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'Maigret' Series Premiere Recap: "The Lazy Burglar, Part 1"

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 4d

#Maigret Fails to Multitask in the Series Premiere, “The Lazy Burglar Part One.” Our recap. #PBS

Meet the new Jules Maigret. The eponymous Chief Inspector is a fashionable Parisian cop with a stylish peacoat collection and a penchant for justice.

'Brian & Maggie' Episode 1 Recap

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 4d

The Opening Installment of 'Brian & Maggie' Feels Like an Illicit Affair. @lacymb.bsky.social recaps:

The first half of the two-part series, Brian & Maggie, sets the stage for an interview that will make history.

'The Great British Baking Show' Season 16, Episode 5 Recap: “Chocolate Week”

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 7d

'The Great British #BakingShow's “Chocolate Week” Needs More Chocolate. Our #GBBO Recap:

The tent becomes a chocolate factory, as the bakers attempt not to drown in the melting sugars of The Great British Baking Show's "Chocolate Week."

'Peaky Blinders' Two Season Order Will Usher in a New Era

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 7d

By the order of the #PeakyBlinders, we're going back to Birmingham for two more seasons and a new generation. @lacymb.bsky.social reports:

The Shelby family will live on: Two new seasons of Peaky Blinders will take the popular gangland historical drama into the 1950s.

'Karen Pirie' Season 2 Premiere Recap: "A Darker Domain Part 1"

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 7d

The #KarenPirie Season 2 Premiere Introduces “A Darker Domain.” Our recap:

The long-awaited Season 2 of Karen Pirie is here, featuring a complex and tragic mystery that has remained unsolved for forty years.

Everything British Worth Streaming in October 2025

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 8d

ICYMI: Our complete rundown of everything British worth streaming arriving in October 2025 and where to find it.

We've got a full rundown of everything British coming to American streaming services in October 2025, from Acorn TV to Viaplay.

Paramount+ Picks Up Eve Myles' 'The Guest' for an October Arrival

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 8d

We regret to inform you that Paramount+ has learned nothing, and the Eve Myles series 'The Guest' is about to drop in two weeks with little fanfare and minimal marketing.
(And then they'll wonder why it wasn't a hit.)

The new ownership at Paramount+ is trying to play the "bring over U.K. originals to pad out their streaming service" game. It didn't work last time, and it probably won't this time either.

James Callis & Nick Mohammed on Getting the Call Up for 'Slow Horses' Season 5

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 8d

Also on the #SlowHorses beat, @roryjdoherty.bsky.social sat down with James Callis & Nick Mohammed to discuss Season 5.

Slow Horses Season 5 is brimming with pompous, ambitious men in suits: MI5 chief Claude Whelan (James Callis) and Mayor Zafar Jaffrey (Nick Mohammed). The two spoke with us about joining the Slough Ho...

Apple TV+'s 'Slow Horses' Season 5, Episode 2 Recap: “Tall Tales”

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 8d

#SlowHorses Season 5 Gets Going with “Tall Tales.” @roryjdoherty.bsky.social recaps:

Slow Horses Season 5 starts the countdown clock as a terrorist attack in a London square leaves a dozen casualties and twice as many questions.

Everything British Worth Streaming in October 2025

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 9d

It's our monthly rundown of everything British coming to U.S. streaming and where to find it for October 2025.

We've got a full rundown of everything British coming to American streaming services in October 2025, from Acorn TV to Viaplay.

'Sister Boniface Mysteries' Season 4, Episode 7 Recap: “The Happiest Family”

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 9d

'Sister Boniface' Experiences Free Love, Sisterhood & Murder in “The Happiest Family.” Our recap:

Two very different families gather in an idyllic 1960s setting in the penultimate episode of Sister Boniface Mysteries Season 4.

'Return to Paradise' Season 2's First Images Take Us Back Down Under to Dolphin's Cove

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 10d

Just in time for the Season 1 finale on BritBox, here are the first images for 'Return to Paradise' Season 2

As Return to Paradise Season 1 wraps up its inaugural run on BritBox, down under and the U.K. are prepping to head back for Season 2's first images.

The 'Down Cemetery Road' Trailer Introduces an Explosive Conspiracy

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 10d

The first trailer for Apple TV+'s #DownCemeteryRoad confirms the series is planning to be the flip side of #SlowHorses.

The trailer for Apple TV+'s "companion series" to Slow Horses, Down Cemetery Road, sees Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson dig into a complex conspiracy.

'Murder Before Evensong': Matthew Lewis' Cozy Crime Series a Delight

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 11d

Attention Everyone: Your New Hot Priest Has Arrived. @amyamatangelo.bsky.social reviews Acorn TV's next hit cozy crime show, #MurderBeforeEvensong.

With some great '80s fashion, some even better '80s bops, and fantastic performances, Murder Before Evensong is a delight.

'Professor T' Season 4 Finale Recap: “The Warrior Gene”

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 11d

A Low Key Wedding Brings #ProfessorT's Season 4 Finale in for a Soft Landing. #PBS @cerise-marni.bsky.social recaps:

Professor T’s Season 4 conclusion, “The Warrior Gene,” does us all a solid in this turbulent year: it delivers a sweet, gentle story that feels like a hug from the show.

Everything British for PBS Viewers to Stream in October 2025

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 11d

It's our rundown of everything British coming to @PBS.org and #PBS Passport for October 2025.

It's once again time for our list of everything coming to PBS on streaming in October 2025, including the two-part Brian & Maggie and new Walter Presents series.

'The Marlow Murder Club' Season 2 Finale Recap: "Sailing Close to the Wind Part 2"

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 11d

It’s the Closest Call Yet for 'The #MarlowMurder Club' in the Season 2 Finale. Our recap:

Our girl Suzie was almost a goner, but the ladies' closest call yet leads to another mystery cracked in The Marlow Murder Club Season 2 finale.

'Unforgotten' Season 6 Finale: Recap

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 11d

#Unforgotten Finally Admits Justice Is Complicated in the Season 6 Finale. Our recap. #PBS

It's confession time in Unforgotten's Season 6 finale as each of the suspects finally comes clean, and the murderer turns out to be a far more complicated answer than the British justice system can ha...

'Murdoch Mysteries' Season 19 Sets October Return to Ovation

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 13d

'Murdoch Mysteries' Season 19 has set an October 2025 return to the U.S. and Canada.

Murdoch Mysteries returns to Toronto for Season 19, premiering in October 2025 on CBC in Canada and Ovation in the U.S.

'The Great British Baking Show' Season 16 Episode 4 Recap: “Back to School Week”

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 13d

The Great British #BakingShow Season 16 Heads “Back to School.” Our recap. #GBBO

The Great British Baking Show Season 16 shakes things up with a theme week that sends everyone “Back to School.”

'Tom Pound Poms' To Migrate to BritBox in October as 'Riot Women' Shifts to 2026

Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 15d

Bad news: Riot Women won't arrive until January 2026.
Good News: Ten Pound Poms will debut on BritBox in October instead.

BritBox scoops up the 1950s-set series Ten Pound Poms from the BBC and Australia's homegrown streamer Stan for October in place of Riot Women, which will now debut in January 2026.

'Slow Horses' Season 5 Premiere Recap: “Bad Dates”

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 15d

'Slow Horses' Season 5 Opens with Multiple “Bad Dates.” @roryjdoherty.bsky.social recaps:

Slow Horses is back for another messy adventure with MI5’s least loved and, by this point, criminally undervalued department, who kick off Season 5 by dealing with “Bad Dates.”

'Unforgotten' Season 6, Episode 5: Recap

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 18d

#Unforgotten Season 6's Penultimate Episode Rounds Up the Unusual Suspects. Our recap. #PBS

As Unforgotten rounds towards the Season 6 finale, the main question isn't who done it, but "how many of them were involved?"

'Sister Boniface Mysteries' Season 4, Episode 6 Recap: “There’s No 'I' in Slaughter”

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Telly Visions @tellyvisions.bsky.social · 16d

'Sister Boniface Mysteries' Reminds Us “There’s No 'I' in Slaughter.” Our recap:

Sister Boniface Mysteries brings the competition in Season 4's “There’s No 'I' in Slaughter.”