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Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle star in the 1995 mini-series

The definitive ‘Pride and Prejudice’ on HBO Max, Hulu and BritBox

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This 1995 miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth and Colin Firth as Mr. D’Arcy is still considered by most Austen fans as the definitive screen adaptation.

Ian Richardson stars in the original BBC mini-series

The original British ‘House of Cards Trilogy’ on Amazon Prime, BritBox, and Hoopla

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Ian Richardson stars in the original BBC miniseries about the most seductively ruthless politician you’ve ever had the pleasure to watch claw his way to the top (over the corpses of his rivals).

Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance as Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in the BBC miniseries 'Wolf Hall'

‘Wolf Hall’ – power and privilege on Hoopla

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Mark Rylance stars in the advisor to King Henry VIII in this British miniseries adapted from the historical novels of Hilary Mantel.

Ben Whishaw meets a ‘London Spy’

!Featured, British TV, DVD, Limited Series, Netflix, spies and espionage 03/21/2021 Sean Axmaker

There is indeed a spy in London Spy (2015) but this BBC mini-series is not a traditional espionage drama. Danny (Ben Whishaw) is a club-culture young gay man with a dreary day job who meets the closeted, emotionally suppressed Alex (Edward Holcroft), a genius with numbers but awkward with people. He’s an investment banker who […]

Ricky Gervais stars on the BBC comedy 'The Office'

The original British ‘The Office’ on HBO Max

!Featured, British TV, Cult TV, DVD, Max, Streaming TV, SVOD 06/13/2020 Sean Axmaker

“You can’t put a price on comedy.” In the original The Office (2001-2003), creator/co-writer/co-director Ricky Gervais stars as David Brent, the insufferably self-satisfied office manager of a paper company branch who fancies himself a born comedian and a natural leader. He’s wrong about both, naturally, but his yes-man team-leader Gareth (Mackenzie Crook), a brown-noser with […]

David Tennant stars in the British mini-series based on the Alan Furst novel.

‘Spies of Warsaw’ – WWII espionage on Amazon Prime Video

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, British TV, DVD, spies and espionage, Streaming TV, SVOD 06/09/2020 Sean Axmaker

Spies of Warsaw (2013), adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais from the novel by Alan Furst, has an almost old-fashioned clarity to it. It’s set in 1937 Poland, and Germany is quietly amassing troops outside the border. David Tennant continued his post-Doctor Who career redefinition playing French military attaché Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, an […]

Bertie Carvel and Eddie Marsan are 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell' in the BBC adaptation of Susanna Clarke's novel.

‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’ on VOD and Blu-ray/DVD

!Featured, based on a novel, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, British TV, DVD, fantasy, miniseries, SVOD 06/06/2020 Sean Axmaker

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015), adapted from the dense, richly-woven debut novel by Susanna Clarke, brings a different of approach to fantasy fiction and the idea of magic in the real world. Set in 19th century England, at the start of the Napoleonic Wars, it weaves the tale of two magicians—Mr. Norrell (Eddie Marsan), […]

John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, and Prunella Scales in the classic BBC comedy

‘Fawlty Towers: Complete Series’ on Britbox

!Featured, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, British TV, Comedy, DVD, Netflix, Streaming TV 11/20/2018 Sean Axmaker

Fawlty Towers: Complete Series (1975-1979) – Basil Fawlty, the brazenly rude hotel proprietor created and incarnated by John Cleese in his brilliant British sitcom, is the most insolent, boorish, hilariously obnoxious character in the face of customer disservice. He’s a man who treats his guests as an inconvenience to running his business, with the exception […]

Jessica Hynes, Simon Pegg and friends in their BBC sitcom directed by Edgar Wright

‘Spaced’ – the cult British comedy on Amazon Prime Video

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Binge-able TV, British TV, Comedy, Cult TV, DVD, satire, Streaming TV, SVOD 11/15/2018 Sean Axmaker

Before Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, director Edgar Wright and actor/writer Simon Pegg collaborated with actress/writer Jessica Hynes on the cult BBC sitcom Spaced (1999-2000, TV-14). Pegg and Hynes play Tim and Daisy, slackers who meet at a pub and decide to pose as a couple to get a great flat. They’re not […]

Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, and Michael Palin in a promotional photo for Monty Python's Flying Circus

‘Monty Python: Almost the Truth’ – Comedy history on Netflix

!Featured, art and artists, Blu-ray, British TV, Comedy, Documentary, DVD, Netflix, satire, Streaming TV, SVOD 10/23/2018 Sean Axmaker

If Monty Python is the comedy world’s equivalent to The Beatles, then the six-part documentary mini-series Monty Python: Almost the Truth (2009) is their Beatles Anthology, an epic of a documentary featuring new interviews with the five surviving Pythons and as many colleagues and friends as the producers could track down. Each episode focuses on […]