Rediscover the most important moments of America’s most prominent political dynasty during the Twentieth Century with The Kennedys, currently airing on Friday nights on BBC Two and released on DVD on Monday 18th July.
Based on the hit Danish television series, AMC’s version of cult smash The Killing begins on Channel 4 this week, starring Mireille Enos (Big Love) as Sarah Linden.
After a fair bit of scheduling problems in America, The Kennedys finally arrive at the BBC. Back in the US, the show was pulled by the History network; apparently because, according to some critics, its version of real-life events wasn’t anybody’s idea of history.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, AKA Mitchell Pritchett from Sky1’s US comedy import Modern Family, recently entertained an audience of appreciative fans at BAFTA in London as the star of a comedy masterclass.
Following the shocking showdown at the end of Season 4, Michael C Hall is back as serial killer Dexter Morgan for a new season of Dexter later this month. To celebrate the show’s return, we’ve picked out our five favourite US TV anti-heroes!
The Walking Dead is a perfectly admirable stab at attempting to transfer superlative source material to our screens in as entertaining a way as possible, yet it just can’t compare to the comic.
Treme is one of the greatest TV shows that you don’t watch but really should do. The brainchild of David Simon, creator of The Wire and Generation Kill, Treme is a sprawling ten-part series focusing on the good folks of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
One of the most truly entertaining shows of recent years, Spartacus: Blood And Sand is a blood-soaked boob fest from US cable channel Starz (new home to Torchwood) which mixes the best elements of sandals and swords in a gladiatorial arena.
British born actor James Frain (Prime Suspect, 24) joined the cast of the award winning series True Blood in Season 3, playing the dangerously sexy vampire Franklin.
“Cancer is not a gift; cancer is not a passport to a better life.” So says Laura Linney as Cathy, the lead in the US channel Showtime’s new dark sitcom, The Big C. Kinney’s line, in rebuke to some happy-clapping Bible support group members, could also be taken as a rejection of possible preconceptions about this show.