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  • Laura Moriarty’s ‘The Chaperone’ headed to PBS Masterpiece this Fall?
    March 14, 2019

    Laura Moriarty’s ‘The Chaperone’ headed to PBS Masterpiece this Fall?

    Louise Brooks, the 1920s silver screen sensation who proudly never met a rule she didn’t break, meets Elizabeth McGovern’s Norma Carlisle, a society matron who’s never broken a rule.

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  • Executive producer Philippa Braithwaite talks ‘Manhunt,’ Martin Clunes and even a bit of ‘Doc Martin’
    March 10, 2019

    Executive producer Philippa Braithwaite talks ‘Manhunt,’ Martin Clunes and even a bit of ‘Doc Martin’

    She talked with us at length about the differences in how she approached ‘Manhunt,’ which is based on a real-life murder, and the fictional comedy/drama series ‘Doc Martin,’ which she also produces.

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  • ‘Call the Midwife’ renewed for an additional 2 seasons, taking it through 2022!
    March 7, 2019

    ‘Call the Midwife’ renewed for an additional 2 seasons, taking it through 2022!

    This is welcome news as American audiences are getting ready to settle in for season 8, which premieres on PBS beginning Sunday, March 31.

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  • #TeamEndeavour is back for a 7th season in 2020
    March 5, 2019

    #TeamEndeavour is back for a 7th season in 2020

    The recommissioning of the series would have seemed like a no-brainer at this point, given that it was recently voted the fourth-greatest British crime drama of all time in a poll conducted by Radio Times. But these days, you never know until the official announcement is made.

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  • Apparently there’s enough ‘Death in Paradise’ to commission 2 more seasons!
    March 5, 2019

    Apparently there’s enough ‘Death in Paradise’ to commission 2 more seasons!

    As BBC One faded to black following the final episode of season 8 last Thursday, word came down from Britain’s public broadcaster that the popular crime comedy/drama/mystery series has been commissioned for an additional two seasons.

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  • Stephen Poliakoff’s ‘Summer of Rockets’ is pure Cold War greatness headed to BBC2 this spring
    March 3, 2019

    Stephen Poliakoff’s ‘Summer of Rockets’ is pure Cold War greatness headed to BBC2 this spring

    Keeley Hawes finds herself on the receiving end of MI5 spying this time around in the new Stephen Poliakoff (Close to the Enemy, Dancing on the Edge) semi-autobiographical drama.

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  • Some of your favorite British dramas will cross over to the dark side in 2019
    February 21, 2019

    Some of your favorite British dramas will cross over to the dark side in 2019

    In the interest of trying to appeal to a wider audience, several of your favorite series will venture into the arena of darker storylines this year.

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  • Benedict Cumberbatch added to ‘Good Omens’ as the voice of Satan
    February 20, 2019

    Benedict Cumberbatch added to ‘Good Omens’ as the voice of Satan

    He’ll square off against Frances McDormand as the voice of God in the long-anticipated adaptation of the Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett novel.

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  • More death in paradise as ‘The Mallorca Files’ screens at BBC Showcase 2019
    February 18, 2019

    More death in paradise as ‘The Mallorca Files’ screens at BBC Showcase 2019

    ‘The Mallorca Files’ shows, once again, that paradise isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, with more death than the law allows.

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  • A severed hand and a bag of body parts — must be the return of ‘Shetland’!
    February 13, 2019

    A severed hand and a bag of body parts — must be the return of ‘Shetland’!

    The island community of Shetland is once again rocked with the opening of season 5, this time with a brand-new case involving a severed hand and a bag of body parts found by a lone jogger on the beach.

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