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Around the World in 80 Days
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
Vienna Blood
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
Around the World in 80 Days
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
Around the World in 80 Days
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
Sanditon
When Sanditon Season 2 was announced in the spring of 2021, the fandom was shocked and overjoyed. But into every life, a little rain must fall. Though the show was returning with stars Rose Williams and Crystal Clark as Charlotte Heywood and Georgiana Lambe, Sanditon's leading man, Sidney
Sanditon
PBS Masterpiece has released the first trailer for the wildly anticipated second season of period drama Sanditon and though the clip is very brief - just 30 seconds long - it still offers us some tantalizing glimpses of many of our favorite characters, some quick looks at new faces, and much of
Vienna Blood
In Season 1, Vienna Blood was interesting in its usual setting and some of its characters, but its mysteries were frequently too simple. Making the lead detective an early Freud student leaned into "these aspects of mental health are so new" allowed audiences to feel more competent than
All Creatures Great and Small
The second episode of All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 opens with a visitor to Skeldale House, divorcee Diana Brompton (Dorothy Atkinson). She’s selling tickets for that evening’s Daffodil Ball, an event to raise funds for the restoration of the church steeple. She warms up by flirting
Around the World in 80 Days
Peril and adventure abound as we enter week three of Around the World in 80 Days! Last time, we witnessed a heart-stopping rescue in the Italian countryside. Phileas Fogg and company gathered all their courage and skill to guide a steam train over a ravine to save a young
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small Season 2 may have just arrived on most PBS stations this past weekend, but the series is already gearing up for more. Ahead of the show's premiere on Sunday, Jan. 9, co-producers Masterpiece and Channel 5 confirmed that not only was Season
All Creatures Great and Small
You have to be made of stone if watching James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) gently tend to an injured pet on the surprise Masterpiece hit All Creatures Great and Small doesn’t make you sigh. But as Season 2 opens, surprise - we’re not in Darrowby anymore. Instead, James is helping
Around the World in 80 Days
Welcome back to leg two of our journey Around the World in 80 Days! Last week you may recall that one Phileas Fogg has accepted a rather large bet to circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days. Joined by a determined female journalist and a well-traveled, but mysterious