Stream On with Jim Williams

We speak with Michael Dorman who is one of the stars of The Secrets She Keeps an Australian psychological thriller that debuts Thursday, July 16th on Sundance Now. The show boasts a great cast that features former Downton Abby star Laura Carmichael who plays Agatha Fyfle and Jessica De Gouw who plays Meghan Shaughnes the wife of Dorman’s character sportscaster Jack Shaughnessy. The story revolves...

My guest is the very entertaining Taryn J. Stewart who is Sr. Manager, Mulitplatform Marketing with PBS Digital is the head of the PBS Short Film Festival initiative. We have a wonderful conversation about their highly anticipated Ninth Annual PBS Short Film Festival that starts on Monday July 13th and will continue through the 24th. There are plenty of outstanding offerings for people of all tast...

Our guest is the very talented Michael Smiley who stars in the Acorn TV original series Dead Still. This is one of the most interesting, compelling and witty murder mystery shows that I have seen in a very long time. You must add Dead Still to your binge list and once you understand the premise of this very quirky, and dark comedy, murder mystery. The show is a six part period murder-mystery about...

We talk one of the most interesting characters in modern Olympic history Rulon Gardner. He is the subject of a fascinating Olympic Channel documentary “Rulon Gardner Won't Die.” We see that he had a tough childhood as one of nine children with a loving family but he grew up on a farm working hard day in and day out. As a young man he survived a number of close call accidents that might have killed...

Our guest Jack Perry is the CEO of Syncbak, SBTV they bring local news from all over the country via streaming video to your phone, tablet, connected device or computer so you can stay current on all of the happenings in your local community and around the country. In my conversation with Perry we discussed why local news is so very important. “We have a COVID 19 channel and of course right now th...

This week I spoke to Emmy Award winning filmmaker Norman Stone from his home in Scotland. He is driving force behind the fascinating story of Florence Nightingale that is centerpiece of Britbox “Healthcare Heroes” celebration now playing on the highly popular streaming service owned by the BBC and ITV. The masterfully done biopic stars Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) as the mother of...

Ben Barnes joins us to talk about his new hit drama an Acorn original Gold Digger a six-part series that just dropped today. The Acorn TV original Gold Digger is one of those shows that will want to tell your friends about. It is a good old fashioned “Water Cooler,” drama with lots plot twists and characters to love and hate. The show stars Julia Ormond who plays a 60-year mother of two grown chil...

We have a great conversion producer Adam Tandy who is part of super successful the BBC and Britbox show Inside No. 9. He is joined by the duo of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton and together they are the creative force behind Inside No. 9. For nearly a decade they have written some of the funniest, innovating, and creative anthology shows on television. We in the United States, we simply do no...

This week we talk with the Executive Producers of the Acorn TV feature film Miss Fisher and The Crypt of Tears. Co-creators and executive producers Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox. The film which is drawing rave reviews in Australia and here the U.S. debuts March 23rd on the streaming service Acorn TV. The Crypt of Tears follows Miss Phryne Fisher as she embarks on an exotic globe-trotting adventure when...

This week we thought it was time for something the family could enjoy together. Enter the Acorn TV original Agatha Raisin. We talk with Matt McCooey who plays D.S. Bill Wong and Barry Ryan (executive producer) fill us in on the details of all things Agatha. Season 3 now streaming on Acorn TV are Agatha Raisin and The Haunted House, Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell and finally, Agatha Raisin an...

This week we have the trio of Sophie Petzal (creator/writer), Jonathan Fisher (producer) and star Adrian Dunbar sharing their thoughts about series two of the Acorn TV original hit Blood which you can stream starting March 9th. Petzal introduces us to the Hogan family and in season one the story will screw with your head in a good way and have you guessing, second-guessing and finally just trustin...

Recently I spoke the shows creative team Brendan O’Carroll plays the title role of the outspoken Mrs Agnes Brown and his charming and talented wife Jennifer Gibney who plays his daughter Cathy Brown on the show. To say that the smash BBC hit comedy Mrs. Brown’s Boys is a different type of a sitcom is like saying President Donald Trump could teach a class in humility. Now airing in the United State...

We talk with Steve Backshall, a BAFTA-winning adventurer and wildlife expert who explores the earth as it has never been done before. in his must-see new series. Expedition with Steve Backshall. debuts tonight on PBS at 10 p.m. ET. To say that Backshall is a world-class explorer is like saying Pele could play soccer. Backshall is about to take us on some heart-stopping adventures and showcase some...

This week I spoke with Nada Arnot the General Manager of Sundance Now. She gives us a peek into the mind of a creative tour de force. She knows her audience and her ability to curate the best content on the planet to satisfy their streaming appetite is sheer genius. Like Acorn TV, Sundance Now offers programing from the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe with a focus on high quality m...

Our guest this week’s edition of Stream On is the start of the Sundance Now hit miniseries Cheat the talented Katherine Kelly. This four-part mystery is will have you twisted in knots trying how to figure things out. Cheat stars Kelly with a great cast, and it all took place in the beautiful area of Cambridge. Kelly plays Dr. Leah Dale, a professor on the fast track of for gaining tenure, she has...

The BritBox gripping mini-series The Victim staring our guest Kelly Macdonald is an intelligent drama about a child killer that asks ever more challenging questions. Macdonald plays a mother who seeks the whereabouts of her son's killer after he is released from prison, unleashing a series of events that surface tragic memories and unexpected consequences. This a must see series on BritBox and Mac...

So what is happening these days with Doc Martin? Well, I spoke recently with Martin Clunes who of course plays Doc Martin and during our chat for Stream On with Jim Williams he gave me some fun things to look for starting in episode one. The show has become one of the world’s most popular television shows and series nine will debut Thursday on Acorn TV. The show debuts tonight on ITV in the U.K. a...

On this week’s podcast we welcome back an old friend Soumya Sriraman the President of Britbox as we talk about their one yearish anniversary. For those who are not familiar with the streaming service it is the outlet in the United States for the BBC/ITV and their vast catalog of world-class content. Midsomer Murders, Vera, Father Brown and Jonathan Creek are some of the golden oldies but what is b...

Normally we look at a genre of movies or TV series worthy of bingeing on your weekend summer free time either at the beach, the lake, the mountains or even you are staying at home. Our guests Stewart Lane and Bonnie Comley the founders of BroadwayHD join me for a great conversation about the debut of the multi Tony Award winning Kinky Boots. The duo were the executive producers digital recording o...

My guest this week is Bill Margol who serves as Sr. Director, Programming and Development for PBS talked with me in detail about The Summer of Space series which he was so excited and proud about massive project that is playing now on PBS Passport. He takes us inside Chasing The Moon, Nova - The Planets as well as one of the most clever projects yet for PBS and the BBC. 8 Days: The Journey of Apol...

On this edition of Stream On I talk with the talented funny Lucy Lawless about her new Australian TV series “My Life is Murder.” The series makes its U.S. debut on Monday August 5th exclusively on AcornTV. I talk with Lawless about what drew her to the series as well as the talented and quirky cast that they have assembled for the show. I have seen the first three episodes and I highly recommend M...

My guest this week we talk to one of the most talented and successful true crime writers in the United Kingdom is Jeff Pope. Some may know him for his writing on Philomena, his efforts garnered him an Oscar nomination. Now he has lent his talents to a BBC/ITV outstanding series called The Heist At Hatton Garden. The limited run four episode series debuted on July 9th on the streaming service Britb...

This week’s guest on our Stream On podcast is Eric Freeland the PBS, Sr. Director Multiplatform Content and Video Strategy. He is the driving force behind the highly successful Passport program that is one of the best streaming media deals on the market period. PBS got it right by offering some of the best content from Masterpiece Theater, Masterpiece Mystery, Frontline, Austin City Limits plus ot...

Kim Fields, Kevin Nash and Philip Glenister from Living the Dream join us and we continue our conversation with Shane Allen the man in charge of comedy at the BBC. On this edition of Stream On. The Britbox comedy “Living the Dream.” features a normal English family Pembertons who visit Florida on holiday and love the warm weather, the beach and the laid back lifestyle. So, after their to rainy and...

Jed Mercurio and I talk about the success he has had with not one but two hit shows. If you don’t know who Mercurio is chances are you are very familiar with his work. Both Line of Duty (ACORN TV) and Bodyguard (NETFLIX) are two of the most watched police drama’s ever aired on the BBC and they have been big hits in the United States. As a matter of fact season five of Line of Duty that is now airi...