‘Unforgotten’ returns as Sinéad Keenan joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (and his rucksack) for S5!

Things are definitely looking up in 2023-24 as Sinéad Keenan (Doctor Who, Being Human) joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan) for the S5 premiere of Unforgotten on PBS. Keenan joins the team as DCI Jessica ‘Jessie’ James, following the tragic S4 finale and the death of DCI Cassie Stewart (Nicola Walker). Walker went on to star in Annika for the BBC and PBS this past year […]

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‘The Marlow Murder Club’ is the newest ‘Masterpiece’ headed to PBS!

Masterpiece and UKTV have announced the co-commissioning of the TV adaptation of Robert Thorogood’s novel The Marlow Murder Club. While you might not immediately know the name Robert Thorogood, you will definitely know his most recent efforts as the creator of Death in Paradise (currently airing on a number of PBS stations including KERA). Alongside Thorogood for […]

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PBS sets June premiere date for ‘Ridley’ with Adrian Dunbar

After spending the better part of six+ series on Line of Duty dodging the possibility that, as Superintendent Ted Hastings, he was the ‘elusive H’, Adrian Dunbar plays a former police detective coaxed out of retirement to serve as a consultant on a complex murder case that has been plaguing a former protege in Ridley. Alex Ridley hasn’t been sitting […]

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Former ‘Doctor’ joins cast of ‘Father Brown’ as….a doctor!

After a year’s hiatus, filming for series 11 of Father Brown has begun on location in the Cotswolds with former Doctor Who star Sylvester McCoy (Doctor #7) set to join the cast in a guest role. Mark Williams will reprise his role as the crime solving cleric and Lorna Watson returning as Sister Boniface after starring in her own spin-off […]

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‘Celebrity Antiques Road Trip’ heads to PBS this month!

Fans of Antiques Roadshow and virtually any British mystery, drama or comedy will definitely want to read on.  The celebrity spin-off version of Antiques Road Trip sees two antique experts paired up with celebrity guests in classic cars as they scour for antiques on a road trip around the country. With 11 series and over 200 episodes in […]

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More deaths in paradise in the works as ‘Death in Paradise’ commissioned for two more series

In addition to it being a bit hazardous to your health to live in a small English village, it appears that visiting the picturesque fictional Carribean island of Saint Marie is no less dangerous.

Death in Paradise creator/writer, Robert Thorogood, will continue to find a few more ingenious ways to kill off said visitors as the BBC announced that the series has been comissioned for 2 additional series (S13 and 14). In addition, two feature-length Christmas special episodes are also on their way beginning in December 2023.

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Celebrating Edward Gorey’s birth and remembering ‘Mystery’ on PBS before mystery was cool …

Edward Gorey, noted for his characteristic pen-and-ink drawings that often depicted vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings was also a Tony Award-winning costume designer and artist. Gorey was also known for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers, would have been 98 years young on 22 February. PBS […]

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First look at ‘Unforgotten’ as Sinéad Keenan joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (and his rucksack) for S5!

Sinéad Keenan joins DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) for the forthcoming S5 of Unforgotten following the tragic S4 finale and the death of DCI Cassie Stewart (Nicola Walker) as DCI, Jessica ‘Jessie’ James. Walker went on to star in Annika for the BBC and PBS this past year. Series 5 will pick up not long after the end of the last […]

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