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Posted December 6, 2018 - No Comment

‘Wallander’ is going the ‘Endeavour’ and ‘Prime Suspect: Tennison’ prequel route with ‘Young Wallander’

Generally, a prequel can start out with two strikes against it from the beginning if the original series is placed on the proverbial pedestal of greatness.

Posted December 5, 2018 - No Comment

Get a first look at another PBS Masterpiece — ‘Les Misérables’

The six-part drama starring Dominic West, David Oyelowo and Lily Collins premieres on PBS in April 2019.

Posted November 25, 2018 - No Comment

Nothing says Christmas like a new ‘Call the Midwife’ holiday special

The BBC’s Children in Need special gave ‘Call the Midwife’ fans an early gift.

Posted November 4, 2018 - No Comment

‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ voted America’s No. 1 novel, gets a British graphic novel makeover

Recently voted as America’s best-loved novel as part of PBS’ Great American Read series, Harper Lee classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ has been given the graphic novel treatment by British artist Fred Fordham.

Posted October 25, 2018 - 1 Comment

Riots, revolution and more royal babies — a first look at ‘Victoria’ series 3

Creator Daisy Goodwin has assured fans that Albert is safe for the entirety of series 3 so, thankfully, we won’t have to suffer through an equivalent of the Christmas Day ‘Downton Abbey’ episode where Matthew died unexpectedly.

Posted October 19, 2018 - No Comment

Dame Judi Dench and Idris Elba join already-herded all-star cast for ‘Cats’ film re-boot

Director Tom Hooper had already herded Taylor Swift, Sir Ian McKellen, James Corden and Jennifer Hudson for the film adaptation, and now he’s added the greatness of Idris Elba and Judi Dench to the litter.

Posted October 19, 2018 - No Comment

From the Vault: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Downton Sixbey’

It’s been just since March 2016 that the U.S. has been without the razor sharp wit of the Dowager Countess, but it feels like a lifetime of weekends ago.

Posted October 12, 2018 - No Comment

From the Vault: Red Nose Day 2015 — Will Geraldine finally become the Bishop of Dibley?

Revisiting the institutional, cultural phenomenon of Comic Relief is a perfect way to kick off our new weekly feature on Fridays, From the Vault.

Posted October 11, 2018 - No Comment

Alan Davies’ ‘Whites’ to get U.S. remake following long-awaited U.S. broadcast premiere on KERA

The UK version of ‘Whites’ is brilliant. We’ll see about the American remake.

Posted October 5, 2018 - No Comment

First pic signals turbulent times are ahead for Queen Victoria in series 3

For the forthcoming 3rd series of Victoria, the Queen returns to the throne but tough times are ahead. One can only guess that as we continue to make our way through Victoria’s 63 year, 7 month reign that with more children on the horizon, the struggles of motherhood and being the Queen of the United Kingdom […]