 24k Episode in “To Be a King”
The Brink's-Mat gold heist was one of the defining crimes of the late 20th century in the U.K. Twenty-six million pounds in gold bullion was stolen from a Heathrow airport warehouse. Although many were charged and some served jail time, four of the six thieves
BBC
Gabrielle Creevey & Eve Myles Go Toe to Toe in 'The Guest'
The Welsh Renaissance in the U.K. continues apace. Not every series funded by BBC Cymru and the Welsh Government is being made in dual languages (yet). Still, the number of Welsh writers and the presence of Welsh stars headlining regular BBC TV series have grown exponentially. Case in point,
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Eve Myles Goes Blonde in BBC's 'The Guest'
Eve Myles is staying booked and busy with a lead role in the BBC's next major thriller, The Guest. Described as "layered with intense drama," the series features the classic older woman/younger woman toxic dynamic, where the younger woman usurps the older one, or at
PBS
'The Gold' Will Shine on PBS for October 2025
The last ten years in the television industry have been a virtual tsunami of new shows. Between Hulu and Amazon's early attempts to compete with Netflix, and Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. launching their own services, the sudden demand for more original series surged as networks discovered
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'The Gold' Gets Royal with 'Victoria's Tom Hughes Joining Season 2
One of the biggest series of 2023 in the U.K. was the BBC series The Gold. Initially imagined as a limited series, the six-part small-screen dramatization of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery was a star-studded affair, full of PBS favorites, as is befitting of a
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Masterpiece Grabs 'The Gold,' Both Seasons to Air on PBS
For the second time in 2024, there is good news on the streaming wars front, as those succeeding services start pulling away from those that will not. As I recently noted in our Gangs of London Season 3 post, this is a frustrating time for TV fans when series that
PBS
'Guilt' Exits with a Delinquent Whimper
After two seasons and a whole lot of waiting and hype... well, that was a lot of build-up for nothing. The series finale of Scottish fan favorite Guilt opts for the least exciting outcomes in nearly all the story threads, and much of that can be attributed to the
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Money Changes Everything in ‘Guilt’s Penultimate Episode
If Guilt proves one thing, it’s that the Brothers McCall are hard to kill. It’s the third episode of the final season, and once again, Max and Jake escape with their lives, Max having talked Teddy into joining forces. Although Teddy expected Maggie to pay him for the
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'Guilt's Second Episode of the Final Season Trots Out the Daddy Issues
Guilt has a penchant for starting with characters you’ve never seen before, which is annoying when you’re trying to wrap things up. In its second episode, we meet possible pill addict Aliza (Tamsin Topolski) – though her name is never actually spoken. A no-nonsense American at a large
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Big Trouble in Little Edinburgh: Max & Jake Come Home in ‘Guilt’s Season 3 Premiere
Guilt’s Season 3 premiere catches up with self-serving, shady Max McCall (Mark Bonnar) a year after setting up mobster Roy Lynch (Stuart Bowman) to be killed and escaping Edinburgh. Max and his dopey brother Jake (Jamie Sives) live above Jake’s bar in Chicago. Even farther from the
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PBS Sets 'Guilt' Season 3 Debut, Will Be the Show's Final Season
The BBC Scotland series Guilt was initially scooped up by Masterpiece in the summer of 2020 out of an abundance of caution by the anthology series executive producer Suzanne Simpson. It was part of a group of shows Simpson picked up the rights for to make sure there was programming