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Posted September 21, 2023 - No Comment

Post TIFF, ‘Alice & Jack’ headed to PBS Masterpiece in 2024

Fresh off a very successful premiere last weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Alice & Jack will find its American broadcast home in 2024 as part of Masterpiece on PBS. In collaboration with British broadcaster, Channel 4, Alice & Jack will star Academy Award®-nominated actress and producer Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, Birdman) alongside actor, director and screenwriter Domhnall Gleeson (Brooklyn, The Revenant). […]

Posted September 3, 2023 - No Comment

Day 5: KERA’s All Creatures Tour heads to where else but…. ‘All Creatures G&S’ in the Dales!

Yes, I bounded out of bed this morning fresh off a 2.5 mile walking of the walls around the city of York so, combined with the fact that we were headed to the Yorkshire Dales and the filming locations for All Creatures Great and Small, this is going to be a great day all the way […]

Posted August 31, 2023 - No Comment

Day 3: KERA’s All Creatures tour heads north to York with a stop at Chatsworth House!

With Grantchester and Cambridge University in our collective rear view mirror, we headed to the Peak District and York with a stop along the way at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Beyond description, this historic estate has served as the home of the Dukes of Devonshire and their ancestors since the mid-16th century (1549 to be […]

Posted August 9, 2023 - No Comment

After keeping the fire burning for 3+ years, ‘World on Fire’ finally returns to Masterpiece on PBS October 15!

It was the year 2020 when, with 3 episodes remaining in the first series of World on Fire, welcome news came from PBS and the BBC that the then Helen Hunt-led British World War II drama had been commissioned for a second series. Originally designed as a multi-year drama that would look at World War II […]

Posted August 4, 2023 - No Comment

‘Unforgotten’ returns as Sinéad Keenan joins Sanjeev Bhaskar for S5 beginning Sept 3 on PBS!

Beginning Sunday, September 3, things are definitely looking up in 2023-24 from a drama standpoint as Sinéad Keenan (Doctor Who, Being Human) joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan) for the S5 premiere of Unforgotten on PBS. Keenan joins the team as DCI Jessica ‘Jessie’ James, following the tragic S4 finale and the death of DCI Cassie Stewart (Nicola Walker). Walker went on to star […]

Posted July 20, 2023 - No Comment

Two new bicycles on the streets of Poplar as ‘Call the Midwife’ begins filming S13

With a Christmas special and a 13th series on the horizon, Call the Midwife will be adding two new faces as Renee Bailey and Natalie Quarry join the cast as student midwives and roommates, Joyce and Rosalind when the series returns in 2024. Renee Bailey (Mood, Rebel Cheer Squad, Get Millie Black) plays Joyce Highland, a Trinidadian pupil […]

Posted June 29, 2023 - No Comment

Post-‘Poldark’, Aidan Turner hits the tennis court in ‘Fifteen-Love’

Best known for his 5-year stint in PBS’ Poldark where, as Captain Ross Poldark, he returned from the American War of Independence to his home of Nampara in Cornwall after three years in the army only to find his estate is in ruins and in considerable debt, Aidan Turner is now seemingly on much safer ground as a tennis coach in Fifteen-Love. The […]

Posted June 15, 2023 - 1 Comment

Glenda Jackson — Oscar winning actress and former MP of the United Kingdom has died at 87

Sadly, each of these announcements gets more and more difficult each time they pop up in ‘Breaking News’. Glenda Jackson, Oscar winning actress and former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom has died and the all-too-young age of 87. Jackson died peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London Thursday morning after a brief illness […]

Posted June 14, 2023 - No Comment

‘Unforgotten’ returns as Sinéad Keenan joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (and his rucksack) for S5!

Things are definitely looking up in 2023-24 as Sinéad Keenan (Doctor Who, Being Human) joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan) for the S5 premiere of Unforgotten on PBS. Keenan joins the team as DCI Jessica ‘Jessie’ James, following the tragic S4 finale and the death of DCI Cassie Stewart (Nicola Walker). Walker went on to star in Annika for the BBC and PBS this past year […]

Posted June 1, 2023 - No Comment

‘World on Fire’ returns to PBS Masterpiece in October after 3+ year hiatus!

It was the year 2020 when, with 3 episodes remaining in the first series of World on Fire, welcome news came from PBS and the BBC that the then Helen Hunt-led British World War II drama had been commissioned for a second series. Originally designed as a multi-year drama that would look at World War II […]