PBS
Though Jane Austen's classic novels are primarily remembered for giving us beloved literary romances like Lizzie Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy or Eleanor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars, her stories also contain love stories of a different variety: The unshakeable bond between sisters. This is the relationship at the heart
Feature
After a disappointing debut, streaming service MGM+ announced it wouldn't bring its Bernard Cornwell adaptation The Winter King back for a second season. This news probably didn't register for that many people at the time, given how few likely even knew MGM+ existed, let alone that
Netflix
The success of Netflix's slate of international originals continues to grow in recent months, with hits like the German drama The Empress, the Norwegian series La Palma, and, of course, the Korean language juggernaut that is Squid Game. The streamer is clearly hoping for similar mainstream success with
Drama
Sphere-Abacus, the now combined TV indie powerhouse producer, has announced its next series will be Minotaur, a Welsh-French series that's set in Paris and Northern Wales and will star French actor Assaad Bouab (Bad Sisters) and British actor Natalie Dormer (White Lies). The series hailed from Welsh actor-turned-playwright-and-director
Movies
For all that a particular segment of the population likes to complain about the shallow nature of the entertainment industry, it's hard to understate film and television's power to shape and inform our society. The most recent example is Mr Bates vs The Post Office, whose
Netflix
It's official: Netflix Italian Original The Law According to Lidia Poët will return for a third season. The drama, loosely based on the life of Italy's first female lawyer, is one part legal procedural, one part family drama, one part feminist manifesto, and one of the
Movies
You've probably never heard of French history's most famous Black general, who fought alongside (and later feuded with) Napoleon and inspired a literary classic. Director Ladj Ly aims to change that with his upcoming film Dumas: Black Devil. Known for his crime thriller Les Miserables, which
Drama
The streaming wars have frustrated many consumers, creating too many streaming services that cost too much, and cratering longstanding production studios who didn’t move savvily enough when the time to shift came. However, there are real tangible benefits to overturning the status quo, and the diversification of voices given
BBC
Thanks in no small part to creator Steven Knight, the concept of the gritty early 20th-century period drama is having something of a moment. A direct contrast to the more lavish, high-end dramas like Downton Abbey or Bridgerton, these stories tend to focus on working or lower-class characters in settings
Acorn TV
A Christmas special* for Acorn TV’s The Chelsea Detective? Well, why not? DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough), the genial, sharp-witted detective of the title — short, ginger, dyslexic — is an appealing figure. He’s so law-abiding he makes hand signals from his bike even when no other traffic is visible.
Apple TV
Production at last seems to be underway on the second season of Apple TV+'s The Buccaneers, the streamer's colorful, unconventional adaptation of Edith Wharton's final, unfinished novel. The drama's first season saw its titular squad of wealthy American heiresses arrive in England
Sky
U.K. network Sky has revealed our first look at its upcoming six-part dark comedy, The Death of Bunny Munro, which stars Matt Smith (Doctor Who) as an alcoholic womanizer who must face his worst self when he's forced to become a single parent to his son, Bunny