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No one does romance, scandal, and history like PBS Masterpiece.

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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If you’re into period dramas with a mystery twist, PBS Masterpiece has you covered. “Miss Scarlet and the Duke” is a fun,...

Which PBS TV shows have been cancelled? How many episodes are there this season? Has a series already been renewed for next season? Below, you'll find a list of PBS' recent/current/upcoming scripted TV shows and their current status.

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Exclusive: Gemma Arterton has revealed to Deadline that she will star in the five-part ITV adaptation of Tom Bradby’s ITV spy thriller Secret Service.

She’ll play a senior UK intelligence officer who goes rogue in order to uncover a Russian mole embedded in the highest echelons of the British government. “It’s so timely,” Arteton tells me during an exclusive interview in which she notes that Russian influence is everywhere.

“Just look at what’s happening in America,” she adds ruefully, referencing President Trump’s ever growing bromance with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Bradby, whose day job is ITV News anchor, penned his page-turning novel in 2019. However, he and co-screenwriter Jemma Kennedy (Captain Webb) have shifted the book’s gripping storyline to 2026, which is when the Potboiler Productions series, directed by feature filmmaker James Marsh, will premiere on ITV1, Stv, Itvx and Stv Player.

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If you’re a big Anglophile, this bundle will allow you to watch beloved British mystery series for less than $25 per month.

Ever since the days of Sherlock Holmes, audiences have been fascinated by the British mystery and detective genre. British content producers have been happy to oblige this appetite, and have churned out some titillating and engrossing titles throughout the years.

Many of the best British TV mysteries are now available to stream on-demand, but it can be hard to know where, and harder still to fit the streaming services necessary into your budget. But we’ve assembled a bundle of four streamers that will allow you to stream British mysteries for less than $25 per month; check it out below!

What’s the best streaming bundle for watching British mysteries?

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This bundle starts with BritBox, which offers a great selection of British mystery shows.

British crime drama shows set themselves apart from other shows for many reasons. They have powerful performances from some award-winning actors like Sandra Oh or Benedict Cumberbatch, and the suspense is compelling and keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. British crime dramas are usually character-driven, with a gritty and realistic portrayal of crime. Some aren't fast-paced or action-packed but have a slow-burning narrative centered on character development.

Most British crime dramas benefit from the limited episodes in each series, allowing the story to remain tense and absorbing from beginning to end. Most of these series' talented actors and brilliant writers have earned praise from critics and viewers alike. And while they may involve some chilling cases that are not for the faint of heart, these British crime dramas still stand out as some of the best.

Updated on February 22, 2025, by Florencia Aberastury: Crime dramas are intriguing and captivating,...

Who knew Middle-earth’s biggest plot twist had happened off-camera? Richard Armitage, the brooding dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield himself, spilled the beans on The Hobbit’s ever-evolving script. By the time filming wrapped, the script had been rewritten so many times, it was a wonder the cast didn’t get whiplash trying to keep up.

Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbits | Credits: New Line Cinema

From plot twists to character arcs, nothing had been safe from last-minute changes.

Richard Armitage’s Hobbit journey: Rewrites, heavy armor, and on-set surprises Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbits | Credits: New Line Cinema

The Hobbit wasn’t just an adventure on screen; it was a full-blown rewrite marathon behind the scenes. Richard Armitage revealed that the script changes were relentless.

The rewrites weren’t random, though. As filming progressed, the characters’ voices evolved, and the writers – Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh,...

Anya Taylor-Joy's star has been steadily rising for a while now and her increasingly important parts in increasingly significant movies and TV shows have garnered the young actress an impressive net worth. Born in the United States but raised in Argentina and London, it was a long road back to Hollywood for Anya Taylor-Joy, who began her professional acting career in 2014, when she appeared on the TV show Endeavour as Philippa Collins-Davidson for one episode. More movie and TV roles quickly followed, and Taylor-Joy steadily built up an impressive resume with Peaky Blinders and The Witch as early hits.

It was Queen's Gambit that really rocketed Taylor-Joy into stardom, however, and the success of that miniseries seemed to somehow revive, or perhaps even kickstart, a wave of prestige Netflix television shows. Since then, Taylor-Joy has been a part of some of the biggest blockbusters in the industry. As far as her personal life goes,...

Jordan Bolger (“This Town”) and Max Fincham (“Invasion”) have been cast as the leads in upcoming Netflix drama “The Witness.”

Based on the true story of the violent murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992 in front of her two year-old son Alex while walking through a London park, “The Witness” explores the aftermath of the tragedy, which also saw an innocent man wrongly convicted before the real killer was eventually caught more than 15 years later.

In the meantime, Nickell’s partner André Hanscombe was left to navigate life alone with the couple’s infant son.

Bolger will play André while Fincham will play a teenage Alex. The real André and Alex Hanscombe consulted on the series.

Rounding out the cast are Neil Maskell (“Hijack”) as Di Keith Pedder, Kevin Eldon (“Rings of Power”) as Dci Mick Wickerson, Mark Stanley (“Happy Valley”) as DS Ivan Agnew, Jon Pointing (“Sweetpea”) as DC Nick Sparshatt,...

Anya Taylor-Joy sets her latest television project five years after her Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role in The Queen's Gambit. Tayor-Joy made her screen debut in the television show Endeavour in 2014, and a year later, she shot to prominence with a starring role in Robert Eggers' folk horror movie The Witch. She further cemented her status as one of Hollywood's most interesting up-and-comers with roles in movies like Split, Last Night in Soho, and The Northman, as well as joining the all-star cast of The Menu.

As her career has evolved, Taylor-Joy's movie roles diversified, with appearances in the comedy-thriller Amsterdam, the hit animated adventure The Super Mario Bros. Movie, an uncredited cameo in Dune: Part 2, and the starring role in Mad Max spinoff movie Furiosa. Additionally, Taylor-Joy has made waves on the small screen, with an important supporting turn in the period crime drama Peaky Blinders and her...

When the British drama Industry premiered on HBO in 2020, most of its actors were relatively unknown, except for Ken Leung, who had appeared in several American TV shows. The cast largely consisted of fresh faces. Set in the ruthless world of finance, the story follows young professionals striving to make their mark at the prestigious financial institution Pierpoint in London.

While most of the characters were heavily flawed individuals who would sell out anyone to climb the ladder, the character Augustus “Gus” Sackey, played by newcomer David Jonsson, stood out. Unlike his colleagues, he embodied maturity and solid moral judgment. Gus recognized the toxicity of the environment from the start and eventually chose his principles over career advancement. Fans were surprised when David didn’t return to reprise his role in Season 3. But his departure was a well-calculated career move because the talented Thespian had a clear vision regarding his future.

The Alien: Romulus cast includes actors who've been headlining recent blockbusters to fresh faces who could become tomorrow's biggest stars. Set chronologically between the events of Alien and Aliens, the film follows a group of six young adults as they try to scavenge supplies for a lengthy cosmic trip from a derelict space station. However, they're unaware the station is abandoned and in ruins because of the creatures trapped aboard, and they're more than eager to lash out at any visitors.

One of the often overlooked strengths of Alien was the way the film bucked traditional sci-fi castings and instead focused on a diverse collection of actors that brought a grounded humanity to their performances. This is something Alien: Romulus looked to replicate, keeping much of the film's focus centered solely on the central cast of six young adults trying to make their way across the cosmos to a brighter future.

Exclusive: Award-winning documentary filmmaker Pinny Grylls, and award-winning filmmaker, video artist and actor Sam Crane have signed with Anonymous Content for representation.

The duo teamed to direct their debut feature, Grand Theft Hamlet, which won the Documentary Grand Jury Award at SXSW this year. The movie documents their journey to stage a live performance of Hamlet inside Grand Theft Auto, which won a Stage Innovation Award. The film has been long listed for four British Independent Film Awards and will be distributed in cinemas in the UK and U.S. in 2025 and on Mubi. Additionally, the project garnered numerous awards including The Frontier Competition Grand Prize at Dmx Docs, Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Award and Best Documentary at Sitges, and was screened at Hot Docs, Vision Du Reel, CPHDox and more this year.

Deadline’s Damon Wise praised about Grand Theft Hamlet, “The premise is a winner, and there...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 3, "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel"Star Trek: Voyager's acclaimed season 4 two-parter, "Year of Hell", can be added to the long list of Star Trek properties lovingly mocked by Star Trek: Lower Decks. It's not the first time that Star Trek: Voyager has stood in Lower Decks' line of fire. The animated comedy's 4th season opener, "Twovix", was chock-full of references to some of the weirdest things that happened in Star Trek: Voyager. Lieutenant Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) guest starred in the Lower Decks episode bearing his name, season 2's "We'll Always Have Tom Paris".

In Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5, episode 3, "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel", the USS Cerritos is tasked with exterminating a "glumpus" of nanites from the Cosmic Duchess, a luxury interstellar cruise ship. Rather than being a colony of sentient micro-organisms like the ones from Star Trek: The Next Generation,...

On the heels of its big presence at New York Comic Con 2024, Dstlry officially announces its next prestige-format, creator-owned series: Endeavour by Stephanie Phillips and Marc Laming. Phillips and Laming unite for a survivalist tale that's part Yellowjackets, part Lord of the Flies, and all big-swing social commentary.

Arriving in February 2025, Endeavour is the second Dstlry title written by Phillips but her first as the sole writer. With Laming as the artist, Endeavour is a story of survival and human nature - all starring a group of children "from elite families" stuck on board a ship modeled after an 18th-century schooner.

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Set aboard a historical recreation of an 18th-century schooner, Endeavour witnesses a group of children from elite families invited on a luxury recreational cruise with modern amenities.

BBC Studios’ Scripted Formats, Documentaries Head Abroad

BBC Studios Global Entertainment has licensed the drama “Doctor Foster” and comedy series “Ghosts” in Greece. The former, a BAFTA-winning psychological drama about a doctor whose outwardly perfect life implodes after she discovers her husband has been unfaithful, will star Marilita Lambropoulou in the lead role and Nikos Kouris as her husband. The original series was written and created by Mike Bartlett and produced by Drama Republic. It has already been successfully adapted in France, Japan, the Philippines, Slovakia, South Korea, Mena and Turkey. ANT1 TV and Silverline Media Productions will produce the Greek version.

“Ghosts,” originally produced by Monumental Television in association with Them There for BBC One, turns on a young couple that inherit a haunted mansion. Celebrated Greek screenwriter Theodore Petropoulos is penning the local adaptation, which Tanweer Productions will produce. It will air on Star Channel in autumn 2025.

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NCIS: Origins is a military police procedural crime thriller drama series created by Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North. The CBS series serves as a prequel to the long-running hit series NCIS and it follows the origins of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he joins the Nis after his wife and daughter were murdered. NCIS: Origins stars Austin Stowell, Mark Harmon, Kyle Schmid, and Diany Rodriguez. So, if you loved the thrilling drama, complex stories, and compelling characters in NCIS: Origins here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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NCIS is a military police procedural action thriller drama series created by Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill. The CBS series follows Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he leads a team of investigators to investigate various criminal...

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Murder in a Small Town is a mystery crime drama series created by Ian Weir. Based on The Alberg and Cassandra Mysteries novel series by author L.R. Wright, the Fox series is set in the small idyllic town of Gibsons and it follows the story of the new police chief Karl Alberg after he leaves the city and comes to town to get some peace of mind and find a new partner, but he is soon confronted with various crimes that he has to solve with the help of his team. Murder in a Small Town stars Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk in the lead roles with James Cromwell, Stana Katic, Mya Lowe, and Aaron Douglas starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the murder mysteries, complex relationships, and compelling characters in Murder in a Small Town...

Federation Appointment

Federation Stories U.K. has appointed Beth Warin as the new head of development for the company. Warin will work alongside Polly Williams, managing director, and will be responsible for the company’s international drama production slate.

Warin joins from the BBC where she was drama commissioning executive, supporting commissioning editors Jo McClellan and Gaynor Holmes editorially across their slates including “Lockerbie” and “The Night Manager” Season 2.

Federation Stories’s recent credits includes “I, Jack Wright,” a British family drama series created by Chris Lang and starring John Simmy. The banner also has projects in development with broadcasters in the U.K., the US and Europe.

Created three years ago, Federations Stories is the U.K. office of European production studio Federation Studios. The U.K. outpost was set up by two former eOne executives Arielle Gottlieb and Williams. Gottlieb exited the company in February as part of a restructure.

Exclusive: ITV has greenlit an espionage thriller starring and produced by Vigil’s Shaun Evans from Mammoth Screen.

Evans plays John Hughes in Betrayal, which is set in the clandestine world of MI5. Hughes joined MI5 during the war on terror and was at the forefront of averting the biggest terrorist plots on UK soil. Now in his mid 40s and married with two children he’s struggling to adapt to the new MI5, where threats to national security have changed and he’s forced to adapt to the values of a progressive work environment.

The show is co-produced with Navarino Pictures, the nascent production outfit founded by Evans earlier this year. Evans plays Elliot Glover in BBC hit Vigil while other credits include Until I Kill You and Endeavour, in which he stars as Inspector Morse. He is the latest actor to get involved behind the camera with an ITV series,...

It was a prequel that took on a life of its own. Endeavour, the British crime drama that premiered in 2012 and became a staple of PBS’s Masterpiece lineup, ended last summer after 36 feature-length episodes, all written by executive producer Russell Lewis. The smashing conclusion resolved some storylines but left unanswered questions — and may have even changed the way some viewers look at parent series Inspector Morse (1987-2000), based on the novels of Colin Dexter. In the newer show, the younger Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) started out as a somewhat jaded detective constable in 1965 Oxford, and by 1972 had become a massively cynical detective sergeant. The darkness he faced on the job took its toll. So too did drink and heartbreak. The former Oxford University student watched the woman he loved, Joan Thursday (Sara Vickers), marry his colleague Jim Strange (Sean Rigby). Meanwhile, Morse’s mentor, Chief Inspector Fred Thursday (Roger Allam...

Exclusive: Narrative Pictures has wrapped production on Christmas at Plumhill Manor, a rom-com set in the heart of the UK countryside.

Maria Menounos leads the cast with Brian Herzlinger directing.

Menounos stars as Margot Stone, a powerhouse modern architect from New York City with a life as organized as a blueprint.

This all changes when she is informed in the lead-up to Christmas that a great-aunt has left her a centuries-old manor home in the quaint English town of Plumhill.

Margot soon realizes that alongside its rich history, the estate is ripe and legally eligible for commercial redevelopment.

Christmas at Plumhill Manor is produced by Mark Vennis, Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar, Adam Scott Epstein and Daniel Levin, whose previous UK projects include BAFTA-winning Lion. Menounos will Executive Produce along with her We Heart Holidays production company.

Warning: this Inside No. 9 review contains spoilers.

The curse of the ninth. What could be a more fitting inspiration for one of these demonically clever stories? If it hadn’t already existed, they’d have had to invent it.

Inside No. 9’s creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith didn’t invent this superstition but they used it to make perhaps their most elegant story yet.

The plot was a trap, avoided. Composer Nathaniel Burnham (Eddie Marsan) had taken his own life after being haunted by a curse that struck artists upon reaching their ninth symphony. Years later, his cash-strapped widow Lillian (Natalie Dormer) ensnared piano tuner Jonah (Reece Shearsmith) to first grave-rob and then complete Nathaniel’s unfinished work, intending to sacrifice him to the fatal curse so that she could profit from the final product. Instead, Jonah turned the tables on Mrs Burnham and, in a sequence beautifully presented by director Guillem Morales,...

First-look photos of Malala Yousafzai’s cameo in the second season of We Are Lady Parts, launching on Peacock in the U.S. and on Channel 4 in the U.K. on Thursday, May 30, have been released and feature her in fringed western wear.

Early glimpses of her season 2 appearance also show the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner wearing a cowboy hat atop a horse. Produced by Working Title Television, part of Universal International Studios, the show is written, created, and executive-produced by Nida Manzoor.

The cast of ‘We Are Lady Parts’.

Yousafzai, a fierce advocate for girls’ education, joins We Are Lady Parts band members Anjana Vasan (Wicked Little Letters, Black Mirror), Sarah Kameela Impey (Vera, Halcyon Heights), Juliette Motamed (Halo, Magic Mike’s Last Dance), Faith Omole (An Ideal Husband, Endeavour) and Lucie Shorthouse (Rebus, Henpocalypse!).

Season two sees their band return with “a renewed artistic mission after the high of their first U.

Exclusive: A third season of Acorn TV and Channel 5 detective drama Dalgliesh has begun filming in Northern Ireland.

Produced by New Pictures (The Long Shadow) for Acorn and C5 in association with All3Media International, the third run will include lead actor Bertie Carvel making his directorial debut.

Another three P.D. James novels will be adapted for the season over two hour-long episodes each, in which Commander Dalgliesh is seen with Margaret Thatcher on the cusp of power in the UK. In the first book, Death in Holy Orders, Dalgliesh travels to a remote seminary overlooking a windswept lake, where a body has been found gruesomely murdered. Nearly everyone in the seminary has reason to resent the victim, and Dalgliesh and DS Tarrant must unpick a complicated set of motives to find their killer.

In the second, Cover Her Face, Dalgliesh investigates a murder in the Essex home of the Mehtas,...

Prolific actor James Laurenson, who played Doctor Weir in the royal period drama The Crown, has died. He was 84. His passing was reported by multiple U.K. news outlets on Friday, May 10. A cause of death has not yet been provided. Born on February 17, 1940, in Marton, North Island, New Zealand, Laurenson made his acting career in the United Kingdom after moving there in the mid-1960s. He made his on-screen film debut in 1969 in Ken Russell’s romantic drama Women in Love. Throughout his career, Laurenson has had guest roles in numerous classic TV series such as Coronation Street, Z-Cars, The Professionals, Hammer House of Horror, Cagney and Lacey, Remington Steele, Bergerac, Midsomer Murders, Prime Suspect, Silent Witness, Hustle, Endeavour, Spooks, and many more. In more recent years, he played Earl of Westmoreland in the BBC adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts I and II and starred in...

The prequel series to Starz’s Outlander has found its lead actors and is heading into production.

Filming has begun in Scotland on Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a show that will focus on the parents of the leads in the main series. Starz previously said the prequel would center on Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) mother and father; the premium cabler now confirms that Claire’s (Caitriona Balfe) parents will also be part of the story.

Harriet Slater (Pennyworth) and Jamie Roy (Lifetime’s Your Boyfriend Is Mine) will play Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser, who will eventually become Jamie’s parents in 18th century Scotland. Hermione Corfield (We Hunt Together) and Jeremy Irvine (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) will play Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp, Claire’s parents, whose story unfolds in World War I-era England.

“We’re thrilled to be telling the stories of these two couples,...

Netflix's upcoming series Pulse, the streamer's first original medical procedural, has added five additional cast members, including The Boys' Jessie T. Usher and Law & Order: Svu's Jessy Yates.

Per Deadline, the new additions also include Pennyworth star Jack Bannon, Warrior's Chelsea Muirhead, and Vampire Academy's Daniela Nieves. The five actors join Willa Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell, and Justina Machado for Pulse. The series follows the staff of Miami's busiest Level 1 Trauma Center as they navigate medical emergencies, as young ER doc Danny Simms, played by Fitzgerald, is unexpectedly promoted to Chief Resident amidst the fallout of her own provocative romantic relationship. Bannon will portray Tom Cole, a Surgical Resident who is "a witty and charming Brit who came to Miami for the excellent trauma program but also for the lifestyle that Miami offers."

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Pulse, Netflix’s first original medical procedural, has added five to its cast. Pennyworth star Jack Bannon, The Boys’ Jessie T. Usher, Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior), Daniela Nieves (Vampire Academy) and Jessy Yates (Law & Order: Svu) join previously announced Willa Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell and Justina Machado in the drama series from first-time creator Zoe Robyn and veteran Carlton Cuse.

Created by Robyn, in Pulse, while the staff of Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center navigate medical emergencies, young ER doc Danny Simms (Fitzgerald) is unexpectedly promoted to Chief Resident amidst the fallout of her own provocative romantic relationship.

Bannon will play Tom Cole. A Surgical Resident, Tom is a witty and charming Brit who came to Miami for the excellent trauma program, but also for the lifestyle that Miami offers.

Usher portrays Sam Elijah, a third-year Emergency Medicine Resident. Born and raised in the Florida panhandle, Elijah is a thoughtful and altruistic doctor who,...

Happy Valley and Endeavour may have ended for good last year, but there’s no shortage of top British TV crime drama coming to fill the gap they left behind. From complex true crime to cosy village-set murder mysteries and bonkers grisly thrillers, fans of British TV crime drama will eat well in 2024.

A few picks from the 30+ series below to get on your radar: spy thriller Black Doves, from the creator of The Lazarus Project and Giri/Haji, starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw, is coming to Netflix this year. Being Human creator Toby Whithouse has a new folk horror crime mystery staring Anjli Mohindra that’s on its way to Alibi. Stephen Butchard, the writer behind The Last Kingdom’s TV adaptation, is going back to the history books for a new Tudor-set murder mystery in Shardlake. And Andrew Scott will be taking on the title role in Netflix’s Ripley,...

Fans of British TV ate well in 2023. The year said goodbye to some excellent British TV shows with the finales of extraordinary crime dramas Happy Valley, Top Boy, Guilt and Endeavour – four very different shows set in four very different places. We waved off comedies Sex Education and Ghosts, and welcomed back some exciting returns in the form of Black Mirror, Good Omens and of course, Doctor Who.

And then there were the new additions – superhero comedy Extraordinary, police newbie drama Blue Lights, mind-bending comic book adaptation Bodies and chilling true crime series The Sixth Commandment.

It’s hard to separate the pack, but using a complex system of pulleys and levers, a gunge machine and – unfortunately necessary for the person who nominated The Idol – an oubliette, Den of Geek polled its writers and drew up two lists of the best TV of the year, one for American shows and...

Exclusive: Crime star Dougray Scott and Buccaneer Media, the Scottish police drama’s producer, have hired a Creative Director for Buccaneer Scotland, as it seeks to supercharge the scale of its productions in the Celtic country.

The Lighthouse development chief Neil Duncan hired to run Buccaneer Scotland slate as Creative Director, focusing on showcasing Scottish literary, acting and behind the camera talent through its worldwide operations and partnerships.

Scott and Buccaneer teamed to launch Buccaneer Scotland in November 2021, with Mission Impossible 2 star Scott taking an equity stake in the business. He had moved back in Scotland after a long period living in the U.S. to film Crime and will be joint CEO of Buccaneer Scotland alongside Buccaneer Media bosses Richard Tulk-Hart and Tony Wood.

Wood, the veteran drama producer and co-creator of The Only Way is Essex, noted big budget U.S. productions such as Starz’s Outlander had...

Exclusive: Rising British actress Leo Hatton has inked with Artists First for management.

The move comes ahead of the Season 2 premiere of No Man’s Land, the Hulu/Fremantle series examining the Syrian civil war, which she’s boarded as a season regular.

The thriller created by María Feldman and Eitan Mansuri looks at the war through the prism of a man searching for his missing sister. As he navigates through the chaos, he encounters a diverse group of characters, as well as a web of secrets and betrayals, coming to grips with moral complexities surrounding the ongoing conflict. Hatton’s part of an ensemble that also includes Mélanie Thierry, Souheila Yacoub, James Krishna Floyd and Zed Josef, among others.

Also coming up for the thesp is the Israeli-American indie The King of Sunflowers, directed by Emil Ben Shimon.

Described as a talent on the verge of her big break, the...

The cast of Endeavour Season 7 delivers exceptional performances, making the series particularly gripping. Shaun Evans shines as the young Endeavour Morse, showcasing his talent as both an actor and director. Roger Allam impresses as the mentor figure Fred Thursday, while Anton Lesser captivates as Reginald Bright, adding depth to the show's ensemble cast.

When it first premiered back in 2020, the Endeavour cast of season 7 saw a talented group of actors come together and give a series of excellent performances. A prequel to the Inspector Morse series, Endeavour tells the story of a young Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) who drops out of Oxford University to pursue his goal of becoming a detective for the Oxford City Police. Endeavour begins with the young Morse starting out as a detective constable, but throughout the series, he slowly works his way up to becoming a detective sergeant with the help of his mentor and friend,...

Endeavour season 7 showcases intense mysteries, secret love affairs, and corrupt officers that leave a lasting impact on the show. Inspector Morse finds and loses love in Venice, navigating a complicated affair that puts strain on his relationships. Morse and Fred clash due to their egos and theories, with tensions escalating as they uncover a criminal insurance scheme and face heartbreaking consequences.

Endeavour season 7 marked another intense, thrilling, and mysterious entry in the British crime drama series. The third entry in the Inspector Morse murder mystery TV franchise, with the previous two being the original Inspector Morse and its spin-off, Lewis, Endeavour serves as a prequel series. Set in the 1960s and 1970s, Endeavour follows a young Inspector Endeavour Morse who, shortly after leaving Oxford University late in his third year, begins his career as a rookie detective constable with the Oxford City Police Cid. Morse teams up with his superior and mentor,...

Endeavour season 8 delves deeper into Morse's alcoholism and his struggle to cope with personal loss, affecting his work and relationships. The crimes in season 8 involve a letter bomb, a string of assaults, and a bus murder, testing Morse's knowledge and wits. Morse's journey in season 8 leads him on a path of self-destruction, but ultimately forces him to confront his addiction and seek help for his issues.

Endeavour season 8 once again follows the titular Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) in the early days of his detective work with the Oxford City Police Cid. Endeavour is the third show in the British murder mystery Inspector Morse series following the original Inspector Morse and its spin-off, Lewis. As a prequel series, Endeavour shows how Inspector Morse first became a detective constable before rising to the rank of detective sergeant. Inspector Morse is an extremely intelligent and knowledgeable young detective who has an almost...

Anya Taylor-Joy is a versatile actress and has proven herself to be a bona fide movie star throughout her short career, impressing in movies like The Witch, Last Night in Soho, and The Menu

In the span of less than a decade, Anya Taylor-Joy movies have become frequently talked-about pieces of cinema. Technically, her first acting role was in the 2014 horror-comedy Vampire Academy, but it was a minor character that was removed from the film's final cut. Taylor-Joy's career truly started off with small television roles: a one-episode guest spot in the British detective drama Endeavour and a multi-episode arc of Atlantis, a fantasy drama. However, the actress had her breakthrough with The Witch, Robert Eggers' 2015 period supernatural horror film. After The Witch, Anya Taylor-Joy became a rising young actress, with more success and acclaim to come.

Anya Taylor-Joy has starred in many horror movies, but she has shown her range in many film genres.

Exclusive: Ciara Charteris went to drama school with her eyes wide open. Born into a dynasty of talent agents, the Poldark actress-turned-safety advocate grew up steeped in stagecraft. “I entered drama school with a lot of privilege and knowledge of the industry,” she recalls. “It meant I was very aware of what was wrong immediately.”

Charteris left home to join the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2013. A decade earlier, Queen Elizabeth II gave the school its royal status to mark her 50th year on the throne. Its hallowed halls were once home to Anthony Hopkins, marking the start of a career that would take The Silence of the Lambs star to double Oscar glory.

Related: Guildhall Racism Report Found Students At Drama School Attended By Michaela Coel Were Called N-Word & “Suppressed” By White Teachers

Like Hopkins who went before her, Charteris says drama school students are thrown into...

It can’t go on. Must-watch TV shows have been arriving at an unmanageable rate for so long that releasing an excellent new series is now essentially an act of violence. Nobody has the time to be this thoroughly entertained.

Curation is our only solution. Recommendations that cut through promotional budgets and PR hype, leaving behind just the good stuff. Below, we’ve collected the best of the best from this year of UK television so far. If you only have time to watch a handful of shows in 2023, make them these gems. We’ll add any others that make the grade as the year goes on, and do please make your own recommendations below.

Happy Valley Series 3

Stream on: BBC iPlayer (UK); AMC+/BBC America/Acorn TV from May 22nd (US)

Series three is when the word-of-mouth enthusiasm for Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley started to break through even...

Warning: spoilers for The Witcher season 3 Part 2.

The Witcher season 3 introduces Falka, a mysterious woman who appears to Ciri in Korath. Falka is a character from Andrzej Sapkowski's books, a quarter-elf woman who started a rebellion to reclaim her birthright as the King's eldest child. Ciri takes Falka's name at the end of season 3, embracing a darker side of herself.

The final episodes of The Witcher season 3 introduced new characters, among them Falka, a mysterious woman who appeared to Ciri when she was at her most vulnerable, but who is she and why did Ciri take her name in the season finale? Season 3 of Netflix’s The Witcher was treated as an event as it’s Henry Cavill’s final season as Geralt of Rivia and also due to the many events covered in it. With half the Continent on the hunt for Ciri for different reasons, The Witcher season 3 saw Geralt,...

Warning: contains spoilers for the Endeavour series nine finale ‘Exeunt’.

Relief! That was the main emotion felt by Endeavour fans as the credits rolled on the series finale. Not only had this excellent drama gone out on a high, but beloved character Dci Fred Thursday had survived. Fred wasn’t – as many fans had feared – carried out of Thames Valley Police Station feet first. He lived to ‘mind how you go’ another day.

What’s more, Fred’s daughter Joan survived too, as did Winn, and Sam. The whole Thursday lot lasted out the series, with barely a scratch on them. Phew. Breathe out. What a relief.

In the general ‘thank goodness’ of it all, it was easy to miss that Fred Thursday’s exit from Endeavour was in fact bitterly cruel, and perhaps even worse than if he had been killed off. No, Fred didn’t die, but, boy,...

Warning: contains spoilers for Endeavour series nine episode three ‘Exeunt’.

Shaun Evans “didn’t want to leave anyone in any doubt” as to exactly how his character felt about Joan Thursday in the Endeavour finale. Speaking on the Masterpiece Studio podcast with host Jace Lacob, Evans explains, “It’s all well and good having sidelong glances in the mirror at someone, but it was important to me to leave the audience knowing this is where his heart is.”

After the finale’s brief but unforgettable daydream scene, Endeavour’s audience were left in zero doubt about where Morse’s heart was – unmendably broken, devoted to Joan Thursday but having left it too late to ever tell her.

Too late at least, in the show’s reality. In Endeavour’s mind, he imagined what it would be like to tell Joan the truth – that he’s loved her ever since she...

Warning: contains spoilers for the Endeavour series nine finale ‘Exeunt’.

It’s almost a year since filming wrapped on Endeavour in August 2022, and longer than that since actor-director-producer Shaun Evans first read the script for his character’s exit. During that time, Evans has reflected on the show’s finale ‘Exeunt’, what his years as Morse have meant to him (spoiler: a great deal), and what the future may hold for his crossword-solving, bitter-drinking detective in the decades before Inspector Morse begins.

In an in-depth and poignant new interview with PBS Masterpiece (read it in full here), Evans says goodbye to the role for good, and explains why Joan and Fred’s endings struck exactly the right bittersweet note.

When the script for Endeavour’s finale arrived, Shaun Evans tells PBS Masterpiece, he thought “That’s it. That’s exactly what it should be.” Now that ‘Exeunt’ has aired in...

Emily Russell joins as director of production.

Cardiff-based production company Bad Wolf has poached New Pictures producer Emily Russell to take up a newly created senior management role.

Russell has joined as director of production, with responsibilities for all production and related activities at Sony Pictures Television-owned (Spt) label and its subsidiaries. In the new role she is overseeing all aspects of the projects on the slate, including those filmed at its Cardiff studio base, Wolf Studios Wales, and on location.

She will work closely with chief exec Jane Tranter, director of content Dan McCulloch, acting chief operating officer...

Now that Endeavour has ended for good, there are a few obvious places for fans to go in search of more of the crossword-solving, bitter-drinking, classics-quoting Oxford detective. The first are Colin Dexter’s novels, which established the character. The second is the original ITV show Inspector Morse based on those books, which starred John Thaw in the title role for 33 feature-length episodes between 1987 and 2000. Thirdly, there’s sequel Lewis, which continued the story of Morse’s underling Robbie through his own inspector days, and which also ran for 33 episodes, up until 2015. Both are currently streamable on BritBox in the UK and US, as well as Itvx, and PBS Masterpiece.

The likelihood though, is that those three will have already been exhausted by Morse devotees, so here are some recommendations of detective shows with a touch of Endeavour about them, whether it’s a melancholic lead with a brilliant mind,...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the July 2 Endeavour series finale, “Exeunt.”] Many TV shows are well past their prime by the time they hit their final season. Not Endeavour. The magnificent British series, a prequel to another mystery drama classic, Inspector Morse (1987-2000), bid farewell to American viewers Sunday night, July 2, on PBS with shocking resolutions, heartbreaking goodbyes and even a bit of Shakespeare. Over nine seasons and 36 feature-length episodes, the Oxford-set show has treated viewers to richly drawn characters, cerebral mysteries and 1960s and ’70s nostalgia. We got new insight into the beleaguered and brilliant Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) by watching him evolve from a neophyte detective constable into someone more like the jaded loner played by John Thaw in the original series. In the last season’s third and final installment, appropriately titled “Exeunt,” Evans’ Detective Sergeant Morse and Roger Allam’s Chief Inspector Fred Thursday finally close the book on one of their most...

Crime dramas can sit on a pretty broad spectrum: some are campy, cosy and even comfortingly formulaic, whereas others make you need to sleep with the light on. The one guarantee is that in the UK at least, there’s such an appetite for detectives and crime stories that TV will never run out of new cases to solve.

We’ve already had some top examples in 2023, from the Happy Valley and Endeavour finales to the excellent Belfast-based Blue Lights, but there are plenty more fresh crime dramas on the way, from police procedurals to true crime and murder mysteries. See what’s coming up below.

After The Flood

Very much what it says on the tin, After The Flood begins… after a flood, which devastates a town, but when the waters clear they leave behind an unidentified dead man in the lift of an underground car park. PC Joanna Marshall is on the case,...

Fancy watching a no-nonsense Yorkshire cop on the brink of retirement finally taking down her nemesis? How about an Oxford scholar pitting his wits against a decades-long conspiracy? These are the premises for just two of the exciting British TV shows about to arrive in the US but that’s not all: there’s also globe-trotting sci-fi with big ideas, a fast-paced dark comedy, a remarkable depiction of marriage by two British acting stalwarts, and more besides.

From cosy crime to original comedy, here are the UK TV highlights coming to America:

Happy Valley Series 3

BBC America, Acorn TV, AMC+ – 22nd May at 10pm Et/Pt

Sally Wainwright’s excellent Yorkshire-based crime drama Happy Valley had been off UK screens since 2016, but returned for its highly-anticipated third and final series earlier this year.

The show centres on the straight-talking police sergeant Catherine Cawood, and her ongoing feud with the dangerous criminal Tommy Lee Royce.

In 1973, the killer of Welsh teenagers Sandra Newton, Pauline Flynn and Gwendoline Hughes was not caught, despite a high-profile and widespread investigation by South Wales Police. The girls’ families spent the next three decades not knowing who was responsible for brutally taking the lives of their loved ones, or whether he still lived alongside them in the local Neath and Port Talbot communities.

In 2002, a development in forensics changed everything. The cold case was reopened with much pared-down resources, and crime scene DNA was successfully used to identify Wales’ first recorded serial killer. Steeltown Murders is the story of the loss, guilt and suspicion that followed the 1970s murders, and of the perseverance of the officers who were eventually able to provide the victims’ families with the answers they’d been denied years before.

Here are the actors making up the cast behind Steeltown Murders‘ dramatisation of real-life figures and events.

The indie film Rye Lane made an instant splash at the Sundance Film Festival with its well-written story, and its diverse cast and characters have helped the film soar. Set in South London and taking place over the course of one day, the romantic comedy tells the story of a pair of young adults who bond over their recent bad breakups. At Sundance, Rye Lane garnered overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics (via Rotten Tomatoes), drawing favorable comparisons to romantic classics like 1995's Before Sunrise. The movie is also said to go a long way toward changing the narrative about the romantic comedy genre.

What helps Rye Lane stand out is the diversity of its casting and characters and the effortless way with which the film showcases this varied representation. Featuring a roster of up-and-coming UK talent, Rye Layne finds truth in its storytelling through its cast and tells a love...

The end is nigh for young Endeavour Morse.

PBS Masterpiece announced Wednesday that Endeavour‘s ninth and final season will arrive Stateside on Sunday, June 18, at 9/8c. The premiere date is accompanied by a new teaser trailer, which you can watch above.

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“Endeavour has been a real labour of love for all of us, and we salute [screenwriter] Russell Lewis for his extraordinary achievement in chronicling Endeavour Morse’s coming of age across 72 hours of TV,...