Amazon is running a sort of mini-Prime Day next week, but as they gear up for the main event, they've teased some early book and e-book sales. Since it can be hard to find the deals on British books specifically, we put together this email to highlight some of the best ones on sale today (and possibly beyond, it's hard to know how long some sale prices will stay valid). A few are exclusive to Prime members, but most are open to all. Last time, we focused only on the ebook deals because they...
8 days ago • 8 min read
First off, thanks to everyone who sent in messages about the typo on Tim Curry's name in the last email. I hope most people knew what I meant, but just in case you didn't, that was meant to say "Tim Curry" in Rocky Horror Picture Show - not Tim Surry (who Google tells me is a chartered surveyor in London). If you're a fan of Mr. Curry, we have a few more streaming recommendations for you: Clue - Though the film is American, it's based on the real-life board game which is very much an English...
8 days ago • 5 min read
By now, virtually everyone in the English-speaking world will have heard the terribly sad news about the passing of Dame Maggie Smith. Celebrity tributes have been pouring in, and even King Charles had kind words to share: "My wife and I were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dame Maggie Smith. As the curtain comes down on a national treasure, we join all those around the world in remembering with the fondest admiration and affection her many great performances and her warmth and wit...
9 days ago • 4 min read
Historical fiction authors don't have it easy. Aside from writing a great story with complex characters and enough dramatic tension to keep you hooked from beginning to end...they have to make sure every last detail is historically accurate. When you're trying to bring that kind of vision to television, it gets even harder - because every choice is limited by reality. Things like budgets and prop availability get in the way of the truth. Just ask author and TV writer Anthony Horowitz. Despite...
11 days ago • 3 min read
This email will be a bit shorter than usual, but considering the number of messages we get on this topic, I'm guessing many of you will be as excited about it as we were... Shakespeare & Hathaway is returning for series 5! We'd been hearing rumours for a while, but it was officially confirmed by the BBC this morning. Filming is in progress now, and you can read everything we know so far HERE. Need to check on the status of other British TV shows? You can check our status update database HERE....
14 days ago • 4 min read
In this email... We look at Acorn TV's upcoming October schedule A quick look at what's new and immediately upcoming on various US streaming services A massive database of British TV show status updates A selection of new British historical fiction novels A look at several British TV shows and films currently in production What we're... Watching: The Sniffer - Though I've seen a few Russian films over the years, this is the first Russian detective series I've tried - and it's a fun one. It...
16 days ago • 5 min read
Author Peter James may be best known for his Roy Grace crime novels, but he's also turned his hand to ghost stories on a couple occasions in the last decade. Those novels were inspired by his own experience of living in a haunted house, a lovely Georgian manor on the edge of a hamlet in Sussex. He moved in back in 1989, and said that soon after, he was walking his dog when an elderly man approached him to ask how he was getting on with the grey lady - telling him that even wild horses...
17 days ago • 2 min read
Last month, we sent out an email with current status updates for the most popular recent British TV shows - and we ended up getting more than 1000 emails back from people who said they loved it (apologies for not being able to reply individually). So, for the second time, we're sending out a status update - with changes since last month highlighted in yellow. We've also created a much more comprehensive guide (350+ shows) with updates for a wider selection of recent British TV shows. You can...
19 days ago • 6 min read
In this email... We look at BritBox's upcoming October US schedule A quick look at what's new and immediately upcoming on various US streaming services We look at a handful of under-the-radar British TV shows most fans won't have seen What we're... Watching: Moonflower Murders - This follow-up to Magpie Murders finds Susan Ryeland in Crete, her life once again disrupted by events related to Atticus Pund. Side note: Anthony Horowitz has a third Susan Ryeland book, Marble Hall Murders, coming...
21 days ago • 4 min read