Telly that bridges the Pond
![British TV to Watch in August 2015: Detectorists, George Gently, Miss Fisher, Vicious, and More [UPDATED]](https://thebritishtvplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/British-TV-to-Watch-in-2015-August-600x300.jpg "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
Channel 4 and AMC have just confirmed that they have recommissioned the critically-acclaimed sci-fi show, Humans, for a second series. (Yay!)
Great news! Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp are reuniting for Scott & Bailey, as ITV has commissioned a three-part special series of the BAFTA-nominated drama featuring the dynamic detective duo.
The former trio of Top Gear — Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May — have a new gig and new place to get their car groove on: Amazon Prime Instant Video.
No introduction needed, right?
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]](https://thebritishtvplace.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Miss-Fishers-Murder-Mysteries-Season-3-cast-600x300.jpg "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!
Sarah Alexander, John Hannah, and Robert Lindsay — no strangers to comedy — plus a spaceship with a cult following, will be returning to telly in new series from UKTV.
There is no shortage of television and streaming channels in the US. For Brit TV fans, this is good news, because more of these channels, even some heretofore unlikely ones, are adding UK content to their programming line-ups. Welcome to
“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.
Post-apocalyptic sci-fi- meets romcom in Cockroaches, the ITV comedy that is now streaming in the States.
As filming has started on the Downton Abbey 2015 Christmas special — the final episode ever — Mr. Bates, I mean Brendan Coyle, has signed on for the Irish drama The Rising.