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Apple Tree Yard, BBC OneMonday, 23 January 2017
Only the final 60 seconds of this first episode of Apple Tree Yard could have been described as a psychological thriller. We know Dr Yvonne Carmichael is in the dock – the genetic scientist was shown handcuffed in a prison van right at the start –... Read more... |
Taboo, BBC OneSunday, 08 January 2017
The arrival of this oppressively atmospheric 19th-century historical drama is being trailed as the BBC's bold attempt to break the Saturday night stranglehold of soaps and talent shows. No doubt they were encouraged by the success of all those... Read more... |
To Walk Invisible, BBC OneFriday, 30 December 2016
Yorkshire-born screenwriter Sally Wainwright has carved a distinguished niche for herself as chronicler of that brooding, beautiful region’s social and familial dramas. After the romance of Last Tango in Halifax and the gritty panorama of Happy... Read more... |
The Witness for the Prosecution, BBC OneTuesday, 27 December 2016
A year ago to the day the BBC laid on a festive slaughter of Agatha Christie characters. And Then There Were None had the look of a well-dressed abattoir as her victims toppled like ninepins at the hands of an invisible slayer. The scriptwriter... Read more... |
Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio, BBC OneMonday, 26 December 2016
The best thing about a year without Doctor Who? It’s been a year since we last heard people (adults) complain that the show’s increasingly labyrinthine, convoluted plots were too complex for children.But the best thing about this year’s Christmas... Read more... |
Call the Midwife: 2016 Christmas Special, BBC OneMonday, 26 December 2016
While Miranda Hart's Chummy is no more and Jessica Raine (who played Jenny Lee) has long since departed to perish in Line of Duty and pout crossly in Wolf Hall, Call the Midwife has evolved into a sort of Heartbeat with nuns, featuring antique pop... Read more... |
Last Tango in Halifax, Christmas special, BBC OneWednesday, 21 December 2016
It could only happen in Halifax. The series' two families, whom we have come to know so well and – with exceptions – love, had arranged a pre-Christmas dinner out, festive-like as Alan, the ever-saintly Derek Jacobi, might put it. Instead there was... Read more... |
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Margot, BBC OneWednesday, 21 December 2016
Classical dancers conventionally have the briefest of all performing careers in the arts, knowing from the very beginning that they'll be lucky to have 20 years of performing at the top of their abilities, after at least 10 years training from... Read more... |
Strictly Come Dancing 2016 Final, BBC OneSunday, 18 December 2016
What is light entertainment for? It won’t save the world or heal the sick or bring warring factions to the negotiating table. It’s teeth and smiles and bread and circuses on a Saturday night and it shouldn’t have to bear any greater weight. The... Read more... |
Planet Earth II: Cities, BBC OneMonday, 12 December 2016
Cities, the fastest growing habitats in the history of the world, provided the subject for the sixth and final programme in Planet Earth II, the series that came a decade after the original Planet Earth programmes set new standards for television... Read more... |
The Missing, Series 2 Finale, BBC OneThursday, 01 December 2016
Anyone hoping for a few laughs and a nice bit of catharsis after enduring the eight unstintingly miserable episodes of The Missing would have got none of the former and hardly any of the latter. Writers Jack and Harry Williams had sprung most of... Read more... |
Walliams & Friend, BBC OneSaturday, 26 November 2016
The sketch format goes in and out of favour. It was huge in the 1970s, crawled under a rock when alternative comedians found other means of expression, and was reinvigorated 20 years ago by genuinely inventive shows like Big Train and The Fast Show... Read more... |
