BritBox
BritBox has scooped up yet another BBC One hit six months after it's original debut. Granite Harbour, a Scottish-set police procedural that's billed as more drama than mystery, first debuted on BBC Scotland in December 2022, followed by a BBC One debut this past spring. The
Netflix
The world of period drama is steadily getting bigger. Not only are we (finally!) getting more stories focused on British periods outside of the Regency (Mary & George, Monstrous Beauty), lavish foreign dramas are rapidly picking up the slack when it comes to historical dramas set outside the United Kingdom.
MGM+
Generally, when we think of the legend of King Arthur, certain things come to mind: Handsome knights and ladies fair engaging in the delicate rituals of courtly love in the shining kingdom of Camelot, a boy pulling a sword from a stone to near-universal acclaim; all with a powerful wizard
Drama
The life and death of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed by hanging in Britain, will be the subject of ITV’s latest miniseries. Starring Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) as the titular Ellis, the four-part series, simply titled Ruth, is a period drama set in 1955. The real-life
MGM+
The most satisfying thing about Domina is whenever something gloriously trashy and scandalous happens — a murder, a conspiracy to marry off a relative, or if we’re lucky, a second murder — Wikipedia is right there to confirm that crazy thing happened during the Roman empire. It might not have happened
Call the Midwife
These days there are few things more certain in British television than new seasons of Call the Midwife. The megapopular period drama about the nuns and midwives serving the poor of London's East End first premiered in 2012, and is still going strong over a decade later, breezing
World On Fire
While World War II dramas can sometimes seem like they're a dime a dozen within the world of British entertainment, Masterpiece's sprawling World on Fire has set itself apart by telling this familiar story in a completely fresh and unexpected way. The drama aims to tell
Paramount+
Forget worrying about The Time Traveler's Wife, stuck home alone on the slow path. Paramount+ has a much better idea, greenlighting The Serial Killer's Wife for its U.K. production slate. Loosely based on the 2021 debut novel by Alice Hunter, the thriller is yet another
Drama
For most of us, overnight flights are a nightmare at the best of times. From the cramped conditions and disorienting time changes to the fact that it's almost impossible to sleep, red eyes are the worst. And that's without dealing with high-stakes threats involving murder and
MaryLand
Two projects by the name of Maryland were announced in 2022, a BBC film and an ITV series. The former, written by Lucy Kirkwood, was based on Kirkwood’s 2021 theatrical production and starred Hayley Squires (Call the Midwife) and Zawe Ashton (Mr. Malcolm’s List) as two women named
Drama
However you feel about the overall quality of Netflix's recent Addams Family adjacent series Wednesday, it's hard to deny that Emma Myers was one of the best things about the show, high praise considering that her character — Wednesday's sunny, extroverted werewolf roommate — was one
The Dry
The Dry is officially back in production for Season 2. The Irish-based series, starring Roisin Gallagher (The Fall) as recovering alcoholic Shiv Sheridan, is a dark comedy that streamed in the U.S. on Sundance Now in 2022 and landed eight nominations at the Irish Film and Television Awards, including