The show is vintage Josh Gates. If you liked Destination Truth, you should like Expedition Unknown.
Expedition Unknown chronicles the adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates iconic mysteries across the globe. Gates begins by interviewing key eyewitnesses and uncovering recent developments in the story, then springboards into a fully immersive exploration.
I’ve always wanted the excuse to read the Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell story and, now, I can catch the tale on TV. The BBC has adapted the book into a mini-series to play sometime in 2015. The story are set in the nineteenth Century with a man, Mr Norrell, who uses magic to benefit the government in it’s battle against Napoleon.
If you want a head-start on the series check out —
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
At the dawn of the nineteenth century, two very different magicians emerge to change England’s history. In the year 1806, with the Napoleonic Wars raging on land and sea, most people believe magic to be long dead in England–until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers, and becomes a celebrity overnight.
Soon, another practicing magician comes forth: the young, handsome, and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell’s student, and they join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic, straining his partnership with Norrell, and putting at risk everything else he holds dear.
Believe it or not, Amazon Studios plans to stream the pilot of a Barbarella series. Expect to see more soon with Nicolas Winding Refn as Producer.
I wonder if they plan to go all campy?
I was saddened to learn that Ripper Street has been cancelled.
Period crime drama Ripper Street has been axed by the BBC after it failed to pull in a big enough audience.
The occasionally grisly Victorian-era show will end when the second series winds up in just under a fortnight on BBC One.
I can’t help but think that the show could have made it given more time.
source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-axes-ripper-street-over-2883556
I was disappointed to learn that the series Copper has been cancelled.
A change of pace for the Holmes fan as Sherlock is tasked to stop a forthcoming marriage. How can Holmes persuade a woman that her fiance is a philanderer and womanizer?
The Rivals of Sherlock Homes – The Duchess of Wiltshire’s Diamonds
Detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Buy the complete set @ Amazon: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Set 1
If you love Victorian-era drama that is on the darker side, I think that you will appreciate a show titled “Ripper Street.” The series is set in 1889 shortly after the last Jack the Ripper murder.
Each episode is a stand-alone crime drama starring Matthew Macfadyen (Detective Inspector Edmund Reid), Jerome Flynn (Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake) and Adam Rothenberg (American surgeon and former Pinkerton agent Captain Homer Jackson). The series is a bit dark and includes scenes of violence and nudity as opposed to something along the lines of a Murdoch Mysteries. Ripper Street is more like Copper. The series has eight episodes with a second season of eight episodes due in 2014.
I have finished season 3 of the Murdoch Mysteries. I have loved every minute of these Victorian and occasionally steampunk mysteries. If you aren’t familiar with the show, it centers around a 1890s era Toronto detective William Murdoch. The cast includes Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, Hélène Joy as Doctor Julia Ogden, Thomas Craig as Inspector Brackenreid, and Jonny Harris as Constable George Crabtree.
This season:
One thing puzzled me… Doctor Julia Ogden refused Murdoch’s advances insisting on a condom (The Green Muse). However; this season, the good Doctor said that she couldn’t have children?
Hands down my favorite episode was “Victor, Victorian”. Of course, I love the glimpse into the Victorian era Masons. Although, I imagine that the robes were a means to disguise the stars for some shock value and not Masonic. Maybe the Brothers up North will clue me in…
Awesome series, I urge the steampunkers and the Neo-victorians to check it out.
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