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Coco Chanel was a Nazi collaborator, but the fashion icon knew what she was on about when she (apocrophally) said “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.” It’s a rule of thumb that many shows should follow more as well: Before sending it
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Now that we’ve introduced the two main characters and laid the basic groundwork for their burgeoning partnership, “The Missing Link,” the third episode of Patience, opens in a classic murder mystery manner: with a dead body. There’s a woman on the floor of York’s Castle Museum, and
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It's finally July around here, which means that the very particular mismatch between the beginning of the TV season (June 1) and the start of the year for PBS (July 1 — as educational television, public broadcasting follows the school year calendar) has realigned. However, Masterpiece (and therefore most
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Patience, an adaptation of the popular French series Astrid, is the newest drama in PBS’ primetime Sunday night lineup. Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis) is a brilliant young woman on the spectrum whose keen eye and unique perspective make her a valuable asset to DI Beatrice Metcalf (Laura Fraser). Patience
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Jules Maigret has been a fixture on screens large and small since writer Georges Simenon introduced him to the world in 1931's Pietr-le-Letton (The Strange Case of Peter the Lett). Moreover, actors who have played the role tended to keep to Simenon's description of
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A mystery series where the amateur detective is a book merchant who uses his love of history and literature to solve crimes sounds like a show made for PBS. Add stars Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) and Polly Walker (Bridgerton) as the couple in the center of the series who lead the
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In the opening episode of Atlantic Crossing, we saw the invasion of Norway in a new world order where official neutrality counts for nothing. Crown Princess Märtha and her children have escaped over the border to Sweden, where Ambassador Florence Harriman advises her to leave; Sweden is full of spies,
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Grantchester's second episode of its tenth anniversary season starts with its strongest angle: The continuing saga of the life of Geordie Keating and his latest vicar pal. The series doesn't even get to the body until the second act, and then most of what we learn
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The second episode of Patience, “Paper Mountain Girl, Part 2,” begins where we left off: in an interrogation room as detectives question why Patience was at Chopra’s crime scene. She is too distressed and overstimulated to speak. Baxter gets angry watching what he believes is an uncooperative suspect, and
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PBS and Masterpiece are on a roll now that the end-of-year pledge drive has wrapped up and the first debuts for the 2025-2026 television season have arrived. Patience Season 1 has rolled out to solid enough reviews and an already greenlit Season 2, and Grantchester Season 10
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For those seeking a bit of good news in 2025, may I direct your attention to your local PBS station. It's there, as a digital channel, part of the broadcast channels on your cable box, as an app on your TV, iPad, or phone, with livestreaming channels available
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“Hello, cowboy,” says Crown Princess Märtha of Norway (Sofia Helin) to her Stetson-wearing consort, Crown Prince Olav (Tobias Santelmann) as the new Masterpiece drama Atlantic Crossing kicks off. It’s 1939, and they’re aboard a train on a goodwill visit to the U.S., having lots of fun