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Beyond Paradise initially started as Death in Paradise's not-nearly-as-cool younger sibling, taking the parent show's main selling point (being set in the Caribbean) and doing away with it in favor of Devon's picturesque (and much closer to home) southern coast. (One assumes the title
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Don't let the glitter and feather boas fool you, you need a Costco supply of tissues to watch Lost Boys & Fairies. The adoption drama dropped on Britbox on Tuesday and is a tearjerker as much as it is a celebration of queer families. Lost Boys focuses on
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The BritBox and ITV co-production, Code of Silence, was first announced in the fall of 2024 as it headed into production. As you might assume from a show with this sort of name, it is a crime thriller, with a pair of detectives and a not-quite-professional crime solver who is
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The Welsh cultural resurgence in the U.K. is one of the feel-good stories of the 2020s, but most Americans have no idea which of the "British" actors they've seen are actually Welsh. (Michael Sheen may be the big exception to this rule, simply because of
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Grace is one of those British detective series that spends years flying under the radar until one day it reaches Season 10, and then suddenly people start noticing it's quietly become a cultural staple when no one was paying attention. Most of the dramas that inhabit that space
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Your mileage may vary on whether you think that right now --- in the wake of the political DEI backlash and the spiraling of the #MeToo movement --- is the moment to release what is essentially a workplace dramedy about cancel culture. Not to mention one that hails from Steven
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Ever since the early 1980s BBC debut of Miss Marple, starring Agatha Christie's handpicked star Joan Hickson in the titular role, adaptations of the celebrated English author have been a reliable ratings draw. The BBC's Partners in Crime followed in the mid-1980s before ITV struck gold
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The real-life story of Britain's Ruth Ellis is undeniably devastating and tragic. On Easter Sunday in 1955, she murdered her lover, racecar driver David Blakely, by shooting him in the back in the middle of the street. Less than three months later, Ellis, who was only 28 years
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There’s nothing cool about a live awards telecast – the scripted bits, teleprompter dependence, and constant pauses to wait for talent in transit sucks a lot of the snappy pizazz that a night of celebrating artists deserves. Added to this is the fact that British showmanship feels weirdly forced and
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Death in Paradise has yet to debut its current season (Season 14) in the U.S. on BritBox, but the first couple of episodes are out in the U.K. after the show debuted at the end of January 2025 across the pond. More importantly, so is the news that
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ITV recently confirmed that filming for Trigger Point Season 3 had commenced in the U.K., an unsurprising development considering the show's viewership numbers in the U.K. made Season 2 the second-most-watched drama series on ITVX. However, for those who have been keeping their ears to the
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The BAFTAs return for another year, with the first of two annual events arriving just after Valentine's Day. The British Academy Film Awards, the first of the two events covering British Film and Television, is now nearly 80 years in and continues to honor the best work on