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What To Watch Now: GBH Passport Picks For April
Looking for some great shows to dig into this month? GBH Passport is where you should be looking, and below are some top selections from Ron Bachman,… -
Forget The UK Royal Scandal Headlines; 'Atlantic Crossing' Focuses On The Norwegian Monarchy Fighting The Nazis
Atlantic Crossing, MASTERPIECE’s newest drama, has a lot of elements that would ordinarily be highly appealing to PBS audiences. World War II-centric… -
'Atlantic Crossing' Episode 1 Recap: Midnight Train to Hamar
Every season, the Drama After Dark team gathers ‘round the (currently virtual) conference room table to watch the latest and greatest in all things drama. This month, our colleagues at MASTERPIECE are bringing us Atlantic Crossing, a historical dramatization of the relationship between US President Franklin Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Martha set against the backdrop of WWII. I’m here to recap the show as it happens. Our story begins in the lush green hills of the Hudson Valley in 1939. “But wait,” I hear you cry. “This is MASTERPIECE we’re talking about — shouldn’t we be in Derbyshire or something?” Prepare yourselves, friends: we’re not in the proverbial Kansas of the English countryside anymore: we’re in the good old US of A, and we’re making our way across New York state on a train. -
Miss Scarlet: Fact or Fiction?
How plausible is the titular heroine of 'Miss Scarlet & The Duke'? We turned to historical Lady Detectives to find out! -
'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D' To 'Atlantic Crossing' — Kyle MacLachlan’s Best Roles
From the supremely goofy to the starry eyed, the self-obsessed to the downright evil, Kyle MacLachlan doesn’t necessarily disappear into his character as much as he brings facets of his own personality to the fore. To paraphrase Walt Whitman, he contains multitudes. -
'North And South' Episode 4 Recap: Everything's Coming Up Roses
There’s only one episode left for Mags and Thorny to make up and the kiss a bunch? Preposterous. Alas, the only way to get that sweet sweet romantic payoff is to actually start the episode, so on with the show! -
The Fabulous Fashion Of Miss Scarlet & The Duke
It’s a truth universally acknowledged: one of the best parts of period dramas is the costuming. And while Rachael New’s Miss Scarlet and The Duke had… -
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'North And South' Episode 3 Recap: Every Rose Has Its Thorn
The description for this episode on BritBox is “Thornton is heartbroken and humiliated, but at least the strike is over,” and if that’s not a big pandemic mood in all the worst ways I don’t know what is! Anyway, as you can imagine, things are not great for our guy Thorny after he got turned down hard by Mags last week. And TBH, this isn’t even a Pride & Prejudice situation where he was being a jerk and has to deal with the consequences; this is a “sorry bud, she’s just not that into you” moment. -
What To Watch Now: GBH Passport Picks For March
Looking for some great shows to dig into this month? GBH Passport is where you should be looking, and below are some top selections from Ron Bachman,…
