Telly that bridges the Pond
RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn brand, coined “chief curators of the best Brit TV” by Time magazine, has picked up the electronic-sell-through (EST) and DVD rights to the hit AMC/Channel 4/Kudos sci-fi drama Humans for North America.
The Detectorists are coming! The Detectorists are coming! Paul Revere would be shouting this as fabulous news if he were around today, and you should be excited about it, too!
The list of subscription video-on-demand services offering British TV programs to fans of the genre in the US grew by one yesterday, as DramaFever is now offering titles from the BBC.
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Years ago, the summer months meant rerun city for telly. That isn’t really the case anymore, although there are fewer British (and Canadian) TV premieres this month than last.
The licensing agreement between Amazon and PBS has been expanded to include more PBS programs, including those from the public broadcasting network’s British TV line-ups.
The meeting between President Barack Obama and Sir David Attenborough was a first for both men. And the President’s interview of the renowned naturalist and broadcaster was a first for viewers on both sides of the pond.
They’re heeere. Not poltergeists, but synths. In the gripping new sci-fi drama, Humans, that premieres on AMC tonight.
Woo hoo! It’s anything other than a disaster for Catastrophe, because the brilliant R-rated comedy that premiered in the US one week ago today is getting a second series!
Viewers in the UK have more new dramas to look forward to, including the prequel to one of the best crime dramas ever to have graced tellys on both sides of the pond, and another starring a Downton Abbey alum.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is becoming a telly celeb in his own right, with not one but two series featuring the creator of Sherlock Holmes headed stateside.
A lot of actors have joined the casts of new British TV series, so let’s get to them, shall we?
British programs won big at the 55th Monte Carlo Television Festival, giving the UK the most awards of any country.