R.I.P. Dame Maggie Smith
Dame Maggie Smith has passed away at the young age of 89. While The Dowager Countess did not know what a weekend was, there will be no weekend without her tomorrow. There are no words. RIP Dame Maggie Smith.
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Counting down to 01.12.25 and the S5 premiere of All Creatures Great and Small on PBS!
As temperatures begin to dip below triple digits, visions of Fall and beyond are beginning to enter our collective mind palaces with many people thinking of January 2025 and the series 5 premiere of All Creatures Great and Small on PBS beginning January 12, 2025 at 9pET/8pCT. Nicholas Ralph returns for Season 5 as vet […]
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First look at All Creatures Great and Small in advance of January 2025 premiere!
With temps in Texas set to hit a high of 106 today and remain there for much of the rest of the week, many people have visions of January 2025 dancing in their head at the moment. But, with the new series of All Creatures Great and Small set to premiere on PBS beginning in January 2025, we now have another reason to dream of cooler temps and great telly to enjoy!
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3rd film from ‘Downtown Abbey’ confirmed!
The Internets hair has been on fire recently with the official confirmation from Focus Features and Carnival Films of a third film in the Downton Abbey saga coming this past week. Months of rumors have finally been put to rest as a third film following on from 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Era is happening! […]
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‘The Forsyte Saga’ headed to Masterpiece on PBS
First broadcast in 1967 on the BBC, The Forsyte Saga was produced on a budget of £10,000 per episode which, at the time, was a fairly significant gamble not only because it was the last major British drama serial to be made in black and white but it was produced at a time when only a small proportion of […]
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‘Mr Bates vs. the Post Office’ premieres tonight on PBS!
Beginning tonight, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, another true ‘masterepiece’ heads to PBS Masterpiece on Sunday nights. Based on a true story (known as the British Post Office Scandal), the 4-part Mr Bates vs The Post Office shines a light on a major transgression in the UK justice system and the public and media have […]
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‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’ on PBS Masterpiece — a first look!
When two-time Booker Prize-winning author, Hilary Mantel passed away in September 2022 at the all-too-young age of 70, she was consulting on the television adaptation of her most recent 2020 novel, “The Mirror and the Light”, which was the conclusion to her critically acclaimed Tudor trilogy. The writer’s first two books in the trilogy, “Wolf […]
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It appears Saint Marie will be getting a new sheriff, or DI, for ‘Death in Paradise’ S14!
With the sun finally setting last night on series 13 of Death in Paradise, we will resist the temptation and urge to begin wild speculation and refrain from too many spoilers given the series has yet to have its small screen premiere on your local public television station in the U.S. at this point. It is […]
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Feeling right at home in a social distancing world, ‘Professor T’ renewed for S4!
There are times in this inexplicable one and done world of British mystery/drama that you can be pleasantly surprised when good telly gets the welcome news that they will live to see another day. It happened recently with All Creatures Great and Small getting the renewal news for not one but two more series and then there […]
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‘Mr. Bates vs The Post Office’ heads to PBS beginning April 7 on Masterpiece
Beginning April 7, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, another true ‘masterepiece’ heads to PBS Masterpiece on Sunday nights. Based on a true story (known as the British Post Office Scandal), the 4-part Mr Bates vs The Post Office shines a light on a major transgression in the UK justice system and the public and media […]
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