Amazon's annual Prime Day sales are this week, and as usual, that means a number of streaming channels have been heavily discounted. For us, this is always a great time to subscribe to services we want to try, or to catch up on shows we want to see on services we don't use enough to keep year-round. Amazon makes it easy to cancel when you're ready (no calls or customer service necessary, just a few clicks on the "Memberships and Subscriptions" section of the account), and if you use something...
2 days ago • 3 min read
First off - after a couple of very long days of packing, all pre-ordered copies of the British TV Streaming Guide: US Edition, Summer 2025 have been shipped out and picked up by the USPS - and as you might have seen in our Facebook group, a few have arrived at their destinations already. The initial print run sold out, but we got a couple more boxes today and we're expecting a few hundred more later this week. You can buy a copy or just learn more HERE. In the last year or two, there have...
8 days ago • 2 min read
First off: Our first print run of the British TV Streaming Guide: US Edition, Summer 2025 began arriving today, with the rest of the shipment expected tomorrow and Friday. We're turning them around as fast as possible in the order we received the orders, so if you placed a pre-order, keep an eye out for those tracking emails over the next couple days. If you're currently staying inside to escape the oppressive heat in many areas, we have plenty of streaming suggestions below - this time,...
13 days ago • 4 min read
Since we spent much of early June rushing to get the British TV Streaming Guide: US Edition, Summer 2025 off to the printer, we missed an update or two, but we're back to the regularly scheduled updates. And of course, if you want to get in a pre-order before they arrive here for shipment, you can still do that. We still have around 200 copies available from the initial 1500 unit print run, and we've placed a follow-up order for more that should arrive soon after. You can read more or place...
23 days ago • 3 min read
Before we get into the news about what's new, a bit of news about what's on the horizon... Acorn TV has just announced that Harry Wild has been commissioned for a 5th season, which will begin filming later this year. There will be 6 episodes in the new season. SAS Rogue Heroes is due to begin filming season 3 in September 2025. Casting sites have begun picking up details about a July 2025 start date for the filming of season 4 of Beyond Paradise. Though we haven't seen official confirmation...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
When Father Ted turned 30 earlier this year, I gave it another re-watch - and it remains as sharply hilarious as ever. Beginning at the end of this month, BritBox will beginning adding seasons of the show back to their platform, so if you haven't seen it before, you'll have the chance. The series follows a group of misfit priests living together on a little island off the coast of Ireland, and it remains one of the most influential comedies in British and Irish TV history (it's set in...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Detectorists is one of the most wonderfully unique, unmistakably British TV shows ever made - and its creator and star, Mackenzie Crook, has a new show coming soon. Small Prophets reunites Crook with Detectorists co-star Pearce Quigley, who stars as Michael Sleep, a lonely DIY store worker whose quiet life is upended when his father (Sir Michael Palin) shares a bizarre alchemical recipe that might just summon magical spirits with the power to predict the future. As Michael sets out to find...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Every now and then, we see a few older BBC shows popping up randomly over on Amazon Prime Video - often, shows that either haven't been on other major services or haven't been on them in a long time. We've just spotted a couple we hadn't seen on other services: A Thing Called Love (2004) - In Nottingham, a man seeks who paints and decorates houses seeks true love (but it doesn't always go smoothly for him and his girlfriend). Lead Balloon (2006) - This sitcom follows a struggling stand-up...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Today, Gavin & Stacey is 18! This charming classic series first aired on May 13th in 2007. The series follows the long-distance relationship between Gavin (Mathew Horne), an easygoing guy from Essex, and Stacey (Joanna Page), a sweet and slightly shy Welsh woman. As their romance blossoms, their eccentric families and outspoken best friends—Smithy (James Corden) and Nessa (Ruth Jones)—add plenty of chaos and laughs along the way. The show is unique in that many consider the titular characters...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read