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Posted June 1, 2024 - No Comment

‘Moonflower Murders’, ‘Magpie Murders’ sequel, set to premiere September 15 on PBS!

Lesley Manville as editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan as fictional detective Atticus Pünd reprise their roles when the Magpie Murders band gets back together for Anthony Horowitz 2020 sequel, Moonflower Murders, premiering Sunday, September 15 on Masterpiece. In addition to Manville and McMullan, also returning are Daniel Mays (Ashes to Ashes, Line of Duty), Michael Maloney (Belfast), […]

Posted May 18, 2024 - 1 Comment

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! […]

Posted May 2, 2024 - No Comment

‘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 […]

Posted April 7, 2024 - No Comment

‘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 […]

Posted April 4, 2024 - No Comment

‘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 […]

Posted March 26, 2024 - 3 Comments

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 […]

Posted March 13, 2024 - No Comment

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 […]

Posted March 1, 2024 - No Comment

‘Miss Scarlet’ set to continue with S5 sans The Duke

Masterpiece on PBS announced Thursday that Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders) will return as Miss Eliza Scarlet, Victorian London’s first ever female detective, for a fifth season of investigations, and the series will be retitled, Miss Scarlet. Stuart Martin (Jamestown), who played Scotland Yark detective William “The Duke” Wellington in the previous four seasons, will not […]

Posted February 24, 2024 - No Comment

‘All Creatures Great and Small’ renewed for two more seasons!

With the news that All Creatures Great and Small has been renewed for not one but TWO new series, it’s all smiles in Darrowby with filming to begin soon on location in Yorkshire! This is exceptionally brilliant news given that series 4 just ended this past Sunday as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. According to a release sent out […]

Posted February 18, 2024 - No Comment

Father Brown’s bike out of storage as S12 to begin filming in April

It’s been just a few years since our 2015 stay in Moreton-in-Marsh during filming of series 3 of Father Brown for our behind-the-scenes production of Father Brown: Saving Souls, Solving Crimes for PBS. Fast forward to 2024 where Father Brown’s bike is coming out of storage and getting ready to make the streets of Kembleford safe once again. With […]