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‘Death Valley’ Season 2’s First Images Bring Out the Stars
'Death Valley' prepares to return for Season 2 with first images revealing a new batch of guest stars.
Movies
Kate Winslet's Directorial Debut, 'Goodbye June' Lands December Release
Christmas creep is a scourge, one that has only worsened over time. It used to be that the issue was one limited to stores, as retailers pushed the shopping season back practically into September. But the advent of streaming has opened up a whole new subset of Christmas Creep on
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BritBox Confirms 'Death Valley' Season 2 Already in Production
One of the brightest spots of the 2020s has been the uptick in British cozy crime shows on American streaming services. Thus far in 2025, it has been an embarrassment of riches on both Acorn TV and BritBox over the last five months, including (but not limited to) Ludwig, Art
Better Late Than Never
Better Late Than Never: 'Death Valley' Is a Perfect Mix of Grief & Humor
TV loves a maverick crime solver. You know the type. They aren’t officially a detective or on any police force. But somehow, they are experts on cracking the case. It’s not just a British trope either. Think ABC’s High Potential, where the cleaning woman with an extraordinarily
PBS
"Mirror" Reflects Cromwell's Doom in the Penultimate Episode of 'Wolf Hall'
The penultimate episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light finally sees Thomas Cromwell's luck run out. It's a testament to this show's quality that this development — a well-documented historical fact! — manages to feel shocking. A sense of vague doom has followed Cromwell
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BritBox Kicks Off May with 'Death Valley'
BritBox is chugging along in 2025, full steam ahead, no holds barred, cozy crime caper after cozy crime caper, with a few A-list British actors starring in horrifying thrillers in between and the occasional reality series. April highlighted all of those aspects with Ludwig, the David Mitchell-starring, “case-of-the-week mystery-crime-comedy-drama.” Now
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A Fraying Cromwell's Hold Slips as 'Wolf Hall' Endgame Begins
Historically speaking, Thomas Cromwell is not a man who is easy to know. While many historical records of his public actions survive, we know relatively little about his private life. It's why the Wolf Hall franchise (both the television series and Hilary Mantel's trilogy) is so
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A Rebellion Rises as 'Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light' Reaches Its Halfway Point
As Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light reaches its halfway point, being Thomas Cromwell isn't as easy as it used to be. Sure, the former blacksmith's son has never been as powerful as he is at this precise moment, with the king's ear
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Cardinal Wolsey Casts a Long Shadow Over 'Wolf Hall's' Return
One of the most impressive things about Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light is how ponderous it is. (That's a compliment, by the way.) Everything about this show is both deliberate and incredibly slow-moving, all the better to underscore just how volatile and ever-changing this particular sliver
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'Wolf Hall: The Mirror & The Light' Trailer Promises an Epic Conclusion
Out of all the British series coming to American shores in 2025, the return of Wolf Hall to PBS, a decade after the series initially debuted, might be the most anticipated. The original series covered the two books released by Hilary Mantel at the time, Wolf Hall and Bringing Up
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BritBox Scoops Up Welsh Comedy Crime Series 'Death Valley'
With the financial backing of the BBC and Robert Schildhouse as its new CEO, BritBox has a new lease on life for 2025. The U.K.-centric streamer, initially a joint project between the BBC and ITV to prevent international piracy of iPlayer and ITV's streaming service, was
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'Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light' First Look Takes Us Back to King Henry VIII's Court
When people think of period dramas, they often think of something very specific: lavish stories set in Jolly Olde England, usually centered around the murderous whims of King Henry VIII, the generally tragic lives of his wives who deserved better, or the triumphal reign of his second daughter, Elizabeth. And