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The Day Mountbatten Died, BBC Two review - the IRA's audacious strike at the heart of the British EstablishmentTuesday, 20 August 2019
It was a lovely summer’s day in southern England, much as it was in County Sligo. I was with my parents, driving to visit a very elderly relative. We arrived not long after the news of Lord Mountbatten’s death was announced and my great aunt was distraught, more over the death of someone she saw as a war hero than over the general carnage, I suspect. Read more... |
Kathy Burke's All Woman, Channel 4 review - warts and allWednesday, 14 August 2019
What’s the next level above national treasure? We’ll need a name for it by the end of All Woman, Kathy Burke’s new Channel 4 documentary. Read more... |
Keeping Faith, Episode 4 Series 2, BBC One review - murders aplentyWednesday, 14 August 2019
Life on the Welsh coast isn’t getting any easier: defendant Madlen was found guilty of murder, husband Evan was coming home from prison, and Faith had just given Steve Baldini a rather uncomfortable snog on the beach. She’s probably pining for that first series now, at least the hubby was out of the picture. Read more... |
This Way Up, Channel 4 review - hilarity with a dark undercurrentThursday, 08 August 2019
“Get those worksheets in by Monday or I will Brexit the lot of you,” says turbo-charged teacher Aine (Aisling Bea: The Fall, Gap Year) to her London TEFL class. Her students have just enjoyed a stimulating lesson built around the Kardashian family tree. “Kim is the…” Aine waits for the answer. “Yes, well done, the second eldest. And Khloé is the…yes, the middle one. She was the youngest until along came Kendall and Kylie.” Read more... |
I Am Hannah, Channel 4 review - last in trilogy leaves us danglingWednesday, 07 August 2019
In the final instalment of Dominic Savage’s trilogy of stand-alone dramas for Channel 4, Gemma Chan took the title role of a single woman in her mid-thirties, struggling with awkward choices about motherhood,... Read more... |
Euphoria, Sky Atlantic review - teenage nervous breakdownWednesday, 07 August 2019
Being a teenager used to be fun, allegedly, but for the young cast of HBO’s controversial new hit series Euphoria it looks more like a nightmare ride through a theme park of bad trips. Read more... |
Inside the Secret World of Incels, BBC One review - involuntary celibacy, violence and despairThursday, 01 August 2019
A sad story of lonely men, Simon Rawles's atmospheric and beautifully shot documentary has no narration, apart from the occasional faint, off-camera question from the interviewer. This makes everything more depressing. We’re alone on a nightmare ride, starting with Catfishman. “I catfish females. Read more... |
The Chef's Brigade, BBC Two review - you're in the army nowWednesday, 31 July 2019
While a spot of home cooking can be a relaxing experience with a nice meal at the end of it, signing up to this culinary campaign with Michelin-starred mega-chef Jason Atherton is like being sent off to join the Foreign Legion. Read more... |
Manifest, Sky 1 review - late arrival causes cosmic upheavalWednesday, 31 July 2019
It’s been nearly a decade since the sixth and final series of Lost, JJ Abrams’s baffling odyssey of time-travelling air crash survivors, but judging by Manifest, its influence still hovers over TV-land. Read more... |
Who Do You Think You Are? - Naomie Harris, BBC One review - shocks old and newTuesday, 30 July 2019
This episode of the celebrity genealogy show began with footage of Naomie Harris at Ian Fleming's former home in Jamaica, where she was helping launch Bond 25 (to be released next year), in which she is playing Moneypenny for the third time. Read more... |
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