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Irish Gang Drama ‘The Westies’ Sets Summer Release Date
The 1980s-set period drama about the construction of New York City's Javits Center is full of gangs and grit.
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Tom Brittney & J.K. Simmons to Star in MGM+ Series 'The Westies'
It was March of 2024, not long after the attempt at relevance with Belgravia Season 2, that MGM+ was revealed to be working on a Peaky Blinders-style series, with Narcos’ creator Chris Brancato stepping up to spearhead the project. Never mind that Belgravia: The Next Generation was as dead on
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In Season 9's Second Episode, 'Grantchester' Bids Farewell to Will Davenport
The moment many of us have been dreading has finally arrived: Will Davenport has officially left Grantchester. Technically, this isn't a surprise, given that we've known Tom Brittney would be departing the show for the past year or so. However, Grantchester still manages to wring maximum
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In the 'Grantchester' Season 9 Premiere, Will Confronts His Own Complacency
It's the end of an era. (Again.) Mystery series Grantchester is once again undergoing what is rapidly becoming The Time-Honored Tradition of The Changing of The Vicars (three times in eight years!) as star Tom Brittney hangs up his collar. This first episode of the new season simultaneously
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Tom Brittney to Lead Supernatural Film 'Black Box (Flight 298)'
Tom Brittney's final episodes on Grantchester are due to start airing on PBS when Season 9 debuts in mid-June. However, the actor hasn't been sitting still since deciding his time as the show's resident Hot Priest was up. First, he launched a production company
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'Grantchester' Season 9 Sets Premiere Date for June
Since the beginning of Grantchester Season 8, when the production announced the planned departure of lead Tom Brittney, fans have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Season 9, partly to see his exit from the series as Reverend William Davenport, and to meet his replacement, the Rev. Alphy Kotteram, played
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The 'Grantchester' Season 8 Finale Sees Will Both Fall and Rise Again
Due to the ineffable whims of scheduling, the last two episodes of Grantchester Season 8 arrived together, airing back-to-back on PBS Masterpiece as a two-hour block. And, while that particularly broadcast decision was perhaps an unintentional one, the pairing of the final two episodes of the season ultimately really works
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'Grantchester' Season 8's Fourth Episode Feels Like the Beginning of an End
Even if Masterpiece hadn't already announced that Tom Brittney would be leaving Grantchester at the end of this season, at this point, I think most of us would be expecting it. (Though, admittedly, I do appreciate the powers that be confirming that the show will continue with Whitstable
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As 'Grantchester' Season 8 Continues, Will Isn't As Fine as He Pretends to Be
Will Davenport may have avoided going to prison for his role in the motorcycle accident that killed an innocent passerby, but if the third episode of Grantchester Season 8 is anything to go by, he certainly hasn't escaped punishment. In the wake of last week's devastating
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In 'Grantchester' Season 8's Second Episode, Will Faces the Consequences of a Reckless Choice
The second episode of Grantchester Season 8 doesn't waste any time on set-up, immediately jumping back into events of last week's dramatic cliffhanger, namely, whether Will Davenport killed a man. And, despite the suspicions of some of us (read: me) that this twist might be some
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Tom Brittney To Exit 'Grantchester' As Season 9 is Confirmed
Perhaps the smartest thing series creator Daisy Coulam did in adapting James Runchie's The Sidney Chambers Mysteries was rename it Grantchester. By naming the series after the village instead of the character, she took a series about a James Bond wannabe jazz-loving priest, and made it an ensemble
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A Terrible Accident Mars the Fresh Start of 'Grantchester' Season 8
Grantchester is something of an oddity in the British mystery world — a character-focused drama in which the crime is often the least important thing happening in any given episode. Rather than set up elaborate red herrings to surprise viewers with the identity of who committed any given crime, the series