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Van der Valk's new season begins with windmills; who doesn't love those, even if a dead woman hangs nearby, scarecrow style, as a bloody cheese slicer is washed. The series cuts to another woman, Juliana Holt (Saskia Neville), on a date with Rita Wyngarden (Liliana de
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BritBox's last major debut for September 2022 is Channel 4's Suspect, starring James Nesbitt (Bloodlands) as a hardbitten detective and based on the Danish series Face to Face (Forhøret), created by Christoffer Boe. Despite the very close name, it is not to be confused with The
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The return of Van der Valk to television was one of Masterpiece's big debuts slotted for 2020. Like All Creatures Great and Small, it was a reboot of an older series fondly remembered by older viewers, though not one Masterpiece had technically been part of this first time
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Lucy Lawless spent most of the 1990s a cult figure for her role as Xena, Warrior Princess, back in the old days of TV fantasy pre-Game of Thrones. She spent the aughts in another cult hit, Battlestar Galactica, as one of the Cylons (she was Number 3), which meant sometimes
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We start the finale of Guilt where we left off at the end of the last episode, with Maggie, Jake, and Max in a warehouse. Maggie delivers a lovely monologue about family, with a flashback to Jake and Max parting ways before the elder McCall got arrested. Maggie said it
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PBS viewers who love Unforgotten know about Sanjeev Bhaskar, who plays DS Sunny Khan, and whose lively social media account follows the adventures of his character's backpack. Those who follow him will also know of his wife, comedian Meera Syal, whose projects he promotes adorably. Unfortunately, Syal'
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The penultimate episode of Guilt Season 2 picks up with Max and Erin glossing over the previous evening and moving straight to bringing down Roy Lynch. Max talks to Roy about working on Phoenix while Erin tells her mother she’s leaving Edinburgh. Maggie admits she’s been meeting Roy
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The second episode of Guilt Season 2 opens with a flashback. At the Phoenix Estate Development, a young man presents a proposal for the New Leith project. He gets turned down because his projected costs are too high, but on his way past the building site, another bright idea occurs
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In Guilt Season 1, we met Edinburgh lawyer Max McCall (Mark Bonnar) and his brother Jake (Jamie Sives). It all began when Jake struck and killed an elderly pedestrian with Max's car. Desperate to avoid a scandal, Max insisted they carry the deceased pensioner back to his nearby
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The Masterpiece-produced reboot of classic 1970s mystery Van der Valk is finally set to return to PBS for a second season this fall. Season 2 will kick off on PBS two years after the Season 1 finale premiere, beginning its three-episode run on the final Sunday in September. And if
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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, starring a
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The Grantchester finale does not open with a 1950s-era hit; instead, Will talks Baker through the stained glass images in the church. For once, I feel bad for Baker, despite his inherent creepiness, as Will's just narcissistically reflecting on what a screw-up he is. He heads off to