Series 10 of Death in Paradise is beginning to look a lot like a cross between a family reunion and an old home week get together these days. Earlier this month it was announced that Sara Martins would be returning as DS Camille Bordey for a two-part story in 2021. That announcement was on the heels of a […]
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Premiering Sunday, January 31 at 10pET/9pCT, The Long Song on Masterpiece brilliantly tells the story of the final years of slavery on the island of Jamaica and the transition to freedom that took place after its abolition in 1833. The story of The Long Song is long overdue given it premiered on BBC One in 2018 and will […]
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Killing time between rumors that he will or won’t become the next James Bond and whether or not there will be a Luther movie in the not-too-distant future, Idris Elba will sit down for a 1-hour interview with Sir Paul McCartney that will air on BBC One later this month.
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Just a quick follow-up update regarding the forthcoming Call the Midwife Christmas Special that airs Christmas Day on BBC One and PBS. This first, first look clip was released Wednesday morning on ITV’s This Morning program. Thanks to the official CTM Twitter feed for recognizing there is a whole world of fans around the globe that are outside ITV’s transmission […]
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When I wrote recently that the new reboot of All Creatures Great and Small had all the potential to become the next Downton Abbey, that may have been a little presumptuous on my part but not by much based on viewer reaction, critical acclaim and, now, the official word from Channel 5 and PBS that the series has been commissioned for a second series!
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You know 2020 has been crazy enough that producers couldn’t let the forthcoming Call the Midwife Holiday Special pass us by without having a bit up their production sleeve when the 90-minute special premieres on Christmas Day on BBC One and PBS. For the usual Christmas Day kickoff to the series that, when all goes well, […]
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In addition to stopping for a moment to be eternally thankful for family, friends, good health and our cat, MiniBoots, no Thanksgiving would be complete without recognizing the contributions made by two classic British series in not only setting me on a lifelong desire of wanting to consume all things British when it comes to […]
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Upstart Crow — “Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow: A Lockdown Christmas 1603”, will echo real events of the 17th Century, when the plague – or black death – hit Europe in a series of waves spanning hundreds of years. Although the nature of the disease and its transmission were not known and misunderstood, isolation and social distancing were employed to combat the outbreaks. Sound a little bit familiar?
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Not that anyone needs yet another reason to bid a well-deserved goodbye to 2020 with an eye towards 2021, but, just in case, producers of Death in Paradise are teasing ‘massive surprises’ as it was revealed recently that in addition to Joséphine Jobert returning to reprise her role as DS Florence Cassell for series 10, fan-favorite Sara Martins, who played DS Camille Bordey, would feature in two episodes during the forthcoming series.
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Produced in 2019 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, four celebrated actors undertake a fascinating journey into their family’s past by re-tracing the footsteps of their grandparents during World War II in My Grandparents’ War. Headed to PBS in the Spring of 2021, the series follows Kristin Scott Thomas (The Darkest Hour, […]
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