Telly that bridges the Pond
Summer hasn’t arrived yet, but PBS has announced the schedule for its Fall 2015 season, which includes the British dramas Arthur & George, Indian Summers, and The Widower.
Hello June, the month that practically every US Brit TV fan has been waiting for, given the premieres of several highly-anticipated new series and the return of many viewer favorites.
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.
Woo hoo! Both the award-winning writer Sally Wainwright and the producers of Endeavour and the upcoming Poldark have new dramas in the works. Plus, some of our favorite Brit TV actors are going to feature in other new and returning
Stateside Brendan Coyle and Miranda Raison fans, rejoice. Spotless, the British/French co-production that is taking France by storm right now, is headed to the US.
Another lottery syndicate, another set of winning numbers, and more lives changed by money are in store when the critically-acclaimed drama, The Syndicate, returns for a third series.
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
A+E Networks has announced that its Lifetime, History, and A&E channels are partnering with The Weinstein Company and the BBC on the limited series event, War and Peace.
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!)
Our friends in the north — Alan and Celia, Gillian and Caroline, et al — are returning to telly in the US, when the third season of Last Tango in Halifax premieres on PBS this summer.
New British dramas are headed to telly in the coming months, and some of our favorite actors will be in them, including Amanda Abbington, Johnny Harris, Toby Jones, and Lesley Sharp, amongst others.
Viewers who have been riveted by hit BBC period drama Poldark and ITV’s contemporary thriller Prey will get more of both, as each will return for a second series.