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Predicting the future is a fool's errand, but people do it anyway as the New Year arrives. It's hard to know what the next year will bring in the world of television, especially in the wake of this year's pandemic upending filming schedules around
Bridgerton
"It's not your mother's Jane Austen." Speaking during the Bridgerton panel ahead of Netflix's new series debut, costume designer Ellen Mirojnick point-blank warned the Austenites in the group to gird their empire waists. Based on the series of Regency-set romance
Culture
The beginning of the 2020s was always going to be a growth year for streaming. It would be an opportunity for British TV fans to get more shows on this side of the pond than ever before. What no one foresaw was just how much streaming would come to dominate
Bridgerton
Netflix has released the full, nearly three-minute trailer for their upcoming period drama Bridgerton, and dear readers, I would be lying to you if I didn't say that this looks like precisely the lush, romantic escape we all need to close out this horrible year. The lavish,
Movies
Netflix has released a trailer for its upcoming period film The Dig and if the clip is anything to go by, the movie promises to be a lush, heartfelt tale about the ways the past can inform our present. The film is based on a book - also called The Dig
The Great British Baking Show
The Great British Baking Show was tailor-made for the sort of reality series to do Christmas specials. The "Christmas Special" episode has been part of the TV landscape ever since television became the modern hearth for families. In the U.K., these special Christmas episodes were mostly
The Great British Baking Show
The late start to this year's edition of The Great British Baking Show had the unintended consequence of landing the finals over American Thanksgiving. It is a moment to give thanks for the heroic lengths the production went to in doing a lockdown edition in the middle of
The Great British Baking Show
The most recent season of The Great British Baking Show was not the series's best effort: From ridiculous challenges that seemed more focused on shaming the contestants than celebrating their bakes to awkward host interactions and truly incomprehensible judging decisions, the tent has been a mess this year,
Derry Girls
Two great British programs are joining forces to make our holidays a little brighter - the Great British Baking Show special featuring the cast of the hit comedy Derry Girls is coming to Netflix next month. Given everything that's happened since the Baking Show (or the Bake Off depending
The Great British Baking Show
The Great British Baking Show Season 8's semi-finals have arrived, and unlike other seasons, it's a bit of a motley crew in the Top 4. By this time, in different seasons, firm favorites had emerged: Nancy, Nadiya, Candice, and Rahul all spring to mind. But
Movies
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. It seemed to me I stood by the iron gate to the drive, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me. There was a padlock and a chain upon the gate. I called in
History
Up until now, The Crown has been more impressive for what it represents ambition-wise than for its execution. Perhaps the most aspirational project Netflix will ever undertake, the series was greenlit for six seasons on the strength of Peter Morgan's pitch alone: A history of Queen Elizabeth