Telly that bridges the Pond
While Scotland is definitely bonnie (seriously, if you haven’t been, it’s a must-visit for any Brit TV fan), the amount of Scottish television programming available in the US is lacking compared to its English and Irish counterparts. But things are
The first Broadchurch mystery has been solved. Casting has been announced for Series 2 of the hit ITV mystery drama, ending the months-long speculation about which actors will or won’t be returning to the show whose first series was a
Not to put too fine a point on it, but PBS is the place for stateside Brit TV fans to be on Sunday nights this autumn, because Masterpiece is bringing some of our favorite Brit TV characters back to US
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.
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,
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 —
A month after ITV released the first trailer for the second series of Endeavour comes news that the hit mystery will debut in the US on PBS this summer. Wahoo!
Rarely does a British program screen in the US ahead of the UK, and the same holds true for Scandinavian shows, too. However, Unit One, the 2002 International Emmy Award® winner for Best Drama, is an exception.
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.
BBC Two is marking its 50th year, and guess who gets the anniversary present? We do! The gift? Not one but two more series of the critically-acclaimed and viewer-favorite crime drama Line of Duty. Woot!
In the realm of crime dramas, noir is the new black, and the latest series of Line of Duty is as dark and gripping from start to finish as any of the Nordic Noir programs that have crossed the fjords.