BritBox
BBC’s Sherwood was the must-see series of Summer 2022 in the UK. Social media was abuzz after each of the six episodes, and a second season has already been commissioned. Four months later, the acclaimed British drama has come to our shores via BritBox, with all episodes streaming
PBS
Since Masterpiece announced in 2020 that it would adapt British author Anthony Horowitz's novel Magpie Murders to series, viewers have been anticipating having Lesley Manville as an amateur sleuth solving a mystery via the victim's novel. Little did they know it would come as part of
Drama
Sherwood was one of the BBC's big hits of the summer of 2022. Inspired by real-life murders in Nottinghamshire in 2004, where series creator and writer James Graham hails from, the series is a meditation on the era's politics wrapped in the guise of a
Drama
Starz may not have another Phillipa Gregory adaptation coming anytime soon, but the network isn't letting go of its premium-cable period-piece mantle anytime soon. Between Becoming Elizabeth and The Serpent Queen, there is plenty of historical royalty and female rulers. Plus, the channel has finally set
Drama
Every so often, a new BBC series comes along that's so chock full of recognizable stars that it's akin to watching a remix of your favorite British shows. For 2022, that series is Sherwood, the fictionalized retelling of real-life events in the mining village of
Movies
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is a wonderful, feel-good movie, blessed with a strong British and French cast and careful direction by Tony Fabian, who wrote the script with Carroll Cartwright, Keith Thompson, and Olivia Hetreed. It's based on the novel by Paul Gallico. Costume design is
Mystery
PBS is presenting an all-female detective lineup this Fall, and the show firmly ensconced at the center of this block of mystery programming is the highly anticipated new series Magpie Murders. Based on the 2016 novel by British author Anthony Horowitz and adapted by the same, the story is
Drama
Sprawling World War II drama World on Fire was a surprise hit for PBS Masterpiece when it first aired in the spring of 2020, boasting an impeccable cast and a welcome dedication to changing up the ways we tell stories about Europe's last great war, and focusing on
Movies
Between the ongoing success of Downton Abbey at the box office and the resurgence of Agatha Christie (and Christie-inspired) mysteries in popular culture, it was only a matter of time before someone adapted Anthony Quinn's famous Curtain Call. Subheded "A Stylish Crime Romp," Quinn'
Mystery
When the BBC's House Productions announced a new crime drama, Sherwood, from James Graham, the writer behind Brexit: The Uncivil War, it was understandable most assumed it was another Robin Hood-focused series. But, despite the show's title and a couple of arrows, the drama, which
Drama
While Masterpiece certainly has no shortage of prestige mystery series in its stable (see also: Endeavour, Grantchester, Van Der Valk, Vienna Blood, Baptiste and many more) there are markedly fewer shows that feature a female lead taking charge of solving crimes. There's Miss Scarlet & the Duke, of
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The Lesley Manville renaissance is truly upon us, with the Academy Award-nominated actress seemingly in every possible project all at once. (This is not in any way a complaint, for the record.) In just the past handful of years, she's played scheming madam Lydia Quigley in Harlots,