Netflix announced today the cast of After Life, the new comedy series from Ricky Gervais.
After Life: Cast Announced for New Netflix Original Series from Ricky Gervais


Netflix announced today the cast of After Life, the new comedy series from Ricky Gervais.

Here are a few tidbits about the return of two of Brit TV fans’ favorite series, plus news about the new small-screen adaptation of a classic English novel.

The real-life events that led to the downfall of a Member of Parliament aren’t laughing matters, but A Very English Scandal, the dramatization of said events, is very funny indeed.

Thirty programs from the UK, Canada, and Ireland, including 20 national premieres plus shows from Wales and Scotland, are coming to telly in July.

BritBox is premiering three new series in the next three months, including the highly-anticipated The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, plus comedies Bliss and Hold the Sunset.

A fan favorite Brit mystery returns, a new dark comedy takes on Greek mythology, and a new humorous crime drama takes viewers to another sun-drenched locale.

The cast of London Kills, Acorn Media Enterprise’s first straight-to-series commission, includes some familiar names in British TV.

Hit mystery-crime drama series Endeavour returns to this side of the pond in one week. Yay!

Is there a doctor in the house? There will be when Doc Martin returns to public television with its eighth season.

Hulu has acquired the exclusive US streaming rights to the first two seasons of Letterkenny, the award-winning Canadian comedy series created by and starring Jared Keeso.

Acorn has two big pieces of news: they are co-producing a new biopic of legendary comedian Benny Hill and expanding Acorn TV to Latin American territories. Olé!

Production has wrapped on The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, and BritBox will premiere the new mystery series in the US next month.