Acorn TV
Grantchester may be heading into its final season in 2026, but there's already a brand new Hot Vicar fresh from the oven for fans of British mysteries to enjoy. Acorn TV and Channel 5 announced in late 2024 that they would team up for a brand-new series, Murder
AMC/AMC+
It's been over six months since we last heard anything about The Crow Girl, one of the few U.K. series commissioned for the British version of Paramount+ to make it through production without getting canceled, despite the company's near collapse and new ownership. It was
Movies
"Tornado Season" refers to the time of year when storms that can result in funnel clouds are most prevalent. Here in the contiguous 48 states of the U.S., that's typically from early March (see also: coming in like a lion) through to the end of
Better Late Than Never
TV is overflowing with detective dramas. Since the 2025-2026 TV season started at the end of May 2025, there has been Dept. Q and Untamed on Netflix; Ballard and Countdown on Prime Video; Code of Silence on Britbox; Smoke on AppleTV+... and that’s just the ones I can remember
Acorn TV
It is a truth I hope to live long enough to see Netflix acknowledge, that weekly release series are far superior to binge drops. For one thing, it allows viewers to savor each episode as it arrives, rather than rushing to get to the finale at 1.5x speed or
Acorn TV
Christmas comes but once a year; however, when it comes to U.K. Christmas specials of fan-favorite series, it seems any time of year will do. For example, with the running exception of Call the Midwife, PBS has never aired any of the Christmas episodes from their imported and co-produced
AMC/AMC+
Police procedurals and "cozy crime" series have been a staple of television since its inception. Not just Law & Order type series like Dragnet, but Agatha Christie style mysteries based on novels, where small picturesque places find themselves involved in murder. One reason the genre has such enduring
AMC/AMC+
The adventure series Nautilus has had a long and torturous path to the screen. The series began its life as a Disney+ project, but it was shelved back in 2023 as part of a series of cost-cutting measures. (Its budget was said to have run into the hundreds of millions
Acorn TV
After six months of pondering what was up with The Madame Blanc Mysteries, AMC Networks and Acorn TV have finally announced a Season 4 premiere date. Fans will recall that Acorn TV, the leading producer of the series alongside the U.K.'s Channel 5, had traditionally treated the
Acorn TV
Acorn TV is known as an alternative streaming service to BritBox. The latter is British-centric, where Acorn TV tends to pick up English-language shows from everywhere but the U.K., including New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Ireland. However, the race to become the American home for Welsh series is
AMC/AMC+
It's been nearly two years since Black Bear Pictures initially announced the horror film Whistle. The film, based on the short story of the same name by author Owen Egerton, was part of the small group of films that were announced for production in October 2023, months into
AMC/AMC+
Part of the fun of watching big costume dramas like Downton Abbey or Bridgerton is seeing what the cast gets up to when their time wearing period dress has come to an end. In the years since Downton transferred to the big screen, former stars like Dan Stevens and Lily