Apple TV
Slow Horses is back – one year after its superlative fourth season, the down-and-dirty modern London spy saga returns for another messy adventure with MI5’s least loved and, by this point, criminally undervalued department. In Season 4, we lost agents, confronted harsh truths, and uncovered long-buried secrets – Marcus (Kadiff Kirwan)
Apple TV
In a landscape where multiple streaming services currently in existence are probably not going to be around much longer, Apple TV+ stands alone as a singular, yet improbable success story. As a content provider with zero experience making its own original series, its launch in 2019 was heavily overshadowed by
Apple TV
Not all Americans understand precisely how actors become Sirs and Dames. It's a multiple-step process, starting with being awarded Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), or Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British
Apple TV
Fans of Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, based on the Mick Herron thrillers The Slough House Series, prepare to ride out in the fall. The series, which has slowly built itself into one of Apple TV+'s most reliable and solid performers over four seasons, has set a
Netflix
Netflix initially stumbled into success with U.K. audiences on New Year's Day in 2022, when the streaming service released its miniseries adaptation of Harlan Coben's Stay Close on New Year's Eve 2021 and discovered half of the U.K. had tuned in to
PBS
Still reeling over the all-points collision of the Schlegels, the Wilcoxes, and the Basts in Howards End? Brace yourself; there’s more coming in the finale, along with some melodrama, coincidences, toxic masculinity, and inexplicable decisions. (In other words, business as usual.) We last saw Margaret writing a letter, which
PBS
Last week’s episode of Howards End ended with the Schlegels’ vote to take Wilcox’s London house if it is suitable. This week begins with his arrival to drive Margaret there. As she leaves, Helen says, “Don’t do anything rash.” Be warned — there is plenty of rashness ahead.
PBS
This second episode of Howards End opens with a stunning shot of a beautifully stark winter landscape through which black-clad figures make their way to a graveyard. Margaret is the only non-family member at Mrs. Wilcox's funeral and receives filthy looks from the family. Back at the titular
Netflix
People underestimated Netflix when it started making original programming because they mistook the streaming service for wanting to be HBO (or, at the time, AMC or FX). However, from the beginning, Netflix's goal was to replace TV. Not just TV in the U.S., but in every country;
Apple TV
For a spy thriller, Slow Horses is paced strangely. As a TV thriller, you can’t fault how it moves: each of Mick Harron’s books is split into the UK-standard six sub-hour episodes (often under 45 minutes), and they clip through plot turns and character beats like nobody’s
Netflix
Netflix's dive into adaptations of Harlan Coben thriller novels, resetting them in the U.K. and starring British actors, has been a slam dunk in terms of viewership, especially the English-language ones. The last two releases, Stay Close and Fool Me Once, released on New Year's