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Anyone who has ever experienced the death of a parent knows that the loss can bring all the deep-rooted family dynamics to bear—long-simmering sibling rivalry bubbles to the surface. Decades of hurt and anger have no place to hide. Despite the mysterious opening moments of a man discovering a
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It’s half over, gentle readers; we’ve made it to episode four of Alice & Jack together, and this time we get a little reward: Less nonsense! There are fewer dumb decisions and irritating actions. Jack’s daughter Celia, who is easily more interesting than him, features heavily and
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Suit up, friends, it’s time for the wedding of the century: Alice and… (checks notes) some poor schmo named Danny (Tommy McDonnell). It’s two years later in the world of Alice & Jack, after she declared herself too wounded for love and trounced Jack’s foolish heart. An
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The third episode of Nolly is the best episode of the series. It is the most open and reflective of the trio, focusing on themes like the significance of the stories we tell ourselves; the value of maintaining good friendships across time and space; the sadness of realizing that you
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At the end of last week’s premiere of Alice & Jack, Alice drops in and then promptly leaves Jack’s life again; sadly, that is not the end of their story. Lest we forget what a terrible person he is, Jack begins the second episode mulling over how to
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The premiere episode of Nolly closed on our titular heroine screaming right into the camera, all of the vexation, confusion, fury, and sadness of her unexplained and unceremonious sacking from the successful soap opera Crossroads pouring out in one anguished howl. Episode 2 will also close out with a tight
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Angsty, depressing, and full of itself, Alice & Jack is a six-episode miniseries from Masterpiece billed as a momentous modern love epic. The first episode attempts gravitas by opening with voiceover narration waxing philosophic; there’s nothing groundbreaking there, but it’s delivered with the conviction of profundity. One of
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Nolly, a three-part miniseries about the latter career of Noele Gordon, is one of those shows that has a lot going for it but doesn’t quite stick the landing. At least, not for a contemporary American audience. We know extremely British shows can become much-loved classics for American viewers,
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Suranne Jones’ first effort at penning her own series has landed an American debut. MaryLand, a family drama about two sisters reunited over the death of their mother, Mary, will officially come to PBS in 2024 as part of the Masterpiece spring lineup. The long-running British anthology series announced today
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As mentioned in our roundup of British-produced films coming to the Toronto International Film Festival, the Channel 4-produced series Alice & Jack would be part of the titles headlining the festival's “Primetime” section. A relatively recent addition to TIFF, this showcase of prestige TV series includes award contenders
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Masterpiece announced it had acquired the ITV drama Nolly in January 2023 as part of a more extensive slate of 2023-2024 premieres. At the time, the three-part series had not yet premiered in the U.K. — it debuted a couple of weeks later in February — and it seemed a possibility
Classics Revisited
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, by George Eliot was published first as a serial and then in book form in 1872. Fortunately, two centuries and change later, in 1994, Andrew Davies (best known for his Jane Austen adaptations, including Season 1 of Sanditon, and 1995's Pride &