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The British-ish Shows Are Coming
We run down the biggest fantasy shows that aren't strictly British, but feature enough of our favorite actors that we'll be watching anyway.
HBO & HBO Max
HBO Max Gives a First Glimpse of ‘War’ and ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 4
HBO Max has dropped its trailer for shows coming in the second half of 2026, including 'The Gilded Age' Season 4 and the highly anticipated series 'War'.
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British Talent Scoop Up Over 100 Emmy Nominations for 2025
One of the inevitable consequences of the streaming wars and the initial decimation of cable and broadcast networks in service thereof was the reteat of representation during awards season. PBS fans were accustomed to it, since Downton Abbey left the airwaves, public broadcasting has been all but invisible to the
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'House of the Dragon' Makes Tom Cullen a Knight for Season 3
HBO's House of the Dragon will never be as big as Game of Thrones was during its heyday, the world has changed too much, not to mention the entertainment landscape. But, like many British-ish series, it continues to gainfully employ fan favorites from PBS shows, and even
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James Norton Double Digest: Actor Boards 'House of the Dragon,' 'Wife & Dog'
James Norton's exit from Grantchester was messier than anyone would have liked. At the end of his three-season contract, he declined to re-sign for another season, delaying the show's fourth season by nearly a year as an agreement was worked out where he would
Actors and Actresses
British Actors You Should Know: Olivia Cooke
Olivia Cooke, born in 1993 in Manchester, was the sort of child who liked to put on performances in the front garden with her friends. At the age of eight, she joined the Oldham Theatre Workshop, an after-school drama program in her hometown, whose alumni included Anna Friel and
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British Actors You Should Know: Matt Smith
With his imposing physical presence and interesting, not quite handsome face, and trademark fall of dark hair, Matt Smith has played everything from artists to time lords, princes, and pimps. Smith was born in 1982 in Northamptonshire, and his first love was football. He signed on as a youth player
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'House of the Dragon' Fires Up Max in June
It is not an exaggeration to say that Game of Thrones helped change the face of television. Before the HBO British-ish fantasy series became the dominant show in the media landscape for a decade, prestige TV was an American-focused phenomenon starring American actors about American stories, such as