Telly that bridges the Pond
Hailed as “unmissable” by The Times (UK), Line of Duty will soon make its way from US streaming services to broadcast TV, when local public TV stations begin screening the gritty, in-your-face crime thriller.
Political maneuvering for power. Big business and big money interests in government. Conspiracy theories that could bring a nation to war — again. Sound familiar? Welcome to Secret State.
Rounding out this weeks’s news of programs coming to local PBS stations is Hebburn, the British Comedy Guide’s 2013 winner for Best New TV Sitcom, which will be back with its second season.
Before Downton Abbey became the must-watch British period drama and Damian Lewis was nominated for a 2012 Emmy® (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Homeland), there was The Forsyte Saga.