Channel 4
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Channel 4Saturday, 28 September 2013
There are two schools of critical thought when it comes to stories set in fantastical worlds. The first implies that it’s difficult to argue for realism and consistency in something that’s supposed to be a bit of fluff, where not only have aliens... Read more... |
The Wrong Mans, BBC Two / London Irish, Channel 4Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Love him or hate him, James Corden undeniably does have a range of talents – actor, writer and co-creator of some very funny comedy (we'll politely forget the car crash of his misguided BBC sketch show with Mathew Horne). And now, dontchaknow, he's... Read more... |
Blackout, Channel 4Tuesday, 10 September 2013
If the UK’s entire power supply were to fail, how long do you reckon it would take for society to regress to the point that people would begin eating cold chips they had rescued from a bin? According to Blackout, a feature-length docu-drama directed... Read more... |
Top Boy, Series 2, Channel 4Wednesday, 21 August 2013
After the almost complete absence of the police from the first series of Top Boy, the sirens are blazing as the follow-on to Ronan Bennett’s tough drug-dealing drama kicks in. Specifically, they’re exhuming the corpse of Kamale, who fell victim to... Read more... |
Southcliffe, Series Finale, Channel 4Monday, 19 August 2013
The shipping forecast is never going to sound the same again after Southcliffe. Each time it came back over the four episodes of Tony Grisoni’s drama, set against a background of the limpid dawn sky of marshland Faversham, which stood in for the... Read more... |
Crazy About One Direction, Channel 4Friday, 16 August 2013
Sandra, 14, has worked out what it will be like if she marries One Direction’s Harry Styles. “His morning voice would be amazing,” she says, thinking forward to when the first thing she hears each day is the croak with which he greets the morning... Read more... |
Southcliffe, Channel 4Tuesday, 06 August 2013
The last time I noticed Sean Harris he was playing Micheletto Corella, the merciless assassin and enforcer for Pope Jeremy Irons and his Borgia clan. Unpleasantly good at it he was too.Perhaps it would be unfair to describe his appearance in... Read more... |
The Dealership, Channel 4Friday, 02 August 2013
Buying a used car is not for the squeamish at the best of times, but the notion of buying one from something called the Essex Car Company freezes the blood. Yet the idea of making a slice-of-life, fly on the wall, reality-tv-style doc about the... Read more... |
Run, Channel 4Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Another week, another breakout performance from Olivia Colman. That chirpy face and sprite smile encourages a nation of fans to follow her into all manner of beastly nooks and dread crannies in the hope that somehow with Colman for company it’ll be... Read more... |
Child Genius, Channel 4/Agnetha: Abba and After, BBC OneWednesday, 12 June 2013
Nobody said it was easy being an infant prodigy. Take Hugo, ranked in the top 0.4 percent of the population. He knows everything there is to know about train engines, train stations, rail networks etc, has them committed to his photographic memory.... Read more... |
Shameless, Channel 4Wednesday, 29 May 2013
They say that the most important part of any drama is the journey that it takes its leading characters on. Whatever events have taken place - and after 139 episodes and nearly a decade, this show has had a lot of them - you can expect them to have... Read more... |
Syria: Across the Lines, Channel 4Thursday, 18 April 2013
Covering both sides of a conflict is never easy. Apart from the physical dangers, warring parties are wary of journalists who've reported on and established ties with the enemy. Afghanistan showed this as clearly as anywhere, when the US forces were... Read more... |
