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Following the death of a senior investigating officer, Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) is grudgingly given the opportunity to take over his latest homicide investigation, the brutal assault and murder of a young woman. Intelligent and ambitious, Tennison struggles to construct a case against the prime suspect while also dealing with institutional sexism and the toll her career takes on her personal life.
posted by Alvy Ampersand on Nov 19, 2024 - 3 comments

Breathtaking is a three-part British medical drama television series broadcast on ITV and available for streaming on ITVx. Based on a memoir of the same name written by Rachel Clarke covering the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. The series was written by Clarke with Jed Mercurio and Prasanna Puwanarajah. It stars Joanne Froggatt and was directed by Craig Viveiros. [more inside]
posted by Erinaceus europaeus on Feb 23, 2024 - 2 comments

When the remains of a murdered 17-year-old who went missing in 1976 are discovered buried beneath a house, detectives DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan attempt to solve the case. The investigation brings up decades-old secrets for those involved.
posted by AllShoesNoSocks on May 13, 2019 - 11 comments

Ellie and Hardy realize that the location of the attack and all the surrounding circumstances are going to make this a difficult investigation.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 30, 2017 - 2 comments

DS Miller and DI Hardy are called investigate a brutal sexual assault. [tw]
posted by infinitewindow on Mar 2, 2017 - 8 comments

Famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot matches his little gray cells against the most puzzling crimes England has to offer, with the faithful Captain Hastings and Miss Lemon, and his friendly rival Inspector Japp. [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Feb 8, 2017 - 18 comments

Emmerdale (formerly Emmerdale Farm) is a decades-running rural UK soap. Tonight's Very Special Episode focussed on the character of Ashley, who over recent months has been shown suffering from dementia. In a break from the form, tonight's episode was shown entirely from Ashley's point of view.
posted by comealongpole on Dec 20, 2016 - 7 comments

Houdini & Doyle (and Constable Adelaide Stratton) have started up on ITV, and will be coming to the US on Fox in early May. Should we chat now, or wait until it hits state-side? [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Mar 15, 2016 - 6 comments

A television drama adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel, scripted by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey). Mary Thorne, pennyless and with undisclosed parentage, grows up under the guardianship of her uncle Doctor Thorne. She spends much of here formative years in the company of the Gresham family at Greshamsbury Park estate. As they close on the world of adult cares and responsibilities the past starts to impinge and the financial woes of the Gresham family threaten to tear relationships apart.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 14, 2016 - 5 comments

The election of a Labour government spells change, a change that Lord Grantham and Carson are bothered by. But many others are ready for an England in which life is "more tolerable for working people." Meanwhile, the Dowager Countess is pulling strings, Thomas' attempt to blackmail Baxter comes to a head, and Edith nearly burns the house down.
posted by jbickers on Jan 5, 2015 - 50 comments