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Political thriller The Diplomat was one of Netflix's most unexpected hits in 2023. It was a welcome throwback-style drama that mixed the fast-paced dialogue of The West Wing with the political twists and turns of something like Homeland. The series stars Emmy winner Keri Russell (The Americans) as
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Netflix has finally set a premiere date for the return of its buzzy political thriller The Diplomat, one of its biggest and most surprising hits of the last year. The contemporary political drama stars Emmy winner Keri Russell (The Americans) as Kate Wyler, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to
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Scoop tries hard to convince you it has something important to say about Newsnight’s Prince Andrew interview. In November 2019, the flagship BBC news and current affairs program interviewed Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, about his well-documented connection to convicted sex offender and alleged mass trafficker of underaged
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When Netflix greenlit six seasons of The Crown sight unseen in 2014, the initial plan was to film and air the seasons back-to-back with no gap years, a feat that wound up impossible due to the planned cast turnover. Part of the reason for that initial six-year straight-through plan was
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Apparently, 2024 is shaping up to be the year of Prince Andrew, whether any of us want it to be or not. Two of the biggest streamers in the industry are prepping dramas based on the infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview that saw Queen Elizabeth's third son disastrously
Classics Revisited
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, by George Eliot was published first as a serial and then in book form in 1872. Fortunately, two centuries and change later, in 1994, Andrew Davies (best known for his Jane Austen adaptations, including Season 1 of Sanditon, and 1995's Pride &
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Less than two weeks after its premiere, Netflix has renewed its popular political drama The Diplomat for a second season. The contemporary political drama stars award-winning actress Keri Russell (The Americans) as Kate Wyler, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, who must immediately handle an international
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To make a successful political drama series, you need to make it feel a) like it’s urgent and current enough to be relevant to the real world and b) that its politics are distilled into an exciting and dramatic format. These two motives often form a push-and-pull where one
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Hot on the heels of the success of The Night Agent, Netflix's next big political thriller is set to make a big splash this April. The Diplomat features an intense premise, an all star cast, and an intriguing mix of high stakes politics and more character-driven personal dynamics.
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Production is officially underway on the upcoming star-studded Netflix film Scoop, a project that aims to dramatize the behind-the-scenes story of the bombshell 2019 BBC Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew, the second (and rumored favorite!) son of Queen Elizabeth II, during which he faced many uncomfortable questions about his friendship
Mystery
When Agatha Christie's Poirot finally finished its run in 2013, it was a watershed moment, as British TV struggled to figure out how to continue to tap into one of its most celebrated (and prolific) writers, following the conclusion of such a genre-defining series. The eventual decision was
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The latest in the BBC's series of new adaptation of classic Agatha Christie stories is coming to America this spring! Over the past few years, the corporation has been producing a series of remakes of Christie's 80+ stories, featuring all-star casts and largely focusing on the