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Though it doesn't get nearly the attention of, say, Endeavour or Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Vienna Blood has become a sleeper hit for PBS. The turn of the century mystery series, based on the books by Frank Tallis, is one of the few mysteries set in the
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Between the returns of Miss Scarlet and the Duke, All Creatures Great and Small, and Sanditon, 2023 looks like a good year for PBS viewers. But while some shows are being put out to pasture, like Endeavour, and some are getting new cast members, like Unforgotten, a few of the
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
When PBS Masterpiece announced earlier this year that Season 3 of the popular mystery series Miss Scarlet and the Duke would arrive on our screens just a scant two months after the conclusion of its second, fans were over the moon — and rightly so! Thanks to a delayed renewal and
Annika
Last week, Annika ended with both mother and daughter diving headfirst into relationships they're keeping on the down low from one another: Annika with Morgan's former therapist, Dr. Jake, and Morgan with Annika's coworker's sister Erin. This week continues the sneaking about
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This week’s episode of Magpie Murders again opens with a flashback to 2015, and Alan Conway is leading a writing workshop. He reads an excerpt from his manuscript, The Slide, and encourages the class to comment. Lee Jaffrey (remember him?) ventures some mild praise, but another participant says he
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Like Season 1, the penultimate episode of Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 2 feels like the first half of a two-parter, even though it's not labeled as such. But it ends on what is essentially (for this show, at least) a cliffhanger. It leaves several primary
All Creatures Great and Small
On the original All Creatures Great and Small, which ran from 1978 to 1990, James Herriott marries his love, Helen Alderson, in the drama's very first season, before ten episodes had even passed. In real life, Alf Wright (who wrote the books this series is based on under
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In a change of pace, Annika begins not with a treatise on classic literature but on bridges. It might be a heavy-handed metaphor for this week's episode, but the point remains that Annika can only name three kinds of bridges out of six. (Beam, arch, and suspension;
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Magpie Murder’s 4th episode begins with a flashback to a friendly catch-up between Susan’s sister, Katie, and Alan Conway in a coffee shop. Katie seems pleasantly surprised that the author is interested in hearing about her and her family. But by now, we all know Conway is
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
To its credit, Miss Scarlet & the Duke is a series that's almost always the furthest thing from traditional. Part of that is due to its unconventional heroine, the only female detective in London, who refuses to sit down and shut up the way the men around her
Sanditon
Fans were thrilled at the surprise resurrection of period drama Sanditon in the spring of 2021. They couldn't wait to return to the quaint seaside resort village as soon as possible. But that announcement also came complete with the news that the series was being renewed for two
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Episode 2 of Annika ended with Morgan agreeing therapy wasn't the worst notion her mother's ever had. Episode 3 opens at the doctor's office, and instead of Annika talking about myths or novels, she's talking about psychotherapy and explaining how it works,