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The League of Gentlemen, BBC2 review - an anniversary to celebrateThursday, 21 December 2017
In 1994, a group of students at Bretton Hall drama school – Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith – began writing and performing together. Read more... |
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees, BBC One review - an arboreal delightThursday, 21 December 2017
“I am going to find out how much my trees live, breath, and even communicate. I am Judi Dench, and I have been an actor for 60 years – but I have had another passion ever since I was a little girl: I have adored trees. My six acres are a secret woodland, and my trees are part of my extended life.” Read more... |
Agatha Christie's Crooked House, Channel 5 review - actresses chew furniture for funMonday, 18 December 2017
Crooked House is being released as a film in various territories, but has already been shown on television in America and has now surfaced as a drama on Channel 5 bearing the title Agatha Christie’s Crooked House. Read more... |
Witnesses: A Frozen Death finale, BBC Four review - weirdo childbirth cult hits the buffersSunday, 17 December 2017
It’s remarkable how pervasive the Scandi-noir formula has become, with its penchant for weird and perverted killers, labyrinthine plotting and intriguingly flawed protagonists. Read more... |
The Tunnel: Vengeance, Sky Atlantic review - entente not-so-cordialeFriday, 15 December 2017
For the third and allegedly final time, we hasten back to the Kent coast for another outbreak of cross-Channel crime. Read more... |
Bancroft, ITV review - Sarah Parish's very cold caseThursday, 14 December 2017
This week we were all meant to be gripped by a bunch of ancient geezers nicking diamonds in Hatton Gardens. The postponement of ITV’s nightly four-part drama – the second of four (four!!) different versions of the infamous burglary – is a bit of a mystery. Now you see it on the cover of the Radio Times. Read more... |
Blue Planet II, BBC One review - just how fragile?Monday, 11 December 2017
The eel is dying. Its body flits through a series of complicated knots which become increasingly grotesque torques. Immersed in a pool of brine — concentrated salt water five times denser than seawater — it is succumbing to toxic shock. As biomatter on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico decomposes, brine and methane are produced, and where these saline pockets collect, nothing grows. Read more... |
The Crown, Series 2, Netflix review - all our yesterdays, cunningly rewrittenFriday, 08 December 2017
Beneath the creamy overlay of gowns, crystal chandeliers, palaces, uniformed flunkies and a sumptuous (albeit CGI-enhanced) Royal Yacht, a steely pulse of realpolitik fuels The Crown, returning to Netflix for its much-anticipated second series. Read more... |
Howards End finale, BBC One review - who isn't going to miss the Schlegel sisters?Monday, 04 December 2017
How good was Howards End (BBC One)? Practically flawless. Read more... |
Imagine... Rachel Whiteread: Ghosts in the Room, BBC Two review - making memories solidSunday, 03 December 2017
Eureka! A programme about a woman artist that doesn’t define her as a wife and mother first and an artist second. Read more... |
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