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  • Sans moustache, Shaun Evans offers up a few surprises for Sunday’s S7 premiere of ‘Endeavour’ on PBS!
    August 8, 2020

    Sans moustache, Shaun Evans offers up a few surprises for Sunday’s S7 premiere of ‘Endeavour’ on PBS!

    With the premiere of season 7 of Endeavour just a little more than 24 hours away, Shaun Evans (aka, Endeavour Morse) offers up a few surprising bits in this recent interview with PBS’ Masterpiece series. Thanks to the folks over at Masterpiece for the opportunity to share with fans of the series. #1 — A New Love Interest: Violetta!

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  • ‘Grantchester’ set to return for S6 in 2021!
    July 29, 2020

    ‘Grantchester’ set to return for S6 in 2021!

    As we collectively close the book on the 5th series of Grantchester, of which the finale aired this past Sunday as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series, word out of the UK is that the 1950s drama has been commissioned for a 6th series. When told the show was returning, Robson Green, who plays Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, […]

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  • Mycroft Holmes wishes a happy 10th to baby brother, Sherlock…sort of.
    July 25, 2020

    Mycroft Holmes wishes a happy 10th to baby brother, Sherlock…sort of.

    25 July, 2010 was a day that shall live in telly infamy. It was 10 years ago today that one of the best television series ever, bar none, was born. Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, was the creation of the mind palaces of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Much like its comedic country counterpart […]

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  • A familiar face returns to Saint Marie as ‘Death in Paradise’ begins S10 filming
    July 24, 2020

    A familiar face returns to Saint Marie as ‘Death in Paradise’ begins S10 filming

    Following a strict UK-industry wide detailed Covid-19 protocol policy, cast and crew of Death in Paradise have returned to the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe to begin filming of series 10 of the popular BBC One series. In addition to a full-time Covid-19 supervisor on set to make sure the protocols are being implemented correctly, there is a very familiar face returning as Josephine Jobert is set to reprise her role as DS Florence Cassell.

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  • ‘Foyle’s War’ creator, Anthony Horowitz, adapts ‘Magpie Murders’ for PBS Masterpiece
    July 22, 2020

    ‘Foyle’s War’ creator, Anthony Horowitz, adapts ‘Magpie Murders’ for PBS Masterpiece

    Foyle’s War creator, Anthony Horowitz, will adapt his best-selling novel, Magpie Murders, as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. Horowitz’s Magpie Murders revolves around the character Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway’s latest novel, but has little idea it will change her life.

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  • Let’s go behind-the-scenes and play ‘Grantchester’ catch-up before the new season premieres on June 14!
    June 3, 2020

    Let’s go behind-the-scenes and play ‘Grantchester’ catch-up before the new season premieres on June 14!

    The new season of Grantchester (S5) returns to PBS’ Drama Sunday beginning June 14. It seems like an eternity since Sidney Chambers (James Norton) left the friendly confines of the 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. You might remember that early on in series 4, the Anglican vicar fell in love with a black woman involved in the Civil Rights Movement […]

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  • ‘Agatha Raisin’ set to make the Cotswolds streets safe once again as series 4 is commissioned
    June 2, 2020

    ‘Agatha Raisin’ set to make the Cotswolds streets safe once again as series 4 is commissioned

    As series 3 is set to premiere next Wednesday on Sky One in the UK, the British Comedy Guide has revealed that a fourth series of Agatha Raisin has been confirmed and will go into production when restrictions put in place during the coronavirus pandemic are lifted. Ashley Jensen will return in the title role as […]

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  • ‘Miss Scarlet and The Duke’ heads to PBS’ Drama Sundays this Fall!
    May 1, 2020

    ‘Miss Scarlet and The Duke’ heads to PBS’ Drama Sundays this Fall!

    Set in the dark underbelly of Victorian London, Miss Scarlet and the Duke is the newest addition to Drama Sundays on PBS. Starring Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, The Downton Abbey Movie, Wolf Hall and The Crown) as Eliza Scarlet, and Stuart Martin (Jamestown, Babylon, Medici) as The Duke, Miss Scarlet and the Duke comes to Masterpiece this Fall on PBS.

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  • On the set of ‘Grantchester’ S5 – coming to PBS Masterpiece in June
    April 15, 2020

    On the set of ‘Grantchester’ S5 – coming to PBS Masterpiece in June

    It seems like an eternity since Sidney Chambers (James Norton) left the friendly confines of the 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester. You might remember that early on in series 4, the Anglican vicar fell in love with a black woman involved in the Civil Rights Movement who would soon return to America. A future with her appears […]

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  • Q&A with Miss Fisher’s DI Jack Robinson, aka Nathan Page, as ‘The Crypt of Tears’ begins streaming today!
    March 23, 2020

    Q&A with Miss Fisher’s DI Jack Robinson, aka Nathan Page, as ‘The Crypt of Tears’ begins streaming today!

    No matter where you are in the world today, if you are merely practicing social distancing, ‘working from home’ or are full-on ‘sheltered in place’, take comfort in the fact that, beginning today on AcornTV, Miss Phryne Fisher is back after a 5- year hiatus, which seemed like an eternity, from the popular Australian series, Miss […]

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