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Most of us have seen Siobhan Finneran in something - whether it's Downton Abbey, Happy Valley, Benidorm, or one of the dozens of others shows she's acted in. Until the December US premiere of Protection, though, we haven't had the pleasure of seeing her get top billing. In it, she stars as a witness protection officer who finds herself at the center of a major breach...and compromised by an affair with a co-worker.

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Like Brenda Blethyn or Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, Finneran is one of those talented actresses who find their careers taking off in their fifth decade or beyond (which we love to see). She did a great interview with The Guardian this week, and that was one of the things they talked about. If you're interested in reading it, you can check it out HERE.

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What we're...

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• Watching: Travels with Dame Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet - This fun, five-episode series premiered on Saturday, and it sees former Poirot Suchet recreating Christie's 1922 tour of the world.
• Reading: The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict - In 1930s London, five legendary women crime writers — led by Dorothy L. Sayers — form a secret society to solve a real-life murder, only to find themselves entangled in a dangerous mystery that threatens to expose Sayers' darkest secret. It's an expensive new release compared to the sale finds we often share, but since it's traditionally published, you may have luck finding it at your local library if your budget is tight.

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​19 Fantastic British Movies Starring Older Women​

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This Week in British TV...

• On BritBox, Douglas is Cancelled premiered on the 6th. On the 8th, they added Travels With Agatha Christie & Sir David Suchet, and on the 14th, they'll be adding the first two seasons of the Jimmy Carr-led game show I Literally Just Told You. It's still 10 days off, but it's also worth mentioning that the David Mitchell-led mystery Ludwig will arrive on the 20th (MANY people have been asking about that one).
  • ​BritBox March 2025 schedule & descriptions​
• On Acorn TV, look for the Irish crime drama Blackshore on the 10th. New episodes of Murdoch Mysteries continue weekly on Mondays. On the 17th, they'll add all episodes of The Brief, a solid early-2000s legal drama starring Alan Davies. They'll also be adding Atwood Stories that day, which is a collection of six standalone dramas based on the works of Margaret Atwood.
  • ​Acorn TV March 2025 schedule & descriptions​
• On Netflix, March 13th brings Adolescence, a Stephen Graham-led crime drama about a family whose son is arrested for murdering a fellow student.
• On Hulu, season 2 of comedy-thriller Am I Being Unreasonable? premieres on March 12th.
• On MGM+, Anthony Horowitz (Foyle's War, Magpie Murders) fans can check out the jungle-based Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, which premiered on March 2nd.​
• On PBS Living, new seasons of Long Lost Family UK​ and Long Lost Family UK: What Happened Next? premiered on March 3rd.
• On Amazon Prime Video, the rom-com Picture This premiered March 6th.

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​View all the brand-new British TV premieres in the US for March 2025 HERE​

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"Having a conversation with you is like jumping off a cliff. However exhilarating it is to start with, you know there's going to come a time when you are really going to regret it."

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Tom Ballard, Waiting for God​

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