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PBS Announces Filming for 'Winter' Is Underway
The newest British police procedural heading to PBS, 'Winter,' based on the French series 'Balthazar,' rounds out its cast as filming commences.
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Classics Revisited: 'I, Claudius' (1976)
There’s something arresting about the texture of I, Claudius. Watching the legendary BBC miniseries from 1976 that — with plenty of cynicism and snark — charts the conspiracy and coups of the first four emperors of the Roman Empire, you’re struck by the theatricality of the performances, the sets, and
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'The Forsytes' Officially Rechristened with Season 2 Commission
Coverage of the Channel 5 rebrand rollout on March 12, 2025, focused heavily on the U.K. network's original offerings like The Madame Blanc Mysteries and the mass import of Paramount+ series that the streaming service is picking up along with the merging of linear Channel 5 and
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The Best British Shows Coming To PBS in 2025
As another television year fades to black, PBS stations close the book on 2024, a year that included releases for both new and existing series. From unexpected treats like The Marlow Murder Club and Gemma Arterton’s grounding performance in Funny Woman to a satisfying ending to Moonflower Murders, there
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Masterpiece Grabs 'The Gold,' Both Seasons to Air on PBS
For the second time in 2024, there is good news on the streaming wars front, as those succeeding services start pulling away from those that will not. As I recently noted in our Gangs of London Season 3 post, this is a frustrating time for TV fans when series that
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Will 'Marble Hall Murders' Be Adapted as 'Moonflower Murders' Follow-Up?
Moonflower Murders wrapped up the second mystery in the Susan Ryeland series on PBS, but that doesn't mean the editor-turned-mystery sleuth, played by Lesley Manville, has solved her last case. Much like Magpie Murders, which introduced Ryeland, her author Alan Conway (Conleth Hill), and his mystery novels that
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'Ridley' Season 2's Third Mystery Asks "Who's 'A Fool for Love?'"
The latest episode of Ridley, “Fool For Love,” opens with two very different celebrations. A well-heeled crowd gathers to celebrate the engagement of Oliver Grant (Rishi Ruan) and Amelia Mellor (Ellise Chappell); meanwhile, a rave at a condemned building slated for demolition and development wildly parties through the night. The
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Masterpiece Orders 'Maigret' Remake, Based on the Georges Simenon Series
It's been nearly 30 years since the last episodic television adaptation of Maigret was launched. However, there was a time when the titular French detective from Georges Simenon's best-selling novels was a staple of European television. From 1960 to 2005, there were no less than eight
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Everything British for PBS Viewers to Stream in September 2024
Whether or not school started for kids in your area on the last Monday of August 2024 or if they wait until after Labor Day, there's no denying autumn is right around the corner. The summer shows are ending; people are heading home from their vacations; Masterpiece is
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'All Creatures Great & Small' + 'Miss Scarlet' Confirmed for 2025
Masterpiece may have focused on the Fall 2024 lineup airing on PBS for their panels at the Television Critics Association Summer 2024 Press Tour, but executive producer Susanne Simpson did not forget that 2025 is coming up quickly. As part of her presentation, she confirmed that fan favorites All Creatures
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Almost All is Resolved in the 'MaryLand' Finale
Considering the oodles of family drama in the first two episodes, MaryLand had quite a bit to wrap up in its third and final installment. When viewers last left Rosaline and Becca, long-held family secrets were revealed, alcohol was consumed, and Becca’s husband, Jim, had just arrived to check
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Tragic Pasts & Presents are Revealed in 'MaryLand’s Second Episode
In MaryLand’s premiere, we learned that long-simmering issues percolated between sisters Becca and Rosaline. We saw snippets of decades of resentment and passive aggression. In the second episode of this three-episode series, the trauma of the sisters’ childhood is revealed. “You love being needed. You always have,” Rosaline tells