‘Hard Sun’ Episode 3 Review

There’s been quite a few tweets this past week from people saying they’ve finished #HardSun, and lauding it as a drama well worth a watch. That’s good to hear if you’ve not seen it all yet, especially as many crime dramas can start strong, only to drag on too long and fizzle out near the … >

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‘Hard Sun’ Episode 2 Review

Welcome to the slow road of weekly Hard Sun reviews. I’m sipping the series slowly, like a fine cognac, or Pepto Bismol. By now you may have watched the entire 8 episodes. In fact, you could’ve watched them all several times over. Judging by the iPlayer charts you might well have: it’s proved very popular. … >

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‘Hard Sun’ Episode 1 Review

Take a cursory glance at Twitter (the best kind of glance), and you’d be misled into thinking that the world was going to end any day now. Fortunately BBC One’s new Saturday night diversion ‘Hard Sun’ gives us all a cheerily optimistic 5 years before the great big horrid orange death-ball eradicates us all. The … >

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Shane Ritchie, Fionnula Flannagan, Jessie Wallace, Redwater

‘Kat & Alfie: Redwater’ Episode 1 Review (Spoiler Free)

Kat & Alfie: Redwater continues the story of these Eastenders stalwarts in a place far away from Albert Square, both literally and metaphorically.  As the opening helicopter shot of Redwater pans across the Atlantic ocean to settle on a beautiful, rural coastal village, it’s immediately obvious we’re not in soap-land anymore. Aesthetically, the show – with its large outdoor … >

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Shane Ritchie, Fionnula Flannagan, Jessie Wallace, Redwater

What’s going to happen in ‘Kat & Alfie: Redwater’?

A new six-part drama kicks off soon on BBC One, set on the beautiful, wild Irish southern coast it promises a real change of scene for two former Eastenders.  First pitched by Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Alex Lamb when they were staffers on the Albert Square soap back in 2015, the story of Kat (now Kathleen) Moon’s search for a son … >

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‘Case Histories’: Episode 1 review

The arrival of yet another British crime drama series isn’t necessarily reason to break out a bottle of champagne and smash it against the side of the telly. Happily, Case Histories is more than capable of fighting its corner.

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