This past week’s announcement by PBS and Channel 5 that there will be a remake/reboot/revival of the mega-popular 1970s classic All Creatures Great and Small was more than welcome news given those involved in the latest adaptation remember the original so fondly.
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This just in! The first ever television adaptation of Jane Austen’s final and unfinished 11-part novel Sanditon is coming to Masterpiece on PBS during the 2020 season as an 8-part series by Andrew Davies!
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With the recent release of new promotional photos for the forthcoming Downton Abbey movie…need we say more to get you more excited?
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It was a sad day back in September 2016 when one of the most beloved TV dogs since Lassie announced his retirement from Midsomer Murders. Sykes, John Barnaby’s beloved pet dog, hung up his lead following series 15 and retired after five years with the show. At the time, Neil Dudgeon (DCI John Barnaby) said: “I […]
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Two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson (Women In Love, A Touch of Class) will star in BBC One’s adaptation of Emma Healey’s best-selling novel Elizabeth Is Missing, marking her return to the small screen after over 25 years.
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Next up in the long line of British period dramas coming to PBS in 2020 will be Beecham House.
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Mark Twain once said that “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” While he was talking about the rumors of his own demise, he could have just as easily been thinking ahead about the BBC drama series, Last Tango in Halifax, which seemed to come to an unofficial end following its last broadcast in December 2016.
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It’s been awhile since April 2015 when American audiences were introduced to the brilliant Wolf Hall on PBS. With author Hilary Mantel’s final chapter of the trilogy hitting the shelves in March 2020, the BBC has confirmed Wolf Hall 2 is in the works.
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While the forthcoming Downton Abbey movie may not officially be considered the biggest feature film since Avengers: Endgame, it certainly is equally as anticipated across the land with the release in UK cinemas set for September 13th of this year and in U.S. theaters a week later on September 20th.
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Prior to his brilliant effort as Jean Valjean in the BBC/PBS adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables and after his equally brilliant role as Detective Jimmy McNulty in The Wire, Dominic West starred in The Hour.
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