Poldark
The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noel Coward Theatre review - Aidan Turner makes a magnetic West End debutThursday, 05 July 2018
Aidan Turner may not reveal those famously bronzed pecs that have made TV's Poldark box office catnip in his West End debut. But what Michael Grandage's funny and fiery revival of The Lieutenant of Inishmore reveals in spades is the... Read more... |
Peaky Blinders, Series 4 Finale, BBC Two review – Tommy faces his reckoningFriday, 22 December 2017
Luca Changretta got his just desserts, Alfie Solomons made a last gasp for the quiet life, and Thomas Shelby revealed his true enemy – Peaky Blinders wrapped up another exciting series in a high-octane and neat finale.Tommy always has a way out... Read more... |
Poldark, Series 2 Finale / Planet Earth II, BBC OneMonday, 07 November 2016
So, a rough tally. We’ve had a trial, a near suicide, a punch-up, death by drowning, a near bankruptcy, a tin rush, another punch-up, a baby, a probable rape, a riot, another baby, and another one on the way, possibly a product of that probable rape... Read more... |
Poldark, Series 2, BBC OneMonday, 05 September 2016
Those who frequent Cornwall know that most of its place names begin with one of three prefixes. Indeed, check your copy of Richard Carew’s Survey of Cornwall (1602) for the source of the rhyme: “By Tre, Pol and Pen / Shall ye know all Cornishmen”. (... Read more... |
Poldark, BBC OneMonday, 09 March 2015
Hooray! The BBC has learned its lesson from the "Mumblegate" furore that erupted around last year's adaptation of Jamaica Inn, and ensured that even the most unwashed and toothless Cornish yokel in this all-new Poldark is almost 90 per cent... Read more... |
