Disney/Hulu
'Alice & Steve' Puts Nicola Walker in an "Anti-Romcom"
Nicola Walker's next series, 'Alice & Steve,' will probably be lost on Hulu, but that doesn't mean it's not worth watching.
PBS
Everything to Remember Ahead of 'Unforgotten' Season 6
One of PBS Masterpiece's most successful series, Unforgotten, was initially commissioned by ITV in 2014 as a joint project from screenwriter Chris Lang (I, Jack Wright) and director Andy Wilson (Ripper Street). The first season aired in October 2015, and Season 2 in 2017, earning BAFTA nominations and
Starz
'Mary & George' is a Daring, Entertaining & Emotional Historical Drama
Mary & George, initially commissioned by AMC Networks in conjunction with Sky, but airing/streaming on Starz, isn’t your typical historical drama. The F-bombs and C-bombs fly like confetti, and there are bare bottoms galore. If you enjoyed films like The Favourite or shows like Starz’s The Serpent
PBS
'Annika's Second Season Ends on a Helluva Cliffhanger
There are many kinds of cases in police procedurals. There are serial murderers; there are one-off killings; there are cold cases; crooked cops commit crimes, you name 'em, there's a show about them. But of all the different kinds of detective stories, none are quite so emotionally
PBS
'Annika' Season 2 Finally Works Through The Hardest Part
Annika has always had daddy issues hovering in the background of the series since the series began, an odd choice considering it's a series centered around a female police detective and her daughter. But men aren't the only ones who have issues with their fathers, and
PBS
Someone Should Tell 'Annika' That 1984 Didn't Have This Many Daddy Issues
We've reached the halfway point of Annika's second season, and the most prominent life crisis on the table, telling Michael he's Morgan's father without blowing everything to smithereens, has been accomplished. No one is suing anyone for custody, no one quit their
PBS
The Strange Case of Discovering Who You Can Trust in 'Annika' Season 2
Annika picks up not quite two weeks after last week's disastrous open-mic experience. Honestly, I'm not sure what Annika thinks she's doing. The obvious answer is opening a deck chair on the roof to enjoy an ice cream, but it's all gone
PBS
These Jokes Aren't Funny in 'Annika' Season 2's Second Episode
This week's episode of Annika opens by Forth Bridge in Edinburgh. This week's body's being fished out of the drink just as this week's novel, Waverley, or 'Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott, is being fished out of Annika'
Exclusive
Nicola Walker Talks Breaking the Rules with 'Annika'
Nicola Walker’s exit from Unforgotten at the end of Season 4 was quickly soothed by the announcement she was leading a new detective series, Annika, where she played the titular DI Annika Strandhed, a wry, speedboat-driving book nerd just hired as the lead of Glasgow’s Marine Homicide Unit.
PBS
'Annika' Season 2's Premiere Sings a Song of Scottish Seals
Annika is not the type of series that stands on ceremony or sits around waiting on a lot of preamble. It's part of the benefit of a series where every week is a new case, and there's not much in the way of significant arcs throughout
PBS
Everything to Remember About 'Annika' Ahead of Season 2
When Nicola Walker's lead character, DCI Cassie Stuart, was killed off in Season 4 of Unforgotten, it shocked fans in the U.K. and the U.S. alike. But thankfully, Walker wasn't done being a detective inspector and had already lined up a new fictional precinct
Actors and Actresses
British Actors You Should Know: Nicola Walker
Nicola Walker was born in 1970 in Stepney, East London, England, and began acting classes at the age of 12, in her own words, to meet boys. Both her parents were teachers, but she was the first in the family to attend university, the prestigious New College, Cambridge. She joined