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It seems unlikely that anyone is watching Acorn TV's The Larkins for its high-stakes drama. There really isn't any. Each episode usually features an overarching plot, but none of them are what you might call deep. This week, the hour's larger "story&
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The Larkins' third episode, "In Which Ma and Pa Go on Holiday," is basically exactly what it says on the tin, and no one is likely at all surprised, or even remotely upset, by that fact. Part of the appeal of this show is its quiet straightforwardness,
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Given everything happening in the world around us at the moment - global pandemic, new coronavirus variants, supply and production shortages, and all manner of other reminders that no matter how much we might want to be we're just not back to normal quite yet - it's no
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Given the fact that we've all been living through fairly unprecedented times over the last eighteen-ish months, it makes a certain amount of sense that many viewers are turning toward cozy family fare as another cursed year draws to a close. With longer nights and darkness creeping
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Just in time for the holiday season, The Larkins, the buzzy new adaptation of classic period series The Darling Buds of May, is heading to America, thanks to streaming service Acorn TV. The original adaptation of H.E Bates' classic novel first aired thirty years ago and became one
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Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss's new Netflix series Dracula is not just bad - which it is - it's also deeply disappointing. It's bad because it's a poorly put together string of stories with little vision, no tonal consistency, questionable gender politics, and a