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Back in 2017, ITV's beloved mystery series Grantchester hit what has become a common snag for popular shows around the Season 3 mark. Success had come calling and star James Norton wanted to answer it. The same thing happened on Downton Abbey with Dan Stevens a few years
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Previously on Victoria: The Chartist movement continues to pick up steam, as the threat of armed conflict grows. Victoria eventually backs down from having her military fire on her own citizens and the protestors present their People’s Charter unimpeded. The queen’s quite upset over the prospect that her
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Mark your calendars: Season 8 of Call the Midwife premieres this Spring! The eighth season of the heartwarming period drama will officially begin on Sunday, March 31. (The show was already renewed for a ninth season back in 2016, so no worries on that score.) As the new season begins,
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Previously on Victoria: As revolution sweeps through Europe, everyone is increasingly concerned that such dangerous ideas could cross the Channel and make problems for Victoria. Though the queen insists her subjects are not a revolutionary people, the growing Chartist movement indicates otherwise – and an angry mob even makes it to
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Previously on Jamestown: In one of the series’ most uncomfortable episodes to date, the slave girl Maria stabs Pedro and runs away after she learns Governor Yeardley was trying to encourage her pseudo-boyfriend to make babies with her. (Spoiler alert: The Governor is disgusting!!) Verity and an injured Pedro ultimately
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Get ready everyone, another period drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is headed our way in the not too distant future. Based on Fellowes’ 2016 novel, Belgravia is set around 70 years before the time period in which Downton Abbey occurs and is named for the posh London neighborhood
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Previously on Jamestown: Governor Yeardley remains a trash person, and fakes a Spanish invasion to distract the settlers from the fact that he seems to have made the Sharrows’ tobacco crop disappear on its way back to England. Elsewhere, there’s an eclipse, the colony suddenly believes its being haunted
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Previously on Victoria: There is too much for a single paragraph. We have recaps for both Seasons 1 and 2 if you need a refresher on everything that’s happened already. Victoria, a show that’s previously been known for its fancy costumes and swoony romances, appears to be trying
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Victoria returns to Masterpiece this weekend on most PBS stations as Season 3 begins. Let's quickly recap where things stand with everyone. Lord Melbourne: "I feel quite certain you can manage without me now, Ma'am." The first season of Victoria was a show trying
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Period drama Mrs. Wilson has an official U.S. airdate! Based on the true story of Alison Wilson, real-life grandmother of the series’ star Ruth Wilson, the two-part drama tells a tale of intrigue, spycraft, and a longstanding family mystery. At the outset of World War II, Alison McKelvie took
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Previously on Jamestown: A weird episode sees Nicholas Farlow return from Bermuda with a fey new acquaintance named Simeon, who claims to be an alchemist and bears a more than passing romantic interest in his friend. In the end, though Simeon cannot make gold, he claims to have changed his
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Happy Christmas! If you're reading this, you must have just recently watched the latest Call the Midwife holiday special, most likely while enjoying a lovely cuppa with a delicious mince pie or piece of snowman cake. Our friends from Poplar encountered adversity this Christmas season, but as usual,