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First off, a bit of news…
Death Valley has received a UK premiere date for season 2 (May 17th), which hopefully means a US date won’t be too far behind. We’ll update when we know more.
It’s been announced that Sir David Attenborough will be back to narrate Blue Planet III. At the age of 100. That seems like it should set some kind of record. Speaking of his age, in case anyone missed the LEGO tribute to his birthday - they updated their famous “4-99” age label to “4-100+” in his honor. Nobody seems to know if that means the actual boxes will be changed going forward, or whether it was just a cute online thing, but either way, points for creativity!
Black Mirror is set to begin filming series 8 in June in/around London.
Sky’s Swiss arm has announced that Rafe Spall will star in The Death of Sherlock Holmes, a drama about a missing chapter in the famous sleuth’s life (it picks up at the point of his death at the Reichenbach Falls and carries on from there to explain where he disappeared to for three years). It will air on Sky in the UK, but we haven’t seen word of a US distributor yet.
On the book front, all orders for the Father Brown-inspired Cassocks & Cobblestones Coloring Book to date have been shipped, and we’ve just received a second set for anyone who still wants one.
We’re expecting the first printing of the British TV Streaming Guide: US Edition, Summer 2026 to arrive late this week. We’ll be printing out labels and prepping the padded mailers ahead of time so we can get them out faster when the guides arrive, so if you get a shipping notification and the tracking information doesn’t populate right away, that’s why (it won’t have location info until someone scans it within the postal system).
Thank you to everyone who has ordered or pre-ordered - we appreciate you!
What we’re…
Watching: The Island (aka An t-Eilean) - Just released on Acorn, this crime thriller is set on the Scottish Isle of Harris, where the matriarch of a prominent family has just been murdered. The series alternates between English and Scottish Gaelic, so for the majority of us, that means no multi-tasking. With the Scottish accents and occasional bits of English, it’s easy to forget you need the subtitles. If you’re a big fan of beautiful scenery, this is one to check out. As a side note, they just started filming season 2.
Reading: The Inspector Barnaby Mysteries, Volume 1 by Caroline Graham - I read The Killings at Badger’s Drift ages ago, but I hadn’t read the later books in the series that inspired Midsomer Murders - until now. I spotted this ebook collection of the first three titles in the series on sale today (Monday the 11th) and grabbed it. They’re noticeably different from the TV series - a bit sharper, and a bit less silly - but still very enjoyable.
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THIS WEEK IN BRITISH TV
On BritBox, new episodes of Silent Witness, Death in Paradise, and After the Flood continue weekly. On May 6th, they added The Other Bennet Sister, which takes a look at the oft-ignored Mary Bennet (from Pride & Prejudice). Today (the 11th), they added season 3 of the comedy game show I Literally Just Told You. On the 20th, they’re adding the 2017 production of Howard’s End.
On Acorn TV, Mondays are currently bringing us new episodes of season 19 of Murdoch Mysteries and season 12 of Brokenwood Mysteries (final episode on the 11th). May 8th brought the 2016 thriller Kaleidoscope with Toby Jones, and on the 11th, they added The Island (aka An t-Eilean), a Scottish Gaelic crime drama involving a murder at a remote island estate. On the 15th, they’ll add the 2013 art thriller The Best Offer, and the 18th brings the premiere of the American mystery series You’re Killing Me, with Brooke Shields. They’ll also be adding the American adaptation of Danish/Swedish series The Bridge that day.
On Amazon Prime Video, the finale of Good Omens premieres globally on May 13th.
On Netflix, the 8th brought the American film (with some British/Irish talent) Remarkably Bright Creatures. It feels a bit like the kind of movies Hollywood USED to make, which is nice. On the 19th, they’ll add the sports docuseries Untold UK: Liverpool’s Miracle of Istanbul.
On Hulu, the 14th brings season 5 of the football reality series Welcome to Wrexham. On the 15th, the acclaimed series Rivals (based on Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles) will return with season 2.
On BBC Select and BritBox Premier, season 13 of the art series Fake or Fortune premieres on the 14th.
Pre-orders are still open for the upcoming 11th edition of the British TV Streaming Guide, and we expect the first print run to arrive here later this week (with shipment the next business day). Pre-ordering guarantees your copy from the first batch - and once we have copies in stock, the pre-order discount goes away (they’ll be $17.99 instead of $14.99).
~230 pages cover 25 US-based streaming services, telling you which British TV shows are available on each and what they're about. No need to give yourself carpal tunnel clicking through endless on-screen menus.
An alphabetised index for when you know the name of the show, but not the streaming service.
Size 12 font! Even as the guide has gotten longer, we’ve avoided shrinking the text because we don’t want it to be unreadably small.
Each edition has bonus features in back. This time, we look at under-the-radar and interesting early appearances by well-known British actors.
A "Renewals & Cancellations" section that offers status updates about which shows are returning (or not).
“I went to London once, to see the Queen. She was a bit smaller than I imagined, but as we both know, size isn't everything.
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