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Who's the killer in The Crow Girl? The Swedish novels kept the same secret
The Crow Girl, Paramount+'s six-part thriller starring Eve Myles as DCI Jeanette Kilburn and Katherine Kelly opposite her, is adapted from a Swedish crime trilogy by Erik Axl Sund — the pen name of Jerker Eriksson and Håkan Axlander Sundquist. The setting moved from Stockholm to Bristol, but the central twist crossed over intact.
August 16, 2026 12:14 pm
Netflix's new 3-part crime thriller miniseries is officially streaming's biggest hit
Netflix’s latest true-crime doc digs back into a grisly, high-profile murder case — and you probably know the one.
August 13, 2026 4:40 pm
Which episode of EastEnders was live? It's happened more than once — and not everything went to plan
EastEnders saves live television for the big birthdays. The soap has mounted three live events — for its 25th, 30th, and 40th anniversaries — and each one delivered a killer reveal, a character death, or, in one famous case, a line so badly fluffed it briefly became more talked about than the plot. Here's the full run-down.
August 12, 2026 2:11 pm
Streaming surge for Prime Video’s 84-minute Statham meets Bourne action thriller
Prime Video has a big new hit on its hands — an action thriller that plays like five years of Jason Statham with a side of Jason Bourne.
August 11, 2026 4:22 pm
Spider-Man Brand New Day's deleted scenes: here's the complete list (and it's a lot)
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ is the Spider-Man franchise’s latest entry — and the cast list is seriously stacked.
August 11, 2026 2:40 pm
Why did Tahj Miles quit Death in Paradise? His two-word goodbye said plenty
When Officer Marlon Pryce left Saint Marie in the episode broadcast on 3 March 2024, Death in Paradise fans went straight to Tahj Miles's social media looking for answers. What they got was a farewell photo set and a sign-off of exactly two words.
August 11, 2026 1:37 pm
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds keeps dropping Doctor Who references — and they almost became a full crossover
If you spotted a police box lurking in the background of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and assumed your eyes were playing tricks — they weren't. And it turns out those winks aren't just Easter eggs. They're the leftovers of a genuine plan.
August 11, 2026 11:08 am
Why has EastEnders skipped to 2027? The Max Branning mystery, explained
If you switched on BBC One on New Year's Day 2026 and found Walford toasting the arrival of 2027, your telly wasn't broken. EastEnders did something it had never once attempted in four decades on air — and it built an entire year of storytelling around it.
August 8, 2026 6:06 pm
What is Death in Paradise based on — and how much of it is real?
Death in Paradise looks like it must be adapted from a cosy crime series — it has that Agatha Christie shape. It isn't. The show was invented for television, but there's a genuine true-crime story buried in its origin, and a real fishing village behind every sun-drenched shot.
August 8, 2026 9:43 am
What is The Westies about? The real gang was scarier than the show
The Westies is MGM+'s eight-part crime drama that premiered on 12 July 2026, with the finale landing on 23 August. It comes from Chris Brancato — the co-creator of Narcos and Godfather of Harlem — and Michael Panes, and it stars an Oscar winner as an Irish mob boss. And unlike most gangster shows, the outfit at its centre actually existed.
August 7, 2026 11:16 am
The Rip is now the most-watched streaming film of 2026
The year’s biggest streaming movie so far turns out to be an action thriller led by Damon, inspired by true events — and it only landed in January.
August 6, 2026 5:11 pm
What happens at the end of Girl in the Cellar?
Girl in the Cellar premiered on Lifetime on 23 August 2025 as part of its Ripped from the Headlines strand, with Kyla Pratt playing well against type as Rebecca — a mother whose idea of protecting her teenage daughter goes somewhere very dark. If you bailed before the finale or just want the ending laid out, here's exactly how it all shakes out.
August 6, 2026 9:09 am
Who was the killer in The Shards? The biggest clue is the murder that happened after Robert died
Bret Easton Ellis's The Shards — published in January 2023, his first novel in 13 years — runs to roughly 600 pages of 1981 Los Angeles, narrated by a 17-year-old Buckley prep school senior called Bret while a serial killer dubbed the Trawler stalks the city. If you finished it still asking who the killer actually was, you're not alone.
August 5, 2026 10:46 am
His first victim knew him best: who the killer is in Las Azules
Apple TV+'s Las Azules — Women in Blue to English-speaking viewers — spent its ten-episode first season in 1971 Mexico City, where the newly formed female police force hunts a serial killer the press calls the Tlalpan Undresser. The show finally puts a face and a name to him in its closing episodes.
August 5, 2026 9:53 am
Who killed Steve in The Chelsea Detective? The trail leads back to a football riot from 20 years earlier
"The Gentle Giant" — series 1, episode 3 of The Chelsea Detective, first shown on Acorn TV on 21 February 2022 — opens with popular security guard Steve O'Hara (Ché Walker) stabbed to death on a patch of waste ground, the night after a Chelsea cup win.
August 4, 2026 12:24 pm
A Maligned Mark Wahlberg Action Movie Just Hit Netflix — It’s Better Than You Remember
Amidst all the streaming noise of Jason Statham and Tom Cruise punching, kicking, and glowering their way through new arrivals, Netflix has quietly served up one of those action thrillers you probably skipped at the cinema: Mile 22, starring Mark Wahlberg.
August 3, 2026 1:56 pm
What happens at the end of Brightburn?
Brightburn landed in cinemas on 24 May 2019 with a simple pitch: what if the alien baby who crash-landed on a Kansas farm grew up to be something other than Superman? Directed by David Yarovesky, produced by James Gunn, and written by Brian and Mark Gunn, it spends 90 minutes answering that.
August 2, 2026 10:14 am
What happened to Fidel in Death in Paradise is the sneakiest exit the show ever pulled
Death in Paradise usually makes a meal of a departure. Richard Poole was murdered in a series 3 opener. Camille flew to Paris. Neville sailed off with Florence. Marlon got a whole tearful farewell scene. Fidel Best got a line of dialogue — and he wasn't even in the room to hear it.
August 1, 2026 1:08 pm
What happens at the end of Unfaithful? The studio shot six endings before Adrian Lyne got his way
Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful (2002) closes on a shot that refuses to answer its own question — a car idling at a traffic light, going nowhere. Getting to that image involved a proper fight between the director and 20th Century Fox, and a stack of alternative endings shot just in case.
July 31, 2026 5:46 pm
What happens at the end of Dog Day Afternoon — and how much of it really happened in Brooklyn in 1972
Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon (1975) ends on an aeroplane tarmac, and it's one of the most abrupt gut-punches in 1970s cinema. It's also, scene for scene, closer to the truth than almost any "based on a true story" film of its era.
July 31, 2026 4:28 pm
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