“Seems it never rains in Southern California,” sang Briton Albert Hammond in the early ’70s, but it will be pouring British programs here during KCET’s 2015/2016 TV season.
Exclusive: KCET Acquires Four British TV Titles for 2015/2016 Season
British TV to Watch in October 2015: Doc Martin, Home Fires, The Last Kingdom, and More [UPDATED]
October brings the highly-anticipated returns of two fan favorite shows, as well as UK program premieres in the US that are sure to please more than a few viewers.
Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None to Be New Feature Film
Big news: Not only is Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None getting its first-ever TV treatment, the book is getting its third film adaptation, too.
Rowan Atkinson Begins Filming New ‘Maigret’ Drama
English actor Rowan Atkinson is now filming the first of two “Maigret” films for ITV, starring as the fictional French detective Jules Maigret.
British TV to Watch in September 2015: TBX, Doctor Who, Indian Summers, Partners in Crime [UPDATED]
The 2015 Fall TV Season kicks off this month with some of the most highly-anticipated British TV programs of the year. The ones in the title of this post, for a start.
George Gently: Public TV Stations Set to Air Season 7 of Hit Detective Drama
Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby will soon be lighting up US broadcast airwaves, as George Gently is about to return to public TV stations with its seventh season.
Colin Morgan Goes from Synth to Haunted Human in ‘The Living and the Dead’
Colin Morgan’s latest character won’t need to plug in or hide from the law, as he plays a fully-human and haunted rather than hunted being in the new BBC supernatural period mystery drama The Living and the Dead.
British TV to Watch in August 2015: Detectorists, George Gently, Miss Fisher, Vicious, and More [UPDATED]
After speaking with a friend in Morocco, where temps are around 115° F at night (!), highs in the 90s here don’t seem so bad, especially when we can chill out with some fab British, Irish, Australian, and Canadian series
George Gently: Series 7 Set to Premiere in the US
George Gently, one of the most successful British crime dramas to cross the pond, is about to return to the US with its seventh series. Woo hoo!
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Series 3 and Special to Premiere On These Public TV Stations [UPDATED]
If you’re bubbling over with excitement about the new series of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries premiering in the US, join the club!
Grantchester: Filming Set to Start on Second Series
“What the Dickens!” Hold on there, Mrs. Maguire. This is good news! Shooting is about to begin on the second series of the hit mystery Grantchester.
Chasing Shadows: Reece Shearsmith, Alex Kingston Star in Taut Crime Drama Coming to the US
It’s noir-ish. Compelling. Riveting. It is Chasing Shadows, the ITV crime drama/mystery that will grip stateside viewers when it makes its US premiere.