New shows are premiering and starting production, and a (relatively) old favorite is returning with a new regular character. Read on to find out who’s who in what.
Brit TV News Bits: Blunt Talk, Churchill’s Secret, Endeavour
Pompidou: A Mostly-Not-Funny Netflix Original Brit Comedy
There isn’t much to say about Pompidou aside from this latest Netflix Original series is, for the most part, not funny.
PBS Gets More Vicious When Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi Comedy Returns with Second Season [UPDATED]
PBS announced today that Season 2 of ITV’s acclaimed British sitcom, Vicious, starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, is returning to the US public broadcasting network this summer. Woo hoo!
British TV to Watch in May 2015: The Fixer, Mr. Sloane, Moone Boy, Penny Dreadful, and More
It’s time to wrap the maypole and begin watching the more than dozen British TV shows premiering in the US this month, including The Fixer, Mr. Sloane, the third and final season of Moone Boy, and the second season of
Interview: Emmy® Awards Winner Robert B. Weide Talks Mr. Sloane, His Hit Brit Series Coming to Public TV Stations
The critically-acclaimed UK series, Mr. Sloane, is set to have its US national broadcast premiere on KCET and Link TV, and series creator Robert B. Weide chatted with me about his bringing it from concept to screen. (Yowzah!)
Moone Boy: Third and Final Season of Hit Irish Comedy Landing in the US
Where’s me jumper? Who cares. Let’s talk imaginary friends instead, because the third and final season of Moone Boy, the International Emmy® Awards winner for Best Comedy in 2013, is headed to the US.
Clunatics Rejoice! Doc Martin: Series 7 in Production
No amount of grumpiness on the part of Dr. Martin Ellingham can keep Doc Martin fans, a.k.a. Clunatics, away from the hit comedy-drama that is now filming its seventh series.
Derek: Special Final Episode Coming to Netflix
Stateside viewers will be able to bid farewell to Derek Noakes soon, when Netflix begins streaming the final one-off episode of Derek, the NTA-nominated series for Best Comedy.
The Indian Doctor: Oh So Good Sanjeev Bhaskar Period Dramedy Now Streaming in the US
Namaste, Brit TV fans. Just in time to get your binge-watch on this weekend is the newly-arrived, fabulous comedy-drama, The Indian Doctor, starring Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Casting News: Olivia Colman, Anne-Marie Duff, Katherine Parkinson, and Nicola Walker Join New Shows
Some of our favorite British actors, including Olivia Colman, Anne-Marie Duff, Katherine Parkinson, and Nicola Walker, are starring alongside a host of others in new series coming later this year and next to the BBC and ITV.
Returning: 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy, Broadchurch, Hunderby
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And he’s brought presents quite early (Christmas in February!) but in the form of Brit TV news. Specifically, news that 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy, Broadchurch, and Hunderby are returning to telly.
Will These 2015 Brit TV Shows Screen in the US, Part 3: Sky [UPDATED]
Folks on both sides of the pond have been burning up their tellies with the Sky/Pivot Arctic thriller, Fortitude. But which others of the shows slated for Sky’s 2015 schedule will land stateside? At least one. Let’s take a look