legal drama
Silk, Series 3, BBC OneTuesday, 25 February 2014![]() In between the second series of Silk and this new one, Peter Moffat took time out to write his rural-misery-and-cannon-fodder dirge, The Village. Having off-roaded so far from his usual track, perhaps it's no wonder that his return to the world of... Read more... |
The Good Wife, Series 5, More4Thursday, 30 January 2014![]() The annual reappearance of The Good Wife is always a cause for celebration. Why they persistently park it in the twilight zone of More4 remains one of the enduring mysteries of our era, since it's one of the best shows on TV, but the only question... Read more... |
The Escape Artist, BBC OneWednesday, 30 October 2013![]() Most of us like a good legal drama, which is why there have been so many of them. By the same logic, finding a fresh spin or a new way of writing and shooting them inevitably grows ever-tougher.The Escape Artist, a new three-parter written by Spooks... Read more... |
Closed CircuitThursday, 24 October 2013![]() We have plenty to be paranoid about in the most surveilled country in the world. British contributions to the conspiracy thrillers that bloomed so fruitfully in the US around Watergate have, though, stayed slim. Maybe that’s one reason Closed... Read more... |
The Winslow Boy, Old VicWednesday, 20 March 2013Terence Rattigan's beautifully spoken characters are a passionate lot in this gripping story of a father's fight to prove his son's innocence. Lindsay Posner's production of the 1946 play succors and seduces its audience with an unstoppable... Read more... |
The Good Wife, Series 4, More4Friday, 25 January 2013![]() My only real complaint about the ever-excellent Good Wife is that they cram so much into every episode that it's notoriously difficult to keep track of all the plots, subplots, new names and cunningly tangled relationships. It's a bit like a... Read more... |
Second series of Silk on BBC OneTuesday, 03 April 2012The battling barristers of Shoe Lane Chambers return for a second series of Silk, written by Peter Moffat. Regulars Rupert Penry-Jones (as Clive Reader) and Maxine Peake (Martha Costello) are joined by newcomers Frances Barber, Phil Davis and Indira... Read more... |
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