Apple TV
Apple TV+ has officially renewed its colorful period drama The Buccaneers for a second season. Based on Edith Wharton's final unfinished novel, the story follows a squad of wealthy American heiresses who journey to England in the hopes of making good marriages and maybe even snagging a title
Netflix
To the surprise of just about nobody, The Tourist is moving house for Season 2. The Jamie Dornan-starring BBC series debuted to such high numbers in the U.K. that it landed a Season 2 despite most of the cast being killed off in the finale. However, in America, it
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BritBox’s four-part biographical drama Archie is, ostensibly, the story of Archibald Leach, the man generally known to the world as Cary Grant. But while the show touches on multiple periods of his life, from his childhood in poverty to his young adulthood on stage and his mid-life movie superstardom,
Sundance Now
Witch hunts, whether literal or figurative, are based on generally fear. Fear of the other, of the non-Christian, fear of anything that's too different or strange. And, historically, whether we're talking about 14th century Europe or 17th century America, they're almost always about women.
Netflix
Dearest gentle readers, to steal a line from Lady Whistledown, the social season is upon us. Well, almost. Get ready to pack up your scandal sheets and head back to the 'ton because Netflix's megapopular period romance series Bridgerton has officially set a date with our collective
BritBox
Most Americans are familiar with actor Cary Grant. Star of such iconic films as North by Northwest, The Philadelphia Story, and An Affair to Remember, Grant is synonymous with the entire concept of Golden Age Hollywood; a wildly popular performer who helped define what we now consider a movie star
Wolf Hall
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
Sky
Matt Smith is set to star in The Death of Bunny Munro, a six-part series from Sky Studios based on Nick Cave's sophomore novel of the same name. (Yes, it's the same Nick Cave who is the lead singer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Disney/Hulu
Despite the fact that Disney+ is officially now the new global home for the iconic British sci-fi series Doctor Who outside of the U.K., the streamer still isn't what you'd call a destination location for Anglophile-friendly fare. (Unless you happen to be an Anglophile who
Apple TV
Crime dramas are a dime a dozen in the world of British entertainment, full of familiar tropes and formulas that make it fairly easy to predict what's going to happen even if you're not super familiar with the genre. Happily, this does not appear to be
Drama
Grantchester alum James Norton is set to star opposite Game of Thrones favorite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the forthcoming historical drama King and Conqueror, a period piece set in the 11th century and focused on the lives of the two men destined to meet in a battle that will shape the
Showtime
Showtime has set a January premiere date for The Woman in the Wall, a tense and emotional thriller that aims to explore the legacy of one of Ireland's most shocking and inhumane scandals — the institutions known as the Magdalene Laundries, The twisty mystery thriller stars Ruth Wilson (His