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  • History does repeat itself when ‘Marie Antoinette’ premieres March 19 on PBS.
    January 27, 2023

    History does repeat itself when ‘Marie Antoinette’ premieres March 19 on PBS.

    You know the story. You studied it in school somewhere along the line. The future king of France is not exactly a catch. Marie Antoinette, barely a teenager at 14, has been sent from Austria to be married off to Louis-Auguste, the eldest son of the King of France. Airing Sundays, March 19 through May […]

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  • Happy Belated 89th, Tom Baker!
    January 23, 2023

    Happy Belated 89th, Tom Baker!

    Long considered one of the most popular ‘Doctors’, Tom Baker turned 89 on Friday. As the Fourth Doctor, Baker portrayed the travelling Time Lord from 1974-1981 with Elisabeth Sladen as companion/journalist Sarah Jane Smith along for the ride, taking over for Jon Pertwee. His eccentric style of dress, quirky personality, trademark look of a long scarf […]

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  • ‘Nolly’ with Helena Bonham Carter headed to PBS
    January 22, 2023

    ‘Nolly’ with Helena Bonham Carter headed to PBS

    Nolly tells the story of British soap opera legend Noele Gordon (Helena Bonham Carter), a.k.a. Nolly, who played Meg Richardson in hit ITV soap Crossroads whose unceremonious firing from her hit show at the height of her career was front-page news. As one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and ’70s, Gordon […]

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  • ‘Tom Jones’ (no, not that one) heads to PBS Masterpiece beginning April 30
    January 21, 2023

    ‘Tom Jones’ (no, not that one) heads to PBS Masterpiece beginning April 30

    The adaptation of Henry Fielding’s classic novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, long considered to be one of the earliest novels in the English language, tells the story of the title character’s complicated journey to find real love. Delighting readers since 1749, Tom Jones will continue to do just that in this 4-part television […]

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  • PBS plants drama flag in first half of 2023 with 6 returning series and 2 new additions
    January 1, 2023

    PBS plants drama flag in first half of 2023 with 6 returning series and 2 new additions

    By bringing back six series and premiering two period dramas in the first half of 2023 alone, PBS has already planted the drama flag in 2023 before 2022 comes to a close proving it will be THE place to be on Sunday evenings for the best in British drama. Sunday, January 8 will see the series […]

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  • With an eye to 2023-24, a 60th Anniversary ‘Doctor Who’ trailer drops in our laps!
    December 29, 2022

    With an eye to 2023-24, a 60th Anniversary ‘Doctor Who’ trailer drops in our laps!

    The teaser features new footage of David Tennant as the Tenth Fourteenth Doctor, Catherine Tate as the returning Donna Noble, and Neil Patrick Harris, who is joining the cast as an ‘enigmatic antagonist.’

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  • Happy Holidays from PBS Masterpiece and ‘All Creatures Great and Small’!
    December 25, 2022

    Happy Holidays from PBS Masterpiece and ‘All Creatures Great and Small’!

    Happy Holidays to all and to all, the countdown officially begins to the series 3 premiere of All Creatures Great and Small. Need a quick binge watch catch up? Well, North Texas PBS viewers of KERA can binge series 1 on Saturday, January 7 from 9a-6p and series 2 on Sunday, January 8 from 9a-6p before […]

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  • First look at ‘Unforgotten’ as Sinéad Keenan joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (and his rucksack) for S5!
    December 17, 2022

    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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  • ‘Sanditon’ returns to PBS on March 19 for 3rd and final series
    December 16, 2022

    ‘Sanditon’ returns to PBS on March 19 for 3rd and final series

    Fortunately and, unfortunately, there is both good news and bad news swirling around the forthcoming third series of Sanditon as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. The good news is that long-time fans of the series will be able to return to the seaside resort town for the premiere of series 3 on Sunday, March 19 at 9pET/8pCT. The […]

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  • Promising a ‘jaw-dropping’ finale, ‘Happy Valley’ returns to BBC1 on New Year’s Day for final series
    December 14, 2022

    Promising a ‘jaw-dropping’ finale, ‘Happy Valley’ returns to BBC1 on New Year’s Day for final series

    While it’s been an excrutiatingly long 7 years since we last set foot in ‘Happy Valley’, the third and final series will premiere on New Year’s Day at 9p on BBC 1 with James Norton, who reprises his role as murderer/sex-offender/nemesis Tommy Lee Royce, already promising a ‘jaw-dropping’ finale befitting this amazingly brilliant series that will leave fans ‘reeling’.

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