Series 9 of Father Brown, an early 2020 casualty to the coronavirus pandemic, is headed to the unchartered waters that few television series find themselves — the staying power of 100 episodes. With the exception of maybe Midsomer Murders and Silent Witness, most dramas/mysteries either intentionally or unintentionally wrap up production after only a few series. As Father Brown begins filming […]
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While we all find ourselves in the middle of the effects of COVID-19 on the British production industry, we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel with Unforgotten S4 returning this Summer, Grantchester S6 and Call the Midwife S10 targeting Fall 2021 for a return and, now, comes very welcome news with regards to the forthcoming S8 of Endeavour!
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Following in the footsteps of And Then There Were None, The ABC Murders and The Pale Horse, the next — and, perhaps, the most exciting to date — Agatha Christie small screen adaption will come from the mind palace of one Hugh Laurie, who will write, direct AND executive produce Christie’s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? According to Deadline, the […]
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Starring Lauren Lee Smith as Frankie Drake, Chantel Riley as Trudy Clarke, Rebecca Liddiard as Toronto Police Morality Officer Mary Shaw and Sharron Matthews as, perhaps, the most enthusiastic morgue attendant ever, Flo Chakowitz, Frankie Drake Mysteries is set in 1920s Toronto and follows the city’s only female private detectives as they take on the cases the police don’t want to touch. Sadly, it appears the ladies of Frankie Drake Mysteries have solved their last crime on the streets of Toronto when series 4 comes to an end.
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While it was recently announced that Foyle’s War creator, Anthony Horowitz, would adapt his best-selling novel, Magpie Murders, as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series, at the time there was really no movement other than that given the on-again, off-again UK production coronavirus lockdown. Things have begun to look up, however, as Magpie Murders goes into production next week in Suffolk […]
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Unfortunately, it’s not Sherlock but it might just be the next best thing when Benedict Cumberbatch returns to the medium that made him a household name in a new small screen adaptation of the John Buchan 1915 novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps. There have been several adaptations over the years, one of which being a BBC adaptation starring Rupert […]
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With series 3 of Agatha Raisin resting somewhat comfortably in our collective rearview mirrors since this past Summer, rumors of a series 4 are now officially confirmed by Sky One and Acorn TV. Starring Ashley Jensen as the titular amateur detective, four more feature-length stories of the crime-based comedy drama have been ordered. Filming has been on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic but word out of the UK is that series 4 will officially begin production in March, with a target transmission date in late 2021 or early 2022.
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“Magpie Murders” seems to be one step closer to the start of production filming with the announcement that the brilliant Lesley Manville (Mum, Phantom Thread, World on Fire) will head the cast. Manville will play Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway’s latest mystery novel, with little idea it will change her life.
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Set in the dark underbelly of Victorian London, Miss Scarlet & The Duke is headed to Drama Sundays on PBS. Starring Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, The Downton Abbey Movie, Wolf Hall and The Crown) as Eliza Scarlet, and Stuart Martin (Jamestown, Babylon, Medici) as The Duke, Miss Scarlet & The Duke comes to Masterpiece beginning Sunday at 8pET/7pCT on PBS. […]
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As Death in Paradise returned to BBC1 earlier this week for series 10, it was announced that the series has been commissioned for an 11th AND 12th series ensuring there will be more investigations by the Honoré Police Department as murder continues to descend on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie. While nothing from a […]
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