Netflix
Netflix Sets a Date to Introduce 'Legends'
From the series creator of 'Luther' comes a story based on the real-life UK customs officials who went undercover to fight the illegal drug trade.
PBS
The Opening Installment of 'Brian & Maggie' Feels Like an Illicit Affair
If you're looking to the new PBS drama Brian & Maggie for a history lesson, you're probably going to be disappointed. That's not a criticism, more of an attempt to set expectations. The latest in a string of prestige dramas that long for a
PBS
PBS's Official 'Brian & Maggie' Trailer Brings Down a Prime Minister
There is an accepted truism about historical period dramas as a way for our culture to process the current landscape more easily than dealing with the present reality. Taking the issues of the day and running them through a funhouse mirror of the past makes it easier for audiences to
PBS
Channel 4's 'Brian & Maggie' to Debut on PBS in October
There is something deeply satisfying about seeing a show you've been obsessively following since it was announced, and after two years of emailing around to PBS asking if public broadcasting is picking up, finally, FINALLY, someone says yes. It's even better when that show is one
Netflix
Con O'Neill Confirmed to Join Netflix's 'Legends' as Filming in Liverpool Continues
Netflix initially announced it was commissioning Neil Forsyth's Legends at the 2024 Edinburgh Film Festival, more than six months before the principal cast was confirmed. Filming on the series, which is based on the real-life decision by Her Majesty's Customs & Excise department in the late
Movies
'The Penguin Lessons' Teach Timely Truths in the Face of Fascism
Sony Pictures Classics’ The Penguin Lessons is an adaptation of Tom Michell’s 2016 memoir of the same name about his teaching career in Buenos Aires in 1976 and how his unexpected adoption of a wild penguin changed his life and the lives of the students and teachers around him.
Netflix
'Grantchester's Charlotte Ritchie to Star in 'Legends'
Netflix initially announced it was picking up Legends, the newest pitch for a thriller based on one of the U.K.'s high-profile heists from writer Neil Forsyth, in August 2024. Forsyth was coming off a major hit in the U.K.; his critically adored six-part, Hugh Bonneville-starring The
Movies
'The Penguin Lessons' Trailer Is Just as Adorable as We All Expected
Given the state of... well, pretty much everything at the moment, we can probably all use a heartwarming movie that co-stars an adorable animal. If that's the case, mark your calendars for the release of The Penguin Lessons, a fan favorite from last year's Toronto International
Channel 4
The Trailer for 'Brian & Maggie' Reminds Us of the Power of the Press
Over the last decade, there's been a disingenuous argument over whether entertainment has gotten "Too Political," as if telling stories that reflect one's personal experience isn't revolutionary for anyone who is not an upper-class white male from Western civilization. In reality, some
Movies
'The Penguin Lessons' Trailer Befriends Flightless Birds
One of the 2024's Toronto International Film Festival favorites has been scooped up by Sony Pictures Classic and is slated for release in the spring of 2025. The Penguin Lessons, Steve Coogan's adorable dramedy, in which he plays a wayward British teacher who befriends/is adopted
Channel 4
Harriet Walter Is a Self-Satisfied Thatcher in 'Brian & Margaret's First Look
Lovers of James Graham’s Sherwood, take note: his next series, focusing on the final days of Margaret Thatcher’s prime ministership, has released its first images. The series, commissioned by Channel 4, is one of the network’s upcoming awards bait series that’s found terra firma after the
Netflix
'The Sandman' Season 2 Casts Freddie Fox as Loki
Neil Gaiman's The Sandman was a triumph for Netflix in filming the unfilmable when the first season arrived in the summer of 2022. While the series itself falls squarely in the "British-ish" fantasy category along with shows like House of the Dragon and Lord of the