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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
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small returns this Sunday for a second season. The first season, which aired in January of 2021, was a surprise hit for PBS and Masterpiece, bringing mainstream audiences to the Yorkshire Dales the same way Downton Abbey once did for grand houses and posh estates. But
Vienna Blood
The return of Vienna Blood to the mystery pantheon of PBS is another chance at making the Frank Tallis-penned series a hit in the states. The show has a lot of things going for it, despite the Sherlock Holmes-esque nature of its leading man and the very stereotypical
Sanditon
When ITV and PBS debuted Sanditon, based on Jane Austen's final unfinished novel, in 2019/2020, it seemed much like most Austen novels. Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) was the plucky heroine looking for love. Sidney Parker (Theo James) was the hero she would clash with until she realized
Around the World in 80 Days
Welcome as we embark on the adventure that is recapping the newest adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days! For the next eight weeks we’ll relive the exhilarating, and often dangerous, travels of wealthy explorer Phileas Fogg (David Tennant), his valet Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma), and intrepid journalist Abigail&
The Gilded Age
A new year, a new beginning for the streaming wars for our eyeballs. After two years of endless streaming services debuts, this is the first year where we might see the numbers dwindle as the mergers begin. But until that starts, there's a laundry list of places with
Culture
After the 2020 Hollywood shutdown and U.K. lockdowns blew up filming on nearly everything worldwide, 2021 was never going to be normal, especially for PBS, whose anthology series Masterpiece and Walter's Choice are almost exclusively dependant on overseas imports by design. But the year wasn't
Call the Midwife
Happy Christmas, everyone! There’s so much to cover in this extended holiday episode of Call the Midwife. It’s full of classic family Christmas traditions, for sure. But viewers are also treated to hoodlums, a handful of tricky deliveries for the midwives and if that’s not enough, a
Culture
For a year that was again frequently marred by shutdowns and production setbacks, there've been a surprising number of great releases on our screens in 2021. Granted, most of them arrived in a flurry through the latter half of the year as those same delays eased (though our
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great & Small may be set in the pre-World War II era in the Yorkshire Dales, long before modern technology made the world interconnected. However, Season 2 of the escapist fantasy is looking more and more like the hottest ticket in town this winter. With new coronavirus
Call the Midwife
The final two weeks of the year are upon us, and with them, the vacation end of the year hours and the holiday TV. Most British series that run Christmas specials overseas don't find their way over to the U.S. until long after the festive season has
Call the Midwife
Call The Midwife will begin its second decade on the air in 2022, with Season 11 arriving the first Sunday in January. But there's been a bit of a mystery about when it would arrive stateside. With the filming shutdowns and lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, the show&