DI Ray is a by-the-books procedural except for one major detail: it stars Punjabi-Sikh actor Parminder Nagra and highlights both the internal and external conflicts of working as a woman of color in the police force.
Ridley's second episode (or third and fourth for PBS viewers) brings a load of hospitality, as a hotel chambermaid is murdered, and Ridley makes friends with murderers.
Domina Season 2 continues to humanize Rome’s first empress, Livia Druscilla, usually painted as a power-hungry, downright evil character. However, creator Simon Burke isn't here to humanize just Livia, but all women sidelined in the stories told of
Austria's ORF and Germany's ZDF have finally confirmed the commission of a fourth season of Vienna Blood, to air on BBC Two and PBS. However, there will be a few changes when it returns.
Walter Presents' French series Astrid (Astrid et Raphaëlle) recently debuted its second season on PBS Passport. The delightful series is as much invested in the partnership between the two leads as it is in telling a great murder mystery.
Filming for Beyond Paradise Season 2 has commenced, beginning with the series' first Christmas special, confirming the holiday one-off will premiere at the end of 2023, and most likely act as a lead into the second season.
