5 Things To Watch While Awaiting Poldark Season 3
Poldark Season 3 arrives on BBC One in only a few days. Unfortunately for us here in the United States, it won't air on PBS until October. How to cope?
One of the hardest things about being an anglophile here in the United States is how long it takes for the good BBC and ITV programming to travel across the pond. Downton Abbey, for instance, used to end at the beginning of November over there, but then not start until January over here. Victoria runs on much the same schedule. And let's not get started on the 11 month hold that occurs between the airing of The Great British Bake Off (as it's called over there) and The Great British Baking Show. Sherlock used to take a few months, but recently, PBS has tightened up the timeframe, getting it on over here only a few days, or sometimes hours, later.
Then there's Poldark. Last year, we were given a right treat when the BBC's choice to air it in the fall meant that PBS' airings would come nearly right on top of it. The delay was only two weeks from BBC to PBS airing, with merely a pledge drive and a single holiday causing the separation. Sadly though, airing Poldark in the fall didn't work out over there--with ITV airing Victoria in the exact timeslot opposite, the BBC saw the show's ratings take a tumble. So this year they've moved Poldark back to closer to its original spring airing, with a debut coming within the next week--and leaving US viewers with a Downton like eight-ten week wait between the end of the show's run over there and the debut over here.
So how is one to cope with such a frustrating wait before we find out the fates of Ross, Demelza and Elizabeth, not to mention Dwight and Caroline? Never fear! We've rounded up five programs to watch while we wait.
