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Wolf Hall is, in many ways, the Platonic ideal of what a period drama is supposed to be and do. Sumptuous to look at, gloriously dense, unapologetically intellectual, and made with remarkable attention to period-accurate details, the six-part drama featured an all-star cast of British heavy hitters and racked up
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Out of all the British series coming to American shores in 2025, the return of Wolf Hall to PBS, a decade after the series initially debuted, might be the most anticipated. The original series covered the two books released by Hilary Mantel at the time, Wolf Hall and Bringing Up
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Wolf Hall originally aired on PBS in 2015, during the year that saw the rise of the phrases "Prestige TV" and "Peak TV." For those unaware, "Peak TV" is a phrase coined by FX CEO John Landgraf to describe the current era of programming
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It's been just over a year since Bleeker Street picked up the rights to Fackham Hall during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. The movie, a spoof of Downton Abbey and other hit period dramas, arrived at the festival market with four cast members attached to star: Hero
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Masterpiece has announced that the highly anticipated sequel series Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will premiere in March. The six-part drama is a sequel to the Emmy-nominated Wolf Hall and is based on the final installment in Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel's critically acclaimed trilogy of
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World War II films seem to proliferate every time you turn around, especially since 2016. That was the year the NSA released a vast treasure trove of previously classified documents detailing many lesser-known missions, including the feats of derring-do undertaken by the spy community, of which writer Ian Fleming was
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While Disney+ and Netflix were announcing release dates for their respective high-end British shows for 2024, Sky Film's The Radleys was having a splendid debut on the movie side of the Edinburgh Film Festival. The TV movie adaptation of Matt Haig's hit novel of the same
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The supernatural black comedy The Radleys finally has reared its head and bared its teeth for the first time since June 2023, when the film was first announced. Based on the popular novel of the same name by Matt Haig, the story follows the titular Radley family — parents Peter and
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In the winter of 1989, Mystery! was entering its ninth wildly successful season as Masterpiece Theater's British murder-and-crime-focused spinoff. The series had boasted a string of Thursday night hits, starting with the 1970s Father Brown series starring Kenneth More, the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes, the 1980s Roy Marsden
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When people think of period dramas, they often think of something very specific: lavish stories set in Jolly Olde England, usually centered around the murderous whims of King Henry VIII, the generally tragic lives of his wives who deserved better, or the triumphal reign of his second daughter, Elizabeth. And
British Actors You Should Know
Damian Watcyn Lewis, born in St. John’s Wood, London, in 1971, defines himself on his website as “an actor, dad, redhead, and ping-pong champion.” He’s the son of Charlotte Mary (née Bowater) and J. Watcyn Lewis, a City broker. His illustrious paternal ancestry includes a former Lord Mayor
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Masterpiece and the BBC have announced the star-studded ensemble set to take part in their upcoming sequel series Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Based on the final installment in Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel's critically acclaimed trilogy of novels, the six-part prestige drama will see the