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Can money buy you happiness? That’s the question at the heart of the new Channel 5 period drama The Hardacres, a rags-to-riches story from the producers of All Creatures Great and Small that is based on the bestselling series of novels by CL Skelton. Set in 1890s Yorkshire, the
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Cillian Murphy won an Oscar for portraying the American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the Best Picture-winning film, Oppenheimer. But for his next major role --- and one that sure looks likely to earn him some additional awards buzz --- he's going back to his Irish roots.
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The titular building of The Tower still looms over everything as the series returns for its third installment, entitled “Gallowstree Lane,” after the Kate London best-selling series of the same name it is adapted from. Despite now having moved on from that initial tragic incident on a high rise, in
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There's a major TV debut coming to the U.K. in October, one of those high-profile shows on streaming, adapted from a series of best-selling sexy novels. It stars major A-list talent and several hot men in period costumes, all of whom are now gracing the covers of
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It’s not like the film world wasn’t already buzzing about director Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel Wuthering Heights. After all, her established interests in boundary-breaking female characters and class tensions make her a natural fit to tackle Brontë’s often unhinged story
HBO & HBO Max
With the launch of Max in France this summer, the streaming service has finally turned its attention to producing original French-language series. If those series cross the pond to become modest hits in America, then so much the better. After all, competitors like Netflix and Prime Video have found success
Apple TV
Even if your knowledge of World War II history is spotty, you've almost certainly heard of the Blitz. This sustained eight-month bombing campaign saw German fighters commit mass attacks against industrial targets, towns, and cities throughout Britain. London was particularly hard hit, getting bombed for over 50 consecutive
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In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, gave a damning interview to the BBC’s Emily Maitlis about his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In the spring of 2024, Netflix gave us Scoop, a feature-length movie
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Though Happy Valley has concluded and both Gentleman Jack and Renegade Nell met unfortunate, untimely ends at the hands of network cancelation gods, that doesn't mean prolific TV creator Sally Wainwright has slowed down. Her latest series, a six-part drama for the BBC, was initially titled Hot Flush
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The rules of romantic comedies are simple and finite: The story's focus is a love story. It should probably make you laugh more than you cry. It can (and should) tackle familiar tropes like friends to lovers, opposites attract, or forced proximity. Often, the couple must face an
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Netflix has set a November release date for Joy, its accidentally timely forthcoming period film about the historical origins of in vitro fertilization. For those who aren't aware, IVF was pioneered in Britain, and Louise Joy Brown, the world's first "test-tube" baby, was born
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The history of the British aristocracy is rife with people who could politely be called "eccentrics". Whether it's the access to copious sums of cash that helps them lose touch with reality or the centuries of intermarriage between a handful of wealthy and titled families, the