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The first trailer for the upcoming Masterpiece period mystery series Miss Scarlet and the Duke is here, and it's everything we could have wanted it to be. The series follows the story of one Miss Eliza Scarlet, the first female private detective in Victorian London. When her father
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Despite coronavirus-related production delays, filming on the highly anticipated sixth season of Grantchester has officially begun.
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Van Der Valk continues its popularity streak. The original series aired in the 1970s and was revived in the 1990s to huge audiences. The new reboot arrived to overwhelmingly positive reviews in the U.K. and the States. Fans are also loving the show on Twitter. But with only three
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After a year of nearly all-male all-procedural mysteries on PBS, Flesh and Blood has felt like a breath of fresh air. As viewers round into the finale, we still don't know who to suspect or who the victim is. But, as one might imagine, after sitting with Mary,
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It's official: Buzzy period mystery series Miss Scarlet and the Duke is coming to Masterpiece early next year. The series, which mixes feminism, crime-solving, and the sort of will they/won't they chemistry-filled central relationship that has helped make Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries so
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In the penultimate installment of Flesh & Blood, the series begins stripping away the stuff that doesn't matter and gives viewers the first glimpse of the night in question. As I noted last week, this is a matter of figuring out which of the storylines are red herrings
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Mysteries are all about misdirection. If a mystery were to spell out the whodunit, it would be over in all of 15-30 minutes. That means that most of the time when we watch a mystery series, it's about trying to parse the actual thread of what happened versus
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PBS' latest series, Flesh & Blood, opens in what looks to be the aftermath of a terrible accident. A house on the beach in the dark, rain and blood on the stones below, broken glass, perhaps a broken balcony, flashing lights from police cars, emergency responders trundling what looks
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After the police procedural of Van Der Valk, Masterpiece's Mystery series moves to a very different sort of thriller for October. Flesh & Blood is a four-part miniseries, a stand-alone thriller that is as much about the interior family drama as it is the exterior violence visited on
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Van Der Valk's final cold open is broadcasting live from a fashion vlogger's studio. It's going to be an exciting show, as the fashion community is all atwitter over it. However, fashion designer Dani Nioh (Tom York) is worried, as his partner, Heidi Berlin
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Van Der Valk's cold open starts in a pool hall, where VDV is not doing well. Hassell is at home, and she's not doing well; as we learn later, her girlfriend has left her, and her stays with VDV may indeed be platonic. Meanwhile, tonight'
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The 1970s Van Der Valk usually opened with the detective at home, in domestic bliss, until duty calls. Not our new version. The cold open begins with the takedown of a gang leader on a bike, with Piet van Der Valk (Marc Warren) doing a Bond-esque chase scene, taking down