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Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West) and Tricki Woo. Credit: Courtesy of Playground Television (UK) Ltd.

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Rhys Darby in HBO MAX's 'Our Flag Means Death'

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Augusta Markham (ELOISE WEBB) and Charlotte Heywood (ROSE WILLIAMS) in Sanditon Season 2

The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power First Official Image

Rose Williams in "Sanditon" Season 2 (Photo: Red Planet Ltd)

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Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe in "Outlander" Season 6 (Photo: Starz)

Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Basset and Jonathan Bailey as Anthony, Viscount Bridgerton

Leanne Best and Adam Pålsson in Young Wallander

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (Photo: Showtime)

Sunnyi Melles as Countess Sophia Nadazdy and Nikolai Gemel as Oktav Hauke in Vienna Blood

Helen Alderson (Rachel Shenton). Credit: Courtesy of Playground Television (UK) Ltd.

David Tennant in "Around the World in 80 Days (Photo: Credit: Courtesy of Joe Alblas - © Slim 80 Days / Federation Entertainment / Peu Communications / ZDF / Be-Films / RTBF (télévision belge) – 2021)

Jodie Comer in "Help" (Photo: Acorn TV)

Classics Revisited: 'Pride and Prejudice' 1980

12/12/2021

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in Drama by Janet Mullany

Lizzie Bennet (Elizabeth Garvie) and Fitzwilliam Darcy (David Rintoul). (Photo: BBC/Britbox) BBC

Jane Austen's birthday is December 16, so what better time than to revisit the 1980 BBC version of her classic Pride and Prejudice. Free of pigs inside the house and gentlemen stripping off to swim in ponds, this serialization was for many years the gold standard of Austen adaptations. Has it held up? Let's take a look.

'Call The Midwife' Season 11 to Premiere on PBS In March

12/11/2021

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in Drama by Ani Bundel

Helen George in 'Call The Midwife'

After Season 10's fall edition, Call The Midwife returns to its regular springtime spot for the Season 11 premiere.

'A Very British Scandal' Debuts A Very Scandalous First Trailer

12/11/2021

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in Drama by Ani Bundel

Paul Bettany and Claire Foy as the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in A very British Scandal

The follow up to A Very English Scandal, A Very British Scandal, has released its first trailer.

'Vienna Blood' Returns For Season 2 In 2022

12/10/2021

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in Mystery by Ani Bundel

Matthew Beard as Max Liebermann Jürgen Maurer as Oskar Reinhardt in Vienna Blood Season 2

After two years off, Vienna Blood is back as January's mystery series on PBS Masterpiece.

BBC & PBS Team Up For Alien Sci-Fi Series 'First Contact'

12/10/2021

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in Sci-Fi by Ani Bundel

Image via BBC/NOVA

The BBC and PBS are going in on an faux alien-invasion documentary/drama called First Contact.

'Around the World In 80 Days' Already Renewed For Season 2

12/9/2021

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in Drama by Ani Bundel

David Tennant as Phileas Fogg, Leonie Benesch as Abigail Fix, and Ibrahim Koma as Passepartout in 'Around The World In 80 Days'

David Tennant will take another spin around the globe in Around the World in 80 Days Season 2, while Journey to the Center of the Earth is in development.

Jodie Turner-Smith Shines in an Uninspired 'Anne Boleyn'

12/9/2021

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in Drama by Lacy Baugher

Jodie Turner-Smith in "Anne Boleyn" (Photo: AMC Networks)

Despite all the controversy surrounding the decision to cast Black actress Jodie Turner-Smith as one of England's most infamous queens, Anne Boleyn largely wastes her talents in a story that doesn't seem to understand why we're all still so obsessed with Henry VIII's second wife.

The 'Doctor Who' New Years Special for 2022 Brings Back The Daleks

12/8/2021

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in Sci-Fi by Ani Bundel

Doctor Who New Year's Day Special Key Art

With the Flux behind it, Doctor Who looks ahead to the New Year and Dalek madness.

'A Discovery of Witches' Sets Premiere Date for Third and Final Season

12/8/2021

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in Sci-Fi by Lacy Baugher

Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer in "A Discovery of Witches" (Photo: AMC Networks)

Supernatural drama A Discovery of Witches has set the official premiere date for its third and final season: January 8, 2022.

Meet The Eligible Men of 'Sanditon' Season 2

12/7/2021

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in Drama by Ani Bundel

Tom Weston-Jones as Colonel Lennox, Frank Blake as Captain Declan Fraser and Maxim Ays as Captain William Carter

Sanditon may have lost Theo James, but it's making up for it in spades with the new eligible men of Season 2.

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