Fans of the hit BBC mystery/drama/comedy Death in Paradise will see a bit of a different look for series 6 as the Honore Police team will be leaving the idyllic, sun-soaked shores of Saint Marie for the very first time and heading to…London of all places. Tentatively targeted for a January 2017 broadcast on BBC 1, two […]
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Come January 2017, Downton Abbey fans who will still be in denial over the end of the most-watched drama in PBS’ history will be saying ‘all hail Victoria’ when PBS premieres Victoria as part of the Masterpiece series. Jenna Coleman, who has spent the last several years jetting around the galaxy in a blue police box that’s bigger on […]
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221b Baker Street might just be the most famous address in the world (next to 10 Downing Street, of course), but Bristol also deserves to be in the address book of Sherlock fans. With the Summer travel season in full swing, what better place to head out to than Bristol to catch a glimpse of […]
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Dancing on the Edge is set in the early 1930’s and follows the Louis Lester Band, a black jazz band on the rise, as they achieve fame by entertaining London’s upper-class society while encountering racism, class prejudice and nationalism. The band lands a gig at the Imperial Hotel and catches the eye of ambitious American […]
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It just keeps getting better and better if you are an Endeavour fan. Unlike Downton Abbey, Crimson Field, Home Fires, Lewis, Wallander, Mr Selfridge and Indian Summers where there will be no more episodes produced, Endeavour just keeps chugging along like ‘the little engine that could’ with the recent announcement that the series has been commissioned for a fourth series. The Oxford-set Inspector Morse prequel series […]
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While word has not directly come from ITV (who does pay the bills, after all), I’m taking the word of Bert Large to the bank when he says there will be an 8th series of Doc Martin headed our way in 2017. Ian McNeice came through town recently to participate in WhoFestDFW3. You may recall that McNeice has […]
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At the end of series 2, Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) was last seen isolated and alone languishing in prison, falsely accused and framed for the murder of Chief Constable Rupert Standish. Endeavour had unearthed corruption and missing police evidence at the very heart of the Oxford CID but his investigation had taken a rather bizarre twist. And let’s not […]
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At long last, principle filming has begun in Dorset on the third and final series of Broadchurch. David Tennant and Olivia Colman return as DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller only to find themselves in the middle of a serious sexual assault case. They soon find out that the case has its consequences as the […]
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Filming has ended on Victoria. The 8-part series, which stars the former Doctor Who companion and is being hailed as the heir apparent to Downton Abbey, will premiere ITV later this year and on PBS in January 2017. Series 1 will follow a young Victoria from the time she becomes queen in 1837 at the age of 18, through her courtship and marriage to […]
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If you’re a drama fan, let’s just say you’re in for a difficult night on PBS tonight. To start with, at 8pET/7pCT, series 5 of the brilliant drama, Call the Midwife, comes to a close. This series has been particularly tough as the residents of Poplar and the inhabitants of Nonnatus House deal with the ‘revolutionary’ […]
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