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‘Wolf Hall’s’ Penultimate Episode Leaves Cromwell for the “Crows”
Much like William Shakespeare’s history plays, 'Wolf Hall' takes history and retells it via the sensibilities of modern authors.
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A Happy Ending (of Sorts) at ‘Howards End’
Still reeling over the all-points collision of the Schlegels, the Wilcoxes, and the Basts in Howards End? Brace yourself; there’s more coming in the finale.
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Rash Decisions Abound in ‘Howards End’s Penultimate Episode
Helen says, “Don’t do anything rash.” Be warned — there is plenty of rashness ahead.
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'A Ghost Story For Christmas' 2024 To Adapt 'Man-Size in Marble'
One of the U.K.’s long-standing traditions is telling ghost stories at Christmas. The most famous, of course, is A Christmas Carol, in which a rich man is terrorized into paying his staff a living wage. However, Dickens was merely following a tradition older than he was; Victorian
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'Funny Woman' Returns to PBS in 2025
Despite the awkwardness of the series name, critics and reviewers loved Gemma Arterton's first season of Funny Woman. (So-called because it's adapted from the Nick Hornsby novel Funny Girl, a title already taken by a rather famous musical.) However, viewers, assuming the title was a
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'Astrid' Season 4 Leads Off 2025 'Walter Presents' Slate on PBS Passport
Astrid (Astrid et Raphaëlle) was a hit right out of the gate when it first debuted on PBS Passport in November 2022 as part of that month's Walter Presents slate. In fact, it proved so popular that Walter Presents rushed to bring Season 2 in the spring of
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PBS's 'Nature' Turns the Camera on "Attenborough's Life Journey"
Few are left of those who pioneered television as we know it today, and those who are still with us will not be around for much longer. However, it speaks to the original dream for the medium as a way to provide educational and heartwarming television that two of the
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‘Wolf Hall’s “The Devil’s Spit” Is the Anti-‘Man for All Seasons’
In one of the most remarkable episodes of 'Wolf Hall’s first season, Hillary Mantel argues that, actually, Thomas More was a self-centered fool.
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Judith Sets a Dangerous Trap in 'The Marlow Murder Club' Season 1 Finale
We're having a rough start on The Marlow Murder Club in Season 1's final episode. Tanika and the sleuthing trio are all reeling from the murder of Liz Curtis when we reunite with them at the top of the episode. Judith is re-evaluating everything on
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‘Howards End’ Moves One Step Forward, Two Steps Back When Opposites Attract
Back at the titular Howards End, the Wilcox children throw tantrums about motivations and sincerity.
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'Vienna Blood' Sets Date for Final Season on PBS
When Vienna Blood initially debuted in January 2020 in the post-Sanditon slot, it was an awkward fit, to say the least. Not only did the heavily masculine Mystery of the Week series not fit tonally with Andrew Davies' Jane Austen fanfic, created from her final, unfinished novel, but
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Our First Look at 'Miss Austen' Puts the Story of the Author Herself Center Stage
Jane Austen adaptations are a staple in the life of any Anglophile and, as such, we're rarely hurting for the chance to see the author's stories of love and manners depicted onscreen in some form or other. But as the world gears up to celebrate Austen&