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Mystery
After two years away, Vienna Blood's return to PBS was a welcome revival for fans. The British-Austrian psychological thriller based on the Frank Tallis Liebermann novels is a new spin on the Victorian Sherlock Holmes model with a hefty dose of Freudian psychology thrown in. Set in
Drama
As the Season 2 finale of All Creatures Great and Small opens, it's the day before Christmas, Skeldale House is beautifully decorated, and everything is ready for the annual party Siegfried throws for friends and clients. But early in the morning, James Herriot is rudely awakened by a
Drama
It’s finally here! Our eventful journey around the globe is drawing to a close in the season finale of Around the World in 80 Days, and it’s a nail-biter for sure. You may recall last week our intrepid adventurers were speeding across the American West in the
Mystery
Vienna Blood has leaned heavily into the Liebermans' Jewishness, so opening with Catholic iconography and Gregorian chant is a choice. It's due to a lecture organized by Herr Strobl (Serge Falck), and Professor Priel (David Oberkogler) attended by Mendel, Max, and Amelia, featuring Brother Stanislav (Lukas Watzl)
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Episode 6 of All Creatures Great and Small, originally the finale of Season 2 (PBS airs the 2021 Christmas special as Episode 7), begins with James and Helen in line at their local movie theater, waiting for the projectionist to turn up. He arrives on a bicycle, the line shuffles
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Hard to believe, but we have reached the penultimate installment of Around the World in 80 Days' globetrotting saga. Last week, our travelers were marooned on a desert island with few resources and their wits to get them back to civilization. It's Day 65, and we'
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With just over a month to go until period drama Sanditon returns for its highly anticipated second season, the marketing machine is cranking into high gear. (Not that, I expect, any of us are complaining.) PBS Masterpiece has released a second Season 2 teaser, featuring a dash of new footage
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Siegfried begins Episode 5 of All Creatures Great and Small shocked and outraged — nothing new there, but this time it's because there is a hole in his cricket trousers, and Darrowby's most important event takes place in a few days. The match between the Darrowby Eleven
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As we dive into (pun sort of intended) this week’s installment of Around the World in 80 Days, we surmise that Passepartout and Abigail, as well as Phileas, must have been herded by the gun-toting Mr. Kneedling. We catch up to our trio adrift in a small wooden
Mystery
Vienna Blood is set in Vienna in the Edwardian era, but Victorian-style street urchins are universal in mysteries. The episode starts with one who stole a watch (Dajana Rajic). She leads the police on a merry chase through Landstrasse, ending with finding a dismembered body, missing a hand. Reinhardt
Drama
This week on Around the World in 80 Days, our intrepid explorers have entered the second half of their eighty-day trek! You probably recall that last time the trio were honored guests at an Indian wedding. Nothing goes smoothly on this trip, so the groom was arrested by the
Drama
Believe it or not, we've reached the halfway point of our globetrotting adventure, Around the World in 80 Days! Last week's trek across the desert focused on the strength of women and how living an authentic life often comes at a price. Also Passepartout has tired