"Last Tango in Halifax" - Season 3 on Netflix. I binge-watched 1 and 2 on Netflix late August and am addicted and anxious to see Season 3.

"Frontline"

I LOVED Great British Bake off last year! Hadn't expected to so it was a happy accident.

Bake Off is back on NYC Thirteen, we are two eps in. Love it!

Dr. Who

The Call the Midwife Christmas Special

The Sherlock special

Luther

Not a Downton fan.

Not sure about PBS, I need to look at their schedule. BBC on the other hand, poo on it! lol BBCA is nothing compared to BBC uk.

A good channel, kind of, is The Smithsonian Channel. While it has great documentaries and other interesting things, they show them over and over again for months and months and months!

I will have to check out the Bake Off though.

Diane, I'm not a Downton fan either and all I read is history on Europe. I know we're in the minority but Downton is such a snoozer for me.

BBC UK is available on Acorn.tv.. and amazon.. and netflix.

I watch very little on TV.. but I do stream VIA the TV.

I also enjoyed the British Bake Off last year. I am a big fan of Sherlock but I stopped getting excited for the next season-- so many delays! Just havent gotten into Luther or Dr Who but many friends recommend both of them.

I have not yet tried Last Tango in Halifax.. it is on my list!

While I have enjoyed some shows on Smithsonian and the History channel, I am more likely to turn to Netflix for documentaries. They have such a great and wide selection!

Netflix has also been good for BBC shows-- but since I subscribe to Acorn, I usually look there first.

I saw there are more Miss Fisher Mysteries released-- that should please Maire-cate! I need to try a few more.

Great British Bake Off is in season six on Youtube. The other seasons are also available. Another BBC favorite on Youtube is the Great British Sewing Bee, especially when they have celebrities competing for charity. Let me just say that Pam Ferris is a whiz with a needle and thread!

I just read that the BBC is going to start their own streaming service. That's something I might pay for!

Funky - thank you for the heads up about Miss Fisher. I saw the listing but just assumed it was the previous episodes. There's a little lull in my TV schedule so I'm thrilled to be able to watch Phryne in all her flapper glory - and 8 episodes too. You are so sweet to remember.

I'm also looking forward to Indian Summer. I just started Sherlock and I fear I may need to turn on closed captioning. Between Sherlock's speed delivery and accent I sometimes have trouble following.

I'm taping Arthur and George. It's only 3 episodes so I'll save them to watch together. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is played by Martin Clunes.

Speaking of Clunes - Series 7 of Doc Martin starts October 5th although it's been so long since I watched I'm not sure if I can get back into it.

I watched Vera this summer and found ti to be entertaining. The description of Vera as a female Columbo is spot on.

Lots of recommendations here for The Great British Bake Off - I'll have to try it - and the Sewing Bee.

Some of these I'll save for a cold, snowy day. We're bound to have a few.

I hadn't heard of Arthur and George. I'll have to check it out.

I generally do ok with the british accent -- but the one that is difficult for me is a scottish accent! I have to work hard to hear it-- and all along the bf keeps asking, "what did he say?!" hahah.

BBC has an interesting drama on called Dr. Foster (I assume it is a play on the nursery rhyme).

Just finished with the new Tuppence and Tommy series which is now coming on Acorn.

Did anyone see the remake of Poldark several months back? Loved it!

Here's the story about BBC's new streaming service that rosesstink mentioned.

BBC to launch Netflix-style U.S. streaming service

Please say inspector George Gently wil return someday.

Kswi2, we also are eagerly awaiting Poldark’s return - we got hooked on that this year. Do you know when the next season starts? And not on BBC or PBS, but Starz, is Outlander, one of our favorites, but I don’t know when their new episodes start again.

This version of Poldark was much better than the original one which I watched some years ago - perhaps it's the brooding intensity of Aidan Turner. They are now filming season 2 and the BBC stated that Poldark might be the long running drama they're seeking as a replacement for Downton Abbey. There are 12 novels in Winston Graham's Cornwall series covering the years 1783 to 1820. No air date set yet but they hinted maybe spring 2016.

Outlander is also filming and just switched locations. Ron Moore did a Q&A last week and said while he's not in charge of scheduling that we should anticipate late March or April 2016.

Funky, I just finished a book on Mary Queen of Scots, and boy, trying to say some of their words, or names of places were hard to roll off the tongue!

Ha well reading, I find gaelic and welsh the hardest. Scottish is still english-- the cadence and intonation is just so foreign!

You may need the captioning for "Last Tango in Halifax"! My sister had it on for herself.

If it makes you feel any better about accents - my DD's boyfriend is from a town about an hour outside London and even he has admitted that he sometimes has trouble understanding what they're saying on some shows. Even though he has lived here for several years I have yet to confess to him that there are times I haven't a clue what he is saying either.

Many years ago, I stayed with an English family in South Africa.. the first week or so, I didnt understand most of what they said-- and it was English! I was fine by the second week-- but then I went to school where I mixed with kids from ireland, scotland, wales and australia-- and had to go through it all again!

I can generally follow along with the tv shows-- but it takes more concentration.