ITV
When will it no longer be too soon to dramatize the COVID-19 pandemic? That question has been one TV and movies have struggled with since March 2020. Some shows dove right in and made the current lockdown situation part of the ongoing storyline, especially hospital dramas and true-to-life soaps. Others
ITV
J.P. Delaney’s The Girl Before may have gone mainly unnoticed on HBO Max due to a criminal lack of marketing, but it was a decent-sized hit for BBC One when it was released in December 2021. It was perfect for streaming television, a four-episode/four-lead domestic thriller series
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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
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
Vera
For fans of shows like Sanditon and Grantchester that have seen their leading men depart too soon, Vera is here to prove that dreams can come true and beloved characters can return. If you need to see it to believe it, feast your eyes on the first look at Vera
Unforgotten
Nicola Walker’s exit from Unforgotten proved a ratings goldmine, as the show’s fourth season was one of ITV’s most-watched programs of 2021. But, at the time, it was not clear if the popularity was due to Unforgotten itself or Walker’s exit. When Walker’s new detective
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ITV's crime drama, The Bay, initially premiered in 2019, centered around Detective Sergeant Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie), a Family Liaison Officer (FLO) in the fictional West Lancashire Police Service. The six-part miniseries wasn't a massive hit, but the numbers were respectable enough that ITV eventually commissioned
Mystery
On the heels of the success of The Long Call, BritBox is delving further into ITV's mystery cache with The Tower. Based on Kate London's debut novel, Post Mortem, the three-part drama was initially announced this past spring, filmed in early 2021, and has now only
Mystery
PBS' Masterpiece has shaped American views of British television for two generations now, starting with shows like Upstairs Downstairs and I Claudius in the 1970s. But it was the program Mystery! that's done the most for what people think of when they think of U.K. police
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Amazon's new adaptation of Vanity Fair aims to get with the times. It doesn't always work. In this time of reboots and remakes, Vanity Fair was bound to come around again. The orginial novel, by William Thackeray, was published in the 1840s, the period piece nature
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The splashy new adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic novel Vanity Fair is coming to America at last, and just in time for Christmas. The seven-part series aired earlier this Fall on U.K. network ITV, and is from the same producers behind Poldark and Victoria. stars Ready Player
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The full trailer for the upcoming ITV and Amazon Studios adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic novel Vanity Fair is here and, to the surprise of likely no one, it looks fantastic. The 1848 novel follows the saga of Becky Sharp, a surprisingly modern heroine who uses her wits