Telly that bridges the Pond
You’ve got to hand it to the book editors at Amazon. Out of the 271,852 listings under the online retailer’s “Mystery, Thriller & Suspense” category, they managed to cull them down to a list of the 100 Mysteries & Thrillers
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
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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,
First, a Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates it. Second, Happy Anniversary to BBC Two, which celebrates 50 years on air today. And third, I hope everyone who put on and attended Awesome Con DC had a rip-roaring good time.
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 —
“And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain…” I don’t know if Frank Sinatra ever watched Agatha Christie’s Poirot, but the opening lyrics to one of Ol’ Blue Eyes’ trademark songs are spot on for
For a period drama whose key characters are mostly the doctors and nurses of a hospital gynecology ward, Breathless is not a medical drama in the usual sense, and it is anything but sterile.
Alors, mes amis, after portraying Hercule Poirot for a quarter century, David Suchet has put away the Belgian detective’s hat and mustache, donated his cane to a museum, and bid a final au revoir to the legendary character. Telly won’t
The Doctor is a lawyer. That is, Doctor Who‘s Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, portrays a barrister whose charmed life becomes a living nightmare in the suspense thriller, The Escape Artist, which debuts in the US this summer.
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.
Oh, look — Derek’s wearing a different colored sweater! And he’s coming back to Netflix! Yay!