Telly that bridges the Pond
For hours of aristocratic fun and hijinks, head to Acorn TV when the subscription video-on-demand service begins its exclusive screening of hit Brit comedy Blandings: Series 2 in the US next week. But wait, there’s more! Jeeves & Wooster is coming
Phryne Fisher — the most stylish of lady detectives since, well, ever — is headed back to local PBS stations, so hold onto your stylish hats because more murders and mayhem are headed your way from Down Under.
The fictional county of Midsomer hangs onto its unofficial title as “the deadliest county in England” when three new episodes of the long-running Brit mystery, Midsomer Murders, make their North American premieres on Acorn TV next month.
If the new supernatural thriller Penny Dreadful is on your want-to-watch list, but you don’t have a subscription to Showtime, here’s your chance to catch the first episode in its entirety — legally and gratis.
The British are coming! The British are coming! Actually, they — British actors — are already here, and more are joining or returning to the ranks of Hollywood and appearing in American TV shows debuting in the next few months.
Brits love their TV programs, and apparently some love them enough to forego life in a foreign land and return home to the UK.
Well, Brit TV land has been chockablock with good and bad news, along with updates that we’re not sure what to make of yet. So without any further ado, let’s get to it.
You’ve got to hand it to the book editors at Amazon. Out of the 271,852 listings under the online retailer’s “Mystery, Thriller & Suspense” category, they managed to cull them down to a list of the 100 Mysteries & Thrillers
Filming has begun on the fourth series of Scott & Bailey, a two-time BAFTA nominee for Best Drama Series, so it’s time to whoop it up because one of our favorite shows of 2013 will be returning to telly in
If ever there was a British version of the American character, Lieutenant Columbo, DCI Vera Stanhope is it. The disheveled detective with a keen mind for solving crime returns to telly when the fourth series of the hit drama, Vera,
First, a Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates it. Second, Happy Anniversary to BBC Two, which celebrates 50 years on air today. And third, I hope everyone who put on and attended Awesome Con DC had a rip-roaring good time.
Many a British crime drama can be described as noir, but few (if any) actually take viewers to Arctic climes. The chilling new series, Fortitude — starring Academy Award® nominee Stanley Tucci, Christopher Eccleston, Michael Gambon, and Jessica Raine —