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The newest member of Jed Mercutio’s Line of Duty police procedural dynasty has arrived. D.I. Ray, created and written by former Line of Duty star Maya Sondhi, is the summer’s latest mystery, though it’s been streaming on PBS Passport since February. The series is a by-the-books
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Grantchester is something of an oddity in the British mystery world — a character-focused drama in which the crime is often the least important thing happening in any given episode. Rather than set up elaborate red herrings to surprise viewers with the identity of who committed any given crime, the series
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Ridley continues to go hard on the jazzy aspect of the show, with an opening murder set to the background music playing at my local Starbucks this morning. That melds so gently into the opening credits I forgot to hit the "Skip Intro" button. Not to worry, there&
Vienna Blood
After a six-month delay, Vienna Blood has finally been commissioned for Season 4 by Austria and German public TV stations ORF and ZRF. The series has struggled to establish itself as a hit with American viewers on PBS. It initially debuted in the 10 p.m. ET slot in January
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Walter Presents, the Channel 4 anthology series from the U.K. that debuted on PBS Passport just months before the pandemic, isn’t marketed that heavily to Americans as part of their membership. However, there have been a few breakout hits, including the French police procedural Astrid (originally Astrid et
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Almost a decade ago, the good Reverend Sidney Chambers (James Norton) was assigned to the vicarage of Grantchester, where he became BFFs with the local detective inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green) and had three seasons of a will-they-or-wont-they romance with the posh Amanda Kendall (Morven Christie). However, in Season 3,
Doc Martin
Doc Martin's ten-season run only just concluded in December of 2022, nearly two decades after its 2004 premiere. The series was on the air for so long that it outlasted one of my marriages and four of my cats; the last time it was on PBS (in 2015)
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Most series that focus on Ireland, especially the U.K.'s section of Northern Ireland, either tell stories about "The Troubles," whether a period piece or a contemporary set story, or they tend to be mysteries about serial killers. (Sometimes, like in the case of Bloodlands, it&
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The world may have changed drastically since 2014, but a few things will always be true: Death, Taxes, and Endeavour's finale being followed by Grantchester's debut on Sunday nights on PBS in July. However, this will be the last year of that truth, as Endeavour'
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All Creatures Great & Small began filming Season 4 in March 2023, but spoilers about the new season have been held tightly under wraps. Viewers knew Season 3 ended with Tristan heading off to war and James chomping at the bit to join him. While most could guess from history
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On paper, Ridley seemed like a show already a home run before it debuted. The series stars Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar as the titular Alex Ridley, a retired detective whose former protege, DI Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh), brings him back in a consulting role to help solve
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When Doc Martin concluded with Season 10 at the end of 2022, it had been on and off the air for nearly two decades, originally debuting in 2004 as a spinoff series from the 2000 film Saving Grace. The series' earliest seasons predated the current streaming era by nearly