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Zero Day is one of Netflix's most popular and talked about shows at the moment, which doesn't come as a surprise given its compelling storyline and amazingly talented cast. I mean, who wouldn't want to watch a show starring big names such as Robert De Niro, Angela Bassett, Jesse Plemons, Lizzy Caplan, Connie Britton, etc.?

The entire first season of the new political thriller dropped on Netflix on Feb. 20, and with just six episodes, it didn't take long for viewers to binge-watch the whole installment. As expected, many rushed to search for details about a potential second season. However, they may not find the news they were hoping for. With Zero Day being billed as a limited series, the chances of it returning with a new season are slim, as its storyline is intended to be a self-contained narrative.

While this is disappointing news, there's no need to fret...

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Netflix is the biggest streaming platform in the world and it can be easily said that it has the best content library when it comes to TV shows and movies. In this article, we are going to list the best of the best shows currently available on the streaming service. We avoided popular titles like Love is Blind and Too Hot To Handle as we are not going to include reality TV shows in this list. Check out the best TV shows you can watch right now on Netflix below.

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Cobra Kai is a martial arts comedy-drama series created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg. Based on The Karate Kid film franchise by Robert Mark Kamen, the Netflix series is set 34 years after the events of the first Karate Kid film, and...

After a two-year wait, The Recruit season 2 just premiered on Netflix on Jan. 30. I binge-watched the new season in just a few days, and now, I'm ready for the next spy show to check out next. I bet you are, too!

If you're looking for a new show like The Recruit to watch right now, you're in luck. I shared a list of four good spy shows to watch while we wait to find out if The Recruit is renewed for season 3. The good news is that Netflix has a bunch of new spy and political thrillers to watch right now. We've seen at least four released on Netflix in as many months, not including The Recruit. That streak of new thrillers continues in February with Zero Day starring Robert De Niro coming to Netflix on Feb. 20.

Up first is the Netflix spy series that had a new season premiere...

On Thursday 6 February 2025, Channel 4 broadcasts The Dog House!

Season 7 Episode 2 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Dog House” promises to be heartwarming and filled with touching moments. This week, viewers will meet a scared cockapoo who is in need of some serious care and a good haircut. The team at the dog shelter is ready to give this pup the tender loving care it deserves. The transformation of this little dog will surely tug at the heartstrings.

In another storyline, Coco, the friendly dachshund, is preparing for a big moment. She is about to go on a first date with 25-year-old Liv. Coco has some nerves to overcome, but the excitement of meeting a new friend adds a sweet touch to the episode. It will be interesting to see how their first encounter unfolds and whether Coco can shake off her jitters.

Lastly, toddler Sam is looking for a new playmate.

On Thursday 30 January 2025, Channel 4 broadcasts The Dog House!

Season 7 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Dog House” promises to be another heartwarming addition to the series. This show, produced in collaboration with Woodgreen Pets Charity, focuses on the touching stories of dogs finding new homes. Each episode highlights the special bond that forms between lost dogs and their new owners.

In this episode, viewers will meet Lola, a glamorous Poodle-cross with a lot of personality. The story centers around five-year-old Violet, who has high hopes for her new furry friend. The episode explores whether Lola can meet Violet’s expectations and how their relationship develops.

As the episode unfolds, it will showcase the challenges and joys of introducing a new pet into a family. The heartwarming moments and emotional connections that form are sure to resonate with dog lovers. The series continues to highlight the importance of...

When you watch a great drama on Netflix you have a conflict over its ending. Of course, you want to get to the end to find out what happens, how all the stories come together, and what happens to the characters. Sometimes, though, it’s so good and enthralling that you want to be able to keep watching it and wish it wouldn't end. A new season is the obvious answer.

That was very much the case for Black Doves. The Netflix drama was released late last year and captured a lot of attention. It was a great mix of a thrilling story, some festive elements due to its Christmas in London setting, and, of course, a brilliant cast.

Led by Kiera Knightley and Ben Whishaw, there were also strong roles for Sarah Lancashire and Andrew Buchan. Tracey Ullman also makes a dramatic late appearance in the show. The names...

The new season of “The Dog House” is set to kick off with its highly anticipated Season 7 Episode 1 titled “The Dog House.” This heartwarming series, brought to life by Woodgreen Pets Charity, continues to tug at the heartstrings with stories of lost dogs finding their forever homes. The episode promises to showcase the special bond that can form between dogs and their new owners, making it a must-watch for animal lovers.

In this episode, viewers will meet Lola, a glamorous Poodle-cross with a personality to match. The story revolves around five-year-old Violet, who has high hopes for her new furry friend. The excitement and expectations of a young child meeting a new pet are sure to create touching moments. As Lola steps into her new life, the episode explores whether she can live up to the dreams and aspirations that Violet has for her.

Tune in at 9:00 Pm on Thursday,...

Black Doves episode 3, "The Coming Night," begins with another flashback to Sam's Ben Whishaw) past.

After Reed (Sarah Lancashire) gives Sam a referral to Lenny (Kathryn Hunter) to become a hitman, Sam accepts the job and kills his first person in a diner. And, that, my friends, is how Sam started down this road as a hired gun.

Episode 3 reveals the origins of Sam and Michael's relationship Black Doves | Netflix

In another flashback six months later, Sam begins to teach Helen (Keira Knightley) the ways of a "triggerman." Sam shows Helen how to defend herself. At a bar that night, Sam shares that his dad was a legendary hitman, and Sam is out to follow in his footsteps. It's also the night that Sam meets Michael (Omari Douglas), and they date. In fact, we see the couple's first date together at an Asian restaurant, which is also the same place...

Cinema in 2024 overflowed with impressive acting performances, which received exciting responses from the media and earned critical acclaim. With awards season underway, actors like Demi Moore in The Substance and Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain are being praised for their work. However, with many of these 2024 favorites saturating the media, it is hard not to find oneself in an echo chamber — hearing the same actors' names repeated.

There are many notable performances that have gone largely unnoticed this awards season and are worthy of the same amount of praise. From subtle yet affective performances like Preeti Panigrahi in Girls Will Be Girls, to thrilling scream queens like Julia Garner in Apartment 7A, it is hard not to be impressed by their storytelling abilities. In fact, many of these lesser-known performances provide something fresh and enticing for those who wish to see something distinct. Julia Garner In

Apartment 7A As...

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2024 is over, and while it was a wasteland at the box office last year for television fans, it was one of the better years as we got many brilliant shows on the big and small scale. With incredible series like Masters of the Air starting the year, there was no way that the rest of the year could go bad, and that’s what happened because we got powerful and thrilling shows like Shōgun, Fallout, and 3 Body Problem. So, we compiled the list of the best returning and new shows on streaming, Cabel, and networks.

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Baby Reindeer is a Scottish psychological dark comedy-drama thriller series created by Richard Gadd. Based on Gadd’s autobiographical one-man show, the Netflix series follows aspiring comedian Donny Dunn, who is dealing with a female stalker,...

On Wednesday 18 December 2024, Channel 4 broadcasts The Dog House!

Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Dog House” promises to be a heartwarming experience for animal lovers and viewers alike. Titled “A Flurry of Festive Matchmaking,” this episode will air on Channel 4 and is set to bring a festive spirit to the Woodgreen Pets Charity.

In this episode, the dedicated team at Woodgreen will focus on making the lives of abandoned dogs a little brighter during the holiday season. With Christmas approaching, the team is determined to ensure that each dog feels special and loved. They will go above and beyond to provide care, comfort, and joy to these furry friends, creating a warm atmosphere that reflects the spirit of the season.

The main goal of the episode is to find homes for these dogs before Christmas. Viewers can expect to see heartwarming moments as potential adopters meet the dogs...

[This story contains spoilers from the season one finale of Black Doves.]

Upon its early December release, Joe Barton‘s spy thriller Black Doves soared into Netflix’s top 10 most-watched shows in 89 countries.

Starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw, the series has already been renewed for a season two. It was a bloody and brutal season finale — we’d expect nothing less — where everyone (metaphorically and literally) lost their head a little.

In Black Doves, Knightley stars as Helen Webb, wife to the U.K.’s defense secretary Wallace and ascending government minister (Andrew Buchan). For years, she’d been passing her husband’s secrets on to a shadowy organization Helen works for (helmed by Sarah Lancashire’s Mrs Reed), which leaves her hard-pressed to explain where she’s been and what she’s been up to when returning home to her family after a hard day’s work.

All of a sudden, the death of Helen’s secret lover...

Keira Knightley's new holiday thriller Black Doves is now streaming on Netflix, and it's so much better than Knightley's other spy thriller role from 2014. Black Doves is a six-episode series starring Keira Knightley as Helen Webb/Daisy Bradshaw, a spy who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. In fact, despite being set during Christmas, the show is quite a brutal affair, with a number of major deaths in Black Doves season 1.

Black Doves season 2 is confirmed, so there is more to come following the Black Doves season 1 ending. Even with the story continuing, though, this new show has already proven to be a major improvement on Keira Knightley's previous thriller role in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, one of several Jack Ryan adaptations. Although Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is another spy thriller starring Knightley, it falls short precisely where Black Doves really shines.

Keira Knightley Played Cathy In Jack...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains major spoilers from “Black Doves” Season 1, now streaming on Netflix.

“Black Doves,” Keira Knightley’s first television series in more than two decades, has already proved a massive success for Netflix, which, knowing it had a hit, had ordered a second season from Knightley and creator/showrunner Joe Barton before the show even premiered.

Over the course of six episodes, viewers have been entranced by Helen (Knightley) as she balances her competing roles: elegant wife of Wallace (Andrew Buchan), the Minister of Defence, doting mother of twins, supportive friend to semi-alcoholic assassin Sam (Ben Whishaw), passionate affair partner to her lover Jason (Andrew Koji) and ruthless spy for a mercenary organization called the Black Doves.

After Jason is mysteriously murdered, Helen is hellbent on revenge before realizing she has stumbled into a global conspiracy that could possibly result in World War III, and pits her...

Wallace Webb (Andrew Buchan) found out that Helen (Keira Knightley) was cheating on him in Black Doves, but he confusingly didn't tell his wife that he knew about her affair. By the end of Black Doves season 1, Helen's double life as a spy had very nearly been outed. Dani (Agnes O'Casey), had told Wallace that his wife was having an affair, and though he denied it at first, he clearly believed her. Even though Wallace was deeply suspicious of Helen's affair with Jason Davies (Andrew Koji), he didn't outright confront her about it, and instead pretended like it didn't even happen.

In the madness that was the final episodes of the show and all the deaths that happened in Black Doves, Wallace's decision to ignore Helen's infidelity may have gone under the radar. It is odd, however, how easily he let his wife of 10 years and the mother of his...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Netflix espionage series Black Doves features a robust cast of secret agents, undercover spies, and lethal assassins. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of.

The ending of Netflix's spy thriller Black Doves set up Wallace Webb (Andrew Buchan) becoming the prime minister of the United Kingdom, and that change has massive implications for season 2. Almost the entire cast of Black Doves is involved with the highest levels of the British government, and it now looks like some of the show's main characters are the most powerful people in the government. The stakes for Black Doves season 2 have been set even higher than before, and such a shuffle in Britain's government needs a bit of explaining.

At the end of Black Doves season 1, Reed (Sarah Lancaster) heavily implied that Wallace was going to become prime minister in the near future. Since Black Doves season 2 is already confirmed (via Tudum), it seems highly likely that Wallace's time at 10 Downing Street will be a main focus in the show's future. What isn't as clear is why...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

The Clarks and the Newmans are two feared and dangerous London-based crime family organizations in the Netflix espionage series Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has outstanding reviews, earning a 98% Rotten Tomatoes critic score after its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw's Sam Young, best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's James Bond films. Black Doves features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, and Ella Lily Hyland's Williams.

Black Doves follows public figure Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Reed confronts Helen over an affair she...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Helen Webb has a complicated relationship with her assassin friend Sam, whose first kill was his own father in the Netflix espionage series Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has outstanding reviews, earning a 98% Rotten Tomatoes critic score after its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw's Sam Young, best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's James Bond films. Black Doves features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, and Ella Lily Hyland's Williams.

Black Doves follows public figure Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of.

Netflix's spy thriller Black Doves has already set up the perfect twist - and the perfect new character - for season 2. Reviews for Black Doves season 1 have praised the series extensively, and the Netflix show is already confirmed for a second season (via Tudum). Critics and audience alike have praised both the acting of Keira Knightley, who plays Helen Webb, and the show's intricate and surprising plot. Black Doves is so well-written, it seems, that it has possibly already prepared some major new characters and plot twists for the second season.

Helen's personal and professional lives are already confusingly intertwined, even to her, but Black Doves season 2 could make it even more intricate. Already, Helen's marriage to Wallace Webb (Andrew Buchan) has been threatened by another Black Dove, her affair with Jason Davies (Andrew Koji) ended with his death, and the investigation she started to get revenge nearly...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Netflix espionage series Black Doves includes several significant character deaths, particularly in the shocking season 1 finale. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Reed...

Netflix's Black Doves is intrinsically linked to London, and the locations where the spy thriller was filmed reflect how important the English city is to the series. Black Doves is significantly different from the best Christmas movies on Netflix. While it is set during the holiday season, Black Doves focuses much more on espionage, assassinations, revenge, lies, and investigations than Christmas shows like The Santa Clauses do. Still, however, Black Doves does still deliver the same heartfelt messages that make for a Christmas classic.

Another big way Black Doves is different from typical holiday shows is in its setting. Instead of taking place in or near a family home, Black Doves explores every corner of London, from shady gang hideouts to the highest branches of government, like 10 Downing Street. The show presents a surprisingly thorough view of life in London, and its attention to detail is largely because of...

A British thriller where Keira Knightley plays a covert spy and Ben Whishaw plays an assassin is something that has very little chance to go wrong. So, I wasn’t surprised to find myself hooked to Black Doves during its opening five minutes or so, even before its lead stars appeared on screen. That said, I didn’t expect a show that’s filled with blood and gunfights to be this delightful overall and end on a genuinely wholesome note, fit to give any Richard Curtis movie a run for its money. We’re obviously going to talk about what happened in Black Doves season 1, the ending of it, and whether or not there’s a possibility of another season coming. Let us get into it.

Spoilers Ahead

What happens in the series?

On a cold December night in London, three people—Maggie, Phillip, and Jason—seem to be really...

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The Empress is a German historical romantic drama series created by Katharina Eyssen. Based on the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the Netflix series follows Elisabeth of Bavaria as she falls for and marries the Emperor Franz of Austria. This marriage pushes Elisabeth into the stressful life of an Empress. What started as a love story becomes so much more as time goes on, and the duties of the Emperor and Empress begin to create distance between Elisabeth and Franz. We see Elisabeth fall in love, deal with the consequences of being an Empress, and put Royal duties first to become a beloved Royal figure among her subjects. The Empress stars Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant, Melika Foroutan, Johannes Nussbaum, and Elisa Schlott. So, if you loved the royal intrigue, historical drama, and compelling characters in The Empress,...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Netflix espionage series Black Doves has a major twist that reveals the true identity of her secret love interest, Jason. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Netflix espionage series Black Doves hints at Helen Webb's true origin story before joining the Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

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Black Doves is a British spy action thriller drama series created by Joe Barton. The Netflix series follows Helen Webb, an undercover spy for a private organization who learns that her secret identity is in danger of being exposed after her lover is killed by London’s underworld. She goes on a quest for vengeance with the help of an old friend while keeping up appearances as her cover identity of the wife of the Secretary of State for Defence. Black Doves stars Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire, Andrew Koji, Andrew Buchan, Omari Douglas, and Kathryn Hunter. So, if you loved the spy thriller element, nail-biting drama, and compelling characters in Black Doves, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Americans is a period...

The new feature allows certain Disney+ subscribers access live sports for the first time.

While it was a quiet week for news amidst the Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday aftermath, Disney+ added a new feature to make some of its subscribers’ lives easier, making due on a promise to bring live sports to the streamer.

Plus, from a Christmas-set spy thriller series starring Keira Knightley to a documentary about the Man of Steel, get our watch recommendations!

This Week’s Biggest Streaming News:

Top News: Disney adds live sports with ESPN tile

Catch up on this weekend: ‘Black Doves’

Stream this weekend: ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’

Disney+ brings live sports to streamer with new ESPN tile

Just two months ago, Disney+ increased its prices on most subscription plans, hoping it will push more customers to bundle up in the coming winter months with combination plans including Hulu, ESPN+, and/or...

[This story contains some spoilers from Black Doves.]

It rarely ends well for spies who are in love in Hollywood movies and TV series. Inevitably, they betray or shoot their partners out of cold-hearted duty.

But that didn’t stop Joe Barton, creator of Black Doves, the Netflix Christmas spy thriller now streaming, from encumbering star Keira Knightley as dedicated wife and professional spook Helen Webb with Ben Whishaw’s Sam Young, a fellow spy and assassin, in all matters of love and relationships.

Barton tells The Hollywood Reporter that when writing the first season of Black Doves (the series has already been renewed), he wanted to get away from the glitz and ritz of John Le Carré’s Cold War spycraft to portray two “fallible human beings who just happened to be in this heightened world of espionage and murder and all that.”

For cloak and dagger skullduggery, tune in to Peacock’s 10-episode thriller The Day of the Jackal,...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves episode 1.

Keira Knightley's Helen Webb is a secret agent in the covert spy organization known as the Black Doves in Netflix's espionage series Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

Keira Knightley's Helen Webb takes on various personas and aliases in Netflix's espionage series Black Doves. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Reed confronts...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves.

Netflix's espionage series Black Doves has a strong soundtrack full of classic Christmas hits and other great songs. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Keira Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs. Reed is the head of. Reed...

Black Doves is the latest drama to premiere on Netflix. Audiences were kick to stream the Keira Knightley spy thriller, but is it worth the hype or are we just searching for a new series to watch as we reach the end of the year? Let’s find out!

To answer this question, we’re turning to both critics and audiences. Because let’s be honest, critics don’t always get it right, so it’s better to rely on fellow viewers. However, critics do often make good points. But before we dive in, what is Black Doves even about?

Created by Joe Barton (The Lazarus Project), Black Doves is a spy drama-thriller that follows Helen Webb (Keira Knightley), an undercover agent whose secret identity is threatened after her love interest become’s London’s underworld’s next victim. Black Doves also stars Sarah Lancashire, Ben Whishaw, Andrew Koji, and Andrew Buchan.

“Black Doves,” Netflix’s latest thriller series, has it all. The dialogue is both clever and funny. There’s lots of political intrigue and Keira Knightley hasn’t been this action star since “Domino.” The award-winning actor Ben Whishaw is awesome as usual and there is one (literally) bloody shocking twist after another.

The setting is London during the Christmas holidays where Helen (Knightley) is married to UK Secretary of Defense Wallace Webb (Andrew Buchan), the mother of adorable fraternal twins and unbeknownst to Wallace, a spy feeding much of what goes on at 10 Downing Street to secret intel group, Black Doves. Helen’s information has been “lucrative” according to her handler. As is the case with these types of plots, when something goes very wrong and threatens to expose Helen, her long-time ‘Dove’ conspirator Sam (Whishaw) is sent in to help.

Up until this upset, life on the surface...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Black Doves season 1.

The ending of Keira Knightley's Netflix espionage series Black Doves finds Helen and Sam uncertain of their futures after their showdown with the Clarks. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves has opened to outstanding reviews, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes critic score upon its December 5, 2024 release date. Knightley leads the cast of Black Doves along with Ben Whishaw, who is best known for playing Q in Daniel Craig's final three James Bond movies. Black Doves also features a stellar supporting cast, including Sarah Lancashire's Reed, Kathryn Hunter's Lenny, Ella Lily Hyland's Williams, and Omari Douglas's Michael.

Black Doves follows Knightley's Helen Webb, the loving and supportive wife of Andrew Buchan's Wallace Webb, a prominent British politician. Webb is also a secret agent working for the mysterious covert spy organization known as the Black Doves, which Mrs.

The Black Doves season 1 finale, “In the Bleak Midwinter,” ties up all the loose storylines in a neat bow on top of a Christmas present.

After Sam (Ben Whishaw) is kidnapped by the Clarks at the end of episode 5, he wakes up in the same room as Kai-Min Chen (Isabella Wei) and Eleanor (Gabrielle Creevy). The Clarks are holding them hostage. Helen Webb (Keira Knightley) has a plan, though, because she’s seen the tape and knows what really happened!

Who killed the Chinese Ambassador?

On the tape that Jason Davies (Andrew Koji) hid for Helen Webb to find in the jewelry, it reveals that Trent Clark, the son and heir to the Clark family, who are basically shadow-controlling the British government, killed Ambassador Chen (Andy Cheung) on accident. He was at Kai-Ming’s apartment to bring her heroin, but the Chinse ambassador confronted Trent about supplying his daughter. In the scuffle,...

The Christmas spy thriller that you’ve been waiting for is finally streaming on Netflix. Created by Joe Barton, Black Doves is one of the best new Netflix shows to watch in December 2024!

All six episodes of Black Doves were released on Thursday, Dec. 5. At Show Snob, I’ll be recapping each episode and sharing all of the big moments in the first season of this great Netflix original series.

“To Love Then,” the first episode of Black Doves, begins in a British pub around Christmas. On the TV, there’s a news report about the death of the Chinese Ambassador to the UK.

Outside, Jason (Andrew Koji) walks through the streets of London. He says calls two people, Maggie and Philip, on the phone to tell them he thinks he’s being followed. While on the phone with them, they are murdered by unknown assassins.

Jason sits down on...

Keira Knightley trades the Black Pearl for the Black Doves in her new Netflix series, turning from pirate to spy.

The new series, now streaming on Netflix, is a thriller centered on Helen, a mother and devoted wife — who just so happens to also be a professional spy who’s been passing on secrets about her politician husband to her bosses. So, maybe not super devoted.

When her secret lover is assassinated, her spymaster, Helen’s old friend Sam — who is an assassin — is called in to keep her safe.

You’ll definitely recognize a lot of faces in this series, so we’ve rounded them up for you. Here’s a handy guide to the “Black Doves” cast.

Netflix Helen Webb (Keira Knightley)

Helen is a spy known as a Black Dove, who steals secrets from her husband and passing them on to her employers. She’s played by...

Netflix's Black Doves creator explains the real-life inspiration behind the series. Set for release tomorrow, Black Doves is an upcoming Netflix series about a woman named Helen who engages in a passionate love affair with a man. The only catch is Helen has a secret identity that leaves her new lover put in some serious danger. Black Doves features a leading cast including Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Andrew Koji, Tracey Ullman, Sarah Lancashire, and Andrew Buchan. It was created by Joe Barton, and will have six episodes in its premiere season.

Speaking with RadioTimes, creator Barton explains the real-life inspiration behind Black Doves. The creator mentioned that he was "reading as well about those spy cops" that "infiltrated that environmental group." He took inspiration from that to write a story about "that duplicitousness of having a pretend marriage lasting years and years and years and then it's disappeared." It...

“I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher. I have a peeler. I have skewers. I have a kettle. I have a NutriBullet.”

These words are uttered by Helen (Keira Knightley), prim and proper wife of an ascending government minister (Andrew Buchan’s Wallace), to a houseguest in the second episode of Netflix’s new drama Black Doves.

Helen is more than just proud of her well-appointed kitchen, and her visitor is more than just a late-night caller. He’s an assassin, sent to kill her for … reasons. She’s a spy. Her list of available culinary implements is less bougie braggadocio and more a warning that behind her public image as a well-put-together spouse, mother and domestic goddess is a woman capable of turning the fruits of a Williams Sonoma shopping spree into instruments of torture.

It’s a great line and a great scene, in a six-episode series...

Netflix's spy thriller starring Keira Knightley, Black Doves, boasts an impressive cast of deeply talented British actors. Black Doves follows Helen Webb (Knightley), a member of the eponymous spy group based in London. Helen sells secrets she steals from her husband, Wallace (Andrew Buchan), but after her secret lover is killed, she goes on a quest for revenge. It's far from a typical holiday movie, but Black Doves used its star-studded cast to tremendous effect.

Black Doves debuted to a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a large part of its critical success is due to its cast. Reviews for Black Doves have praised Keira Knightley in particular, but also stars like Sarah Lancashire and Ben Whishaw. Even the supporting cast of Black Doves contributed some stellar performances, and they all combined to create one of the best action shows on Netflix. The cast is filled with Oscar, Emmy, and Olivier nominees and winners,...

We present our red carpet interviews for Netflix’s Black Doves, which took place at the BFI Southbank in London this evening. Coming from writer/creator Joe Barton, the series stars Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire, Andrew Buchan (Carnival Row), Adeel Akhtar (Fool Me Once), Tracey Ullman (The Tracey Ullman Show), Finn Bennett (True Detective: Night Country) and Luther Ford (The Crown), Andrew Koji (Warrior), Kathryn Hunter, Sam Troughton, Ella Lily Hyland, Adam Silver Ken Nwosu (Look the Other Way and Run), Gabrielle Creevy and Omari Douglas.

The series has a premiere date of the 5th of December. Linda Marric and Alastair Hall were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

Black Doves Premiere Interviews

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Set against the backdrop of London at Christmas, the series is a sharp, action-filled, and heartfelt story of friendship and sacrifice. It follows Helen Webb (Keira Knightley), a quick-witted, down-to-earth, dedicated wife and mother — and professional spy.

There’s no shortage of spy thrillers on TV and no end of tired tropes to dodge if you want to make something original. Written by Joe Barton, Black Doves doesn’t try to avoid the genre clichés, but instead finds its very individual personality by mashing and twisting them into something surprising, thrilling and much more fun than 90 per cent of current offerings.

Keira Knightley plays Helen, the wife of a senior government minister (Andrew Buchan). Helen lives a plush life of expensive coats and champagne dos in her high-ceilinged London home. She is also a spy, working for an espionage agency that sells secrets to the highest bidder.

Knightley squeezes everything out of her best role in years, ably gliding through comedy, action and domestic drama.

The show opens with multiple murders. One of the victims is a man (Andrew Koji) with whom Helen was having an affair.

Netflix is ending the year in style with a bunch of good shows and movies to watch! There are six new Netflix shows coming in December 2024 that everyone should have on their list of shows to watch throughout the holiday season.

I've been covering Netflix for a decade, and the December lineup is always a little bit hit or miss! There are always some big shows that premiere in December, including new seasons of You, Bridgerton, The Witcher, some Harlan Coben shows, and more. This year, I'd say this is one of the best Netflix show lineups to end the year that we've seen in a long time. Every week, there's a new high-profile show for Netflix subscribers to watch in December. That's about as much as we can ask for, right?

I shared a list of six Netflix shows (two new shows and four returning shows) coming in December that you should watch!

Black Doves is about to be the hottest new Netflix show of December 2024! The year is almost over, but thankfully, Netflix has a new spy thriller to cap off a solid year of TV!

Black Doves premieres on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 3 a.m. Et / 12 a.m. Pt only on Netflix! All six episodes of the first season of the Netflix original series will be released at that time. Don't worry about any two-part or three-part Netflix releases.

Because it's a new show, we don't know how many people will actually be interested in watching as soon as it's available. I have a feeling this show is going to be super popular eventually, but it might take a few weeks to get there.

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Black Doves has an incredible cast led by Keira Knightley as Helen Webb, a spy and wife of current British Defense Minister,...

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With Black Doves, The Day of the Jackal and The Agency all hitting TV screens in the space of a few weeks, premium spy shows feel in vogue.

Jane Featherstone and Joe Barton concur. They are the producer and creator behind Netflix’s Black Doves, which stars Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw as agents who operate amid a whirlwind of secrets.

“It’s back,” Featherstone told Deadline. “Everyone’s making ’em. The world is in a place where you need spies because there are so many barriers and nation state issues it just feels like the time.”

Featherstone, who runs Black Doves maker Sister, said these trends come in circa-25-year cycles, citing Spooks, the hit BBC series she produced in the 2000s. She said she is “definitely” being pitched more spy shows at present but there is room for plenty. Black Doves had a two-season order before it even premiered,...

Keira Knightley stars as a mother and spy caught between two dangerous worlds.

Spy shows are always in style, and Netflix’s new show, “Black Doves” is dripping with it. The key art looks like something out of a James Bond movie and the trailer rocks just as hard (the shotgun moment is great). Keira Knightley stars as Helen Webb, a devoted wife and mother – and also a spy. When her secret lover is killed by London’s underworld, her employer sends an old friend (Ben Whishaw) to protect her. Here’s everything you need to know about “Black Doves,” which premieres on Netflix on Thursday, Dec. 5.

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Keira Knightley shines in and elevates Netflix's espionage series Black Doves, making it one of her most impressive television efforts. Knightley recently led the cast of Hulu's true crime drama Boston Strangler, which most found engaging albeit derivative of other serial killer series. While the same could be said about Black Doves and the spy thriller genre, creator Joe Barton (The Lazarus Project) morphs several genres – action, thriller, romance, comedy – into an ambitious series that is thoroughly enjoyable.

Black Doves is a drama series that centers on the complex interplay of espionage and personal relationships. Focused on Helen Webb, a seasoned spy striving to balance her covert missions with a turbulent family life, the series delves into themes of loyalty, betrayal, and sacrifice. Starring Keira Knightley, it examines the moral ambiguities faced by those who live double lives in service to their countries.

Cast Ella Lily Hyland, Omari Douglas,...

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This December, we are getting a ton of great shows on various streaming services. From the first series of the upcoming DC Universe by James Gunn to the much anticipated second season of the incredibly popular Netflix series Squid Games. So, we are here to sort out all of the brilliant upcoming shows that you might want to check out.

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Earth Abides is an upcoming post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama series created by Todd Komarnicki. Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by George R. Stewart, the MGM+ series follows Isherwood “Ish” Williams, who learns that most of the world has fallen apart after almost all of the human race fell to a mysterious illness. He soon decides to build a new civilization with the people he finds over time.