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There’s something about a great historical drama that just pulls me in. The best ones make the past feel alive — full of love, power struggles, and people you can’t stop thinking about. And when it comes to finding that kind of storytelling in one place, no streamer does it better than PBS Masterpiece. From the windswept cliffs of “Poldark” to the tangled loyalties in “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light,” this platform consistently delivers character-driven dramas that feel epic without losing their emotional core. If historical TV is your thing, here’s why PBS Masterpiece is the best streamer for you.

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Michael Gambon, the Irish-English actor best known for his role as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the “Harry Potter” movies, has died, Variety has confirmed. He was 82.

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” his family said in a statement. “Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia.”

While it is easier for a character actor, often working in supporting roles, to rack up a large number of credits than it is for lead actors, Gambon was enormously prolific, with over 150 TV or film credits in an era when half that number would be impressive and unusual — and this for a man whose body of stage work was also prodigious.

He played two real kings of England: King Edward VII in “The Lost Prince” (2003) and his son, King George V,...

Prolific UK television and feature film scribe Stewart Harcourt has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas. This is the first concentrated effort in the U.S. for ITV’s Maigret writer Harcourt. His other TV work includes Dracula for BBC1, Treasure Island (Sky1), Hearts and Bones starring Michael Fassbender and Damien Lewis, Love and Marriage (ITV1) and last year’s praised Churchill's Secret starring Michael Gambon on Masterpiece. Harcourt has developed…...

Matthew Macfadyen and Romola Garai are among the latest actors who have joined ITV's feature-length film Churchill's Secret.

Set during the summer months of 1953, the one-off drama stars Michael Gambon as Winston Churchill, who in his late 70s suffers from a life-threatening stroke.

The story is told from the perspective of his young nurse Millie Appleyard (Garai).

Macfadyen will play Randolph, one of Winston's children. Daisy Lewis, Rachael Stirling and Tara Fitzgerald have signed up to portray Winston's other children Mary, Sarah and Diana respectively.

Further cast additions include Bill Paterson, James Wilby, Alex Jennings, Patrick Kennedy, Christian McKay, Chris Larkin and John Standing.

Churchill's Secret is based on Jonathan Smith's recently-published book The Churchill Secret: Kbo, and is being adapted by Stewart Harcourt.

Filming will begin this month in London, Hayes and at Churchill's principal family home in Kent.

The one-off will also air in the Us on...