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Vienna Blood's cold open chyron "China 1900" presents the Boxer Rebellion; in a lesser series, it might herald a yellow peril episode. However, the second chyron reminds us how far the series still has to go. "Vienna 1908" was Season 1's setting;
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great & Small opens with the reveal Tristan and Florence Pandhi are no longer enemies, and as suspected, very attracted to each other. Tristan is coming into his own, revealing strength of character as well as easy charm, but Siegried has trouble dealing with change. He’s been
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Miss Scarlet & the Duke Season 3 has been a roller coaster of episode quality. "Arabella's" was one of the series' best recent installments, while "Hotel St. Marc" was one of its worst. And now there's "Bloodline," an installment
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As the shortest month on the calendar, February doesn't have much going for it other than being over faster. Besides Valentine's Day and the occasional Marvel movie, entertainment hits the doldrums during the calendar's metaphorical month of Tuesdays. Movie studios either put out cloying
All Creatures Great and Small
Despite his outward confidence and success in All Creatures Great & Small, senior veterinarian Siegfried Farnon is a haunted man. Like many of his generation who survived The Great War (World War I), he suffers from PTSD, or “shell shock,” as it was then called. It is not something he
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Miss Scarlet & the Duke giveth, and Miss Scarlet & the Duke taketh away. After dropping one of the series' best episodes in recent memory last week with "Arabella's," Season 3 inexplicably follows it up with "Hotel St. Marc," an hour that is.
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ITV initially commissioned the series Nolly, written by Doctor Who and It’s A Sin showrunner Russell T. Davies in November 2021. The three-part drama series, produced by Nicola Shindler’s new Quay Street Production, would focus on the inimitable Noele Gordon, a British TV legend who rose to
Tom Jones
Our first proper look at the upcoming Masterpiece adaptation of Tom Jones is here. It’s got everything that fans of Henry Fielding’s classic novel could have hoped for: Swoony romance, gorgeous gowns, a familiar debate about class, and whether marriage should be based on love or some combination
The Susan Ryeland Mysteries
It’s a rare series that manages to be a ripping TV adaptation of a murder mystery novel while also acting as a meta-commentary on murder mystery novels, TV adaptations of those novels, and why we love them. Magpie Murders was a nesting doll of story and deep dive
Vienna Blood
As viewers may remember last time Vienna Blood was on the air, Season 2 left things on a cliffhanger. However, it's been a year since then, both in our time and theirs. Since viewers were last in Edwardian Vienna, Max has written a best seller on the subject
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
After the disappointment of the Season 3 premiere, Miss Scarlet & the Duke fully returns to form with this second episode, an hour that features some of the best character work from the show in ages. There's a lot to love about "Arabella's," an
All Creatures Great and Small
The opening sequence of All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 echoes the series premiere as James drives his car through the spectacular green scenery that impressed him when he first arrived. But this time, he pulls over to watch a plane flying low overhead, captivated by the pilot’s