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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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  • Agatha Raisin’s Ashley Jensen heads north to join the cast of ‘Shetland’
    November 23, 2022

    Agatha Raisin’s Ashley Jensen heads north to join the cast of ‘Shetland’

    Scottish-born Ashley Jensen (May to December, Eastenders, Ugly Betty, After Life, Extras) who stars as the middle-aged public relations agent who sold her Mayfair public relations firm and fled London for the supposedly peaceful cobblestone streets of the Cotswolds and early retirement in Agatha Raisin, is headed north to Scotland to take over for DI Jimmy Perez […]

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  • ‘Sanditon’ — a first look at S3 coming to PBS in 2023!
    November 13, 2022

    ‘Sanditon’ — a first look at S3 coming to PBS in 2023!

    Starring Rose Williams, Crystal Clarke, Anne Reid, Kris Marshall and Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Sanditon rose from the ashes thanks, as we all will remember, to a herculean effort by fans to revive the series following a 2-year hiatus between series 1 and series 2. By now, we all are keenly aware that series 2 was filled with enough shocks, […]

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  • ‘Tom Jones’ (no, not that one) headed to PBS Masterpiece in 2023!
    October 5, 2022

    ‘Tom Jones’ (no, not that one) headed to PBS Masterpiece in 2023!

    The adaptation of Henry Fielding’s classic novel, The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, 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 adaptation expected to arrive in 2023 as part of the PBS Masterpiece series. In […]

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