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HBO and Max are betting big on a certain family-oriented franchise about a poor kid whose life is magically changed for the better when he gets an invite to go away to an exclusive boarding school where the residents are used to a very different, far more rarified lifestyle. However,
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Streaming services in the U.K. are generally relatively easy to identify with their on-air counterparts; BBC iPlayer is, obviously, the BBC, ITVX is ITV, More4 is Channel 4, My5 is Channel 5, etc. In comparison, most American streaming services downright obfuscate what network they're associated with (Disney+
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Friends, I’m at a loss as I write this recap. After Passenger’s sixth and final episode, I assumed series creator and writer Andrew Buchan had written it as a cliffhanger. But in a recent interview with TellyVisions, Buchan described it as a limited series (though he’d welcome
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It seems safe to say that BritBox’s Passenger is unlike almost any other television show that’s aired this year. The six-part series hails from Andrew Buchan, probably best known to Anglophiles as grieving father Mark Latimer in the crime drama Broadchurch. But his debut screenplay couldn’t be
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A dangerous game is afoot in Chadder Vale as we reach Passenger’s midpoint. Mehmet is dead, and Riya – who never claimed to be perfect and spends a not-inconsiderable amount of time showing those imperfections – refuses to let it go. She’s in the right; it’s not a suicide,
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Welcome to Chadder Vale, a remote town surrounded by forest in the Lancashire hills (that’s The North, for those readers & viewers who aren’t full sickos on the topic of UK geography)! Sure, Chadder Vale experiences unexplained cold snaps seemingly year-round; the forest is extremely menacing and full
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The first decade of the streaming wars was predicated on the idea that the only way to succeed without really trying was to create a Netflix clone: monthly charges, no commercials, and all episodes as a binge. However, at this point, despite its unwillingness to admit that the binge model
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BritBox may continue to state it's business as usual since the BBC took over the streaming service in February 2024. However, its beefed-up lineup, especially on Thursday nights, belies that claim. The BBC has not made any wholesale changes to the niche service, at least not yet; after
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Cozy crime series have been the bread and butter of niche streaming services like BritBox and Acorn TV since they launched in the 2010s. But BritBox, which began as a joint project between ITV and the BBC to keep Americans from pirating iPlayer, has changed course since the BBC bought
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It's been a while since American viewers heard anything about ITVX's Passenger (not to be confused with the Channel 4 series Passengers, which ended in the mid-aughts), confirmed in August 2023 to be debuting stateside on BritBox. ITVX included it in the end-of-year look ahead for
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BritBox has confirmed that the new ITV series, Passenger, will stream on its service here in the U.S. come 2024. Despite the name, the series should not be confused with the other U.K. TV series Passengers (plural), which ran on Channel 4 in the 1990s and then was
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DCI Luther's run of good luck covering himself finally comes to a screeching halt as Luther Season 5 ends. Luther: Take it, an eye for an eye. One can understand why Luther is a little bit gunshy about letting people or work colleagues get close to him. Ever