There’s a new ‘Duke’ at Scotland Yard as ‘Miss Scarlet’ returns to PBS on January 12 for S5!

Kate Phillips (Peaky  Blinders) returns as Miss Eliza Scarlet, Victorian London’s first ever female detective, for a fifth season of investigations beginning Sunday, January 12 as part of the Masterpiece series on PBS. Retitled as Miss Scarlet as Stuart Martin (Jamestown), who played Scotland Yard detective William “The Duke” Wellington in the previous four seasons, will […]

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‘Inspector Lynley’ getting reboot based on Elizabeth George novels

In a bit of a nod to validate the mindset that there are no new ideas, the brilliant Inspector Lynley Mysteries is getting a reboot courtesy of BritBox. The original series, which premiered in 2001, was close to perfection featuring the aristocratic (as in the 8th Earl of Asherton) Inspector Thomas Lynley (Nathanial Parker) and […]

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‘Shakespeare & Hathaway’ to return for S5!

At long last, the BBC has confirmed that Shakespeare & Hathaway will return for a 5th series. Filming is currently underway in Stratford-upon-Avon with Jo Joyner, Mark Benton and Patrick Walshe McBride reprising their roles as Luella, a.k.a. Lu, Shakespeare, Frank Hathaway and Sebastian Brudenell. Expressing what can easily be categorized as youthful exhuberance, the cast […]

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‘Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs Doyle’ headed to PBS this December!

Lucy Worsley Holmes vs Doyle. Photo: BBC Studios/PBS Unfortunately, it’s not a new series of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman but, for my money, it’s the next best thing as the brilliant Lucy Worsley will tackle the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and his literary creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in an upcoming 3-part documentary […]

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Masterpiece announces new ‘Maigret’ adaptation on PBS

Photo courtesy: PBS Masterpiece and Playground Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, the first contemporary television adaptation of Georges Simenon’s beloved novels about the streetwise Parisian Chief Inspector (Police Judiciaire detective Commissaire) Jules Maigret has gone into production in Budapest which, once again, doubles for post-WWII France. According to Masterpiece and Playground, the Golden Globe […]

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‘Midsomer Murders Mayhem’ podcast digs deep into “Dead Man’s Eleven”

Once again, THE podcast you been waiting for (and hopefully listening to) that digs deep and goes behind-the-scenes into the long-running British mystery series, Midsomer Murders!, continues to showcase the idea that things aren’t always that rosey when living in a picturesque small English village (in this weeks episode, the town of Fletcher’s Cross). With new […]

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