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Netflix has traveled far from the company's original ideals when it launched House of Cards in 2013. Back then, the streaming service was all about the prestige TV game and greenlighting ambitious series no one in their right mind would have agreed to, such as agreeing to six
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It has been a very long minute since we last heard anything about Karen Pirie, the series based on Val McDermid's mystery novel series of the same name. Though McDermid's books are no stranger to TV (Karen Pirie is the fourth adaptation from her work), ITV
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We've discussed the "Twin Film" phenomenon before here at Telly Visions. In 2022, David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch both signed on to play Alexander Litvinenko in dueling miniseries, Litvinenko and Londongrad. That wound up not amounting to much as the former wound up on Sundance Now
Karen Pirie
BritBox’s 2022 fall lineup of U.K. shows had some real gems that flew under the radar in a crowded landscape. Sherwood, for example, was one of the best shows on TV anywhere, hands down, and quickly landed a second season renewal. But another series that arrived in October
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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,
Karen Pirie
Here at PBS, we've been touting Masterpiece's all-female detective lineup for fall, with Kate Phillips returning as Miss Scarlet, Nicola Walker from Unforgotten in Annika, where she played the titular detective, and Lesley Manville in the new series, Magpie Murders. But they aren't
Karen Pirie
You may not have read Val McDermid's Scottish set mystery series, affectionately known as "Tartan Noir," but you've most likely encountered a TV adaptation or two. Her best-selling Wire in The Blood series was adapted as a three-part mystery back in 2002,