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  • Netflix puts a fork in ‘The Crown’ as Imelda Staunton joins cast as Queen Elizabeth II for final series
    February 1, 2020

    Netflix puts a fork in ‘The Crown’ as Imelda Staunton joins cast as Queen Elizabeth II for final series

    Probably nothing more than an odd coincidence, but it seems rather fitting that The Crown creator, Peter Morgan, has revealed that the series will come to an end following series 5 on the same day that England officially says goodbye the EU. Alas, there will be no Brexit talk and, hopefully, there will be no Prince Harry […]

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  • PBS Masterpiece’s ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ reboot begins filming in Yorkshire
    January 25, 2020

    PBS Masterpiece’s ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ reboot begins filming in Yorkshire

    All Creatures Great and Small starring Nicholas Ralph along with Samuel West, Callum Woodhouse, Anna Madeley and Rachel Shenton is coming to PBS Masterpiece! Based on the books of Alf Wight (writing under the pseudonym, James Herriot), the original series followed veterinary surgeon James Herriot as he treated animals in the English countryside in the […]

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  • ‘The Missing’ spin-off, ‘Baptiste’, coming to PBS Masterpiece this Spring
    January 11, 2020

    ‘The Missing’ spin-off, ‘Baptiste’, coming to PBS Masterpiece this Spring

    Say what you will about Twitter these days but, in many cases, a innocent tweet can spread so much joy across the television landscape with a mere hint of something to come. Case in point is this simple tweet from PBS’ Masterpiece series regarding a brilliant addition to the Spring 2020 line-up. MASTERPIECE Mystery! is […]

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  • The nuns of ‘Call the Midwife’ are headed to Scotland for Christmas Day return.
    December 13, 2019

    The nuns of ‘Call the Midwife’ are headed to Scotland for Christmas Day return.

    Call the Midwife is back for the 2019 Christmas special as nuns and midwives pack their bags for the Outer Hebrides, while the unlucky few get left behind to man the fort at Nonnatus House in Poplar. The critically-acclaimed and audience favorite will return with a special on Christmas Day 2019 followed by eight episodes in early […]

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  • Hugh Laurie returning to PBS for political thriller, ‘Roadkill’
    December 4, 2019

    Hugh Laurie returning to PBS for political thriller, ‘Roadkill’

    Hugh Laurie (Blackadder, The Night Manager, House) and Helen McCrory (Peaky Blinders, MotherFatherSon) have been cast in Roadkill, a new 4-part political thriller from David Hare (Collateral, The White Crow) which will come to PBS’ Masterpiece series and BBC1 next year.

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  • PBS adds ‘Vienna Blood’ to Sunday drama line-up in January 2020
    November 14, 2019

    PBS adds ‘Vienna Blood’ to Sunday drama line-up in January 2020

    The Austrian-set crime thriller, Vienna Blood, is headed to PBS beginning in January. From the talented pen of Steve Thompson, whose writing credits include episodes from the BBC’s Sherlock, the series is based on the best-selling novels of Frank Tallis which follows Max Liebermann, a brilliant young English doctor who studies under psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and is fascinated with understanding the criminal mind.

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  • From the mind palaces of ‘Sherlock’ creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, comes ‘Dracula’
    October 29, 2019

    From the mind palaces of ‘Sherlock’ creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, comes ‘Dracula’

    Based on Bram Stoker’s classic novel of the same name, the mind palaces of Sherlock co-creators, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have teamed up with Hartswood Films for Dracula, the 3-part BBC/Netflix series that digs deep into the undead life of the vampire that single-handedly made evil sexy. In addition to it being a bit of a Sherlock reunion of […]

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  • London’s grandest post code, Belgravia, gets the Sir Julian Fellowes treatment
    October 25, 2019

    London’s grandest post code, Belgravia, gets the Sir Julian Fellowes treatment

    While Sir Julian Fellowes spent much of his early post-Downton Abbey series days slowly releasing his book in serial format via an online app in weekly installments, Belgravia turned into pretty much what one would expect from a Sir Julian Fellowes effort…complete with secrets, scandals and more drama than the law allows. How Sir Julian found time to […]

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  • A post-‘Poldark’ Eleanor Tomlinson in the fight of her life in ‘War of the Worlds’
    September 30, 2019

    A post-‘Poldark’ Eleanor Tomlinson in the fight of her life in ‘War of the Worlds’

    At long last, H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds gets an Edwardian England makeover on the BBC this Autumn. What makes this particular adaptation so appealing is that instead of being set in present day (or, in the U.S. for that matter), it will remain true to the novel’s original 1898 Victorian England setting.

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  • ‘Poldark’ S5: Where we left off and where we’re going….
    September 29, 2019

    ‘Poldark’ S5: Where we left off and where we’re going….

    With tonight’s premiere of the final series of Poldark on PBS, viewers will be in on the beginning of Ross Poldark’s long ride from the Cornish coast into the sunset and out of our lives. … Where we left off…. In Season 4’s unforgettable finale, Elizabeth drank a highly dangerous labor-inducing potion and delivered a small but healthy […]

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