Trivia nights at the local pub can be a lot of fun, provided one doesn’t take winning them too seriously. And now that RTÉ’s Irish sitcom, Trivia, has arrived stateside, viewers in the US can get in on the craic.
New Endeavour, Last Tango in Halifax, Vicious This Sunday
PBS is the place for back-to-back Brit TV this Sunday, when the public television network premieres the second series of both the beloved family drama Last Tango in Halifax and popular mystery drama Endeavour and the first series of hit
Freesat Awards 2014: The Winners to Watch in the US
The UK’s Freesat Awards were held this past Tuesday, and the winners in the three categories most relevant to British TV fans in the US — Best TV Sitcom, Best TV Drama, and Best of British TV — are all
Rev.: Season 3 Is On Its Way!
The Rev. is returning. As in the vicar, Reverend Smallbone, and the eternally-funny BAFTA Best Comedy winner, Rev., whose long-awaited third season debuts in the US in just ten days. Woo hoo! I mean, Amen!
Screaming Fan Alert: Possible TV Show for Boy Band One Direction
With the unofficial start of summer comes news that the chart-topping English-Irish boy band, One Direction, could be headed from the concert stage to the small screen in their own television series.
Blandings: Series 2 Exclusive Plus More PG Wodehouse on Acorn TV
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
The Rise of TV from Down Under [UPDATED]
The British “invasion” of American television has become an entrenched and still-growing part of the stateside viewing landscape, but another invasion is also taking audiences by storm, and this time it’s Australian.
More Upsets, Breakdowns, and Laughs in Pramface: Series 3
When the BBC Three comedy, Pramface, first screened in 2012, there were two things I had to get past to give the show a go. The first was the title. Pramface? That just sounded so mean. (British slang terms aren’t necessarily
Hilarious Brit Hit QI Coming to Acorn TV
“Good evening, good evening, good evening, good evening, good evening.” That’s me, doing my impression of Stephen Fry when he hosts the gut-bustingly funny British quiz show, QI.
Brit TV Lovers and Other Dynamic Duos
It’s Valentine’s Day 2014, and love is in the air. So are snow, sleet, and driving rains across much of the US and UK. The weather is bad and roads are worse, which makes it a good day to stay
Fresh Season of Award-Winning Fresh Meat
Ah, life at uni. For the Manchester Medlock University students who reside at 28 Hartnell Avenue, it most definitely is not all about books and grades, and their second year is just as jacked up as their first.
New Britcom You, Me & Them Debuts in the US
You, Me & Them — the first sitcom commissioned by the UKTV network’s Gold classic comedy channel — has brought together several stars of British TV for a romcom sitcom that premieres stateside today.