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UKTV's decision to reboot the Jersey-set British detective series Bergerac turned out to be one of the smartest decisions it made in the 2020s so far, right alongside co-producing The Marlow Murder Club with PBS' Masterpiece. Marlow Murder wound up the most popular series debut in U&
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Left Bank Pictures made its name as the studio that pitched and sold The Crown to Netflix in 2014. But the streaming service that once took swings at prestige glory by greenlighting six seasons, sight-unseen, of ripped-from-the-headlines royal drama has changed in the last decade. While an Edward-based Crown spinoff
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The 2015 reboot of Poldark turned out to be the leading edge of a wave of British remakes of TV series from the 1970s and 80s, many of which were broadcast on local PBS stations during the era when the PBS mothership didn't try to control what aired
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Older PBS viewers may remember Bergerac, the 1980s-era detective series that made Midsomer Murders' John Nettles a household name in the U.K. Like many British mysteries of the era, Bergerac wasn't an official PBS series, but with the popularity of Masterpiece Theater's Mystery! spinoff
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Crime thriller After the Flood has been officially renewed for a second season by ITV and BritBox. While the series received mixed reviews from critics, strong ratings and an ending that essentially demanded a continuation means the drama will be back for more sleuthing in a Yorkshire town that seems
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BritBox has set a premiere date for After the Flood, a series that seems to be one part crime drama and one part climate cautionary tale. The six-part thriller is centered around a sudden flood that devastates a Yorkshire town and its complicated aftermath, in which the fallout from the
Acorn TV
In the 21st century, most of us take DNA testing to solve crimes for granted, but it was not that long ago that such evidence was not even possible, let alone routinely used. Moreover, it certainly wasn't possible for anyone to trace the DNA of someone after they
Acorn TV
Acorn TV will premiere true crime drama Steeltown Murders this November, a four-part drama about the hunt for the Saturday Night Strangler, and the pioneering use of DNA evidence that helped finally identify a murderer, over a decade after his death. American audiences may not be terribly familiar with the
Drama
Mark your calendars, period drama fans: Belgravia, the long-awaited new series from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, has an official premiere date at last. The six-part limited series will premiere on premium network Epix on Sunday, April 12 at 9pm. The story is one of secrets and scandal, set in
Drama
Filming is officially under way on Belgravia the new period drama from Julian Fellowes, the creator behind the mega-popular Downton Abbey. And to celebrate U.K. network ITV and U.S. cable channel Epix have released a handful of first-look images from the show. Spoiler alert: It looks like everything
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While fans of Downton Abbey breathlessly wait for September when the beloved series arrives in theaters for one last adventure, creator Julian Fellowes is hard at work on following his big screen success with a new TV series. He's got two in the works, actually - one in