Closing the story of ITV’s three-part domestic horror series, HIM ends on a real high, with some interesting developments that made last night’s instalment the best episode of the drama so far and a fitting end to the story. “I need time to process this. It’s a lot to calibrate.” The action picks up straight … >
As we head into the second episode of ITV’s new supernatural horror drama, HIM, the bright points of the show are starting to shine through. However, a few of the glaring missteps in its production are all too evident as well, leading to a mixed bag of an episode. “He kept doing that fight or … >
Created by BAFTA-winning writer Paula Milne, HIM is a new ‘domestic horror’ on ITV this autumn. The three-part drama series focuses on a 17-year-old boy known only throughout the drama as ‘HIM’ who is caught in limbo between childhood and adulthood. Trapped in emotional flux between the two homes of his divorced parents, each now … >
An all-star cast bring us ITV’s latest domestic horror drama, HIM, but was tonight’s first episode scarily good, or something of a nightmare? HIM tells the story of a nameless teenage boy, who appears to develop certain telekinetic abilities when faced with situations that make him angry. These abilities come to light as he struggles to … >
Mr Selfridge actress Katherine Kelly will star in ITV’s new ‘domestic horror’ drama from the makers of Unforgotten. Created by The Politician’s Husband writer Paula Milne, Him tells the story of a 17-year-old boy and “as he struggles not to lose his humanity and control his supernatural power.” The three-part series begins filming in suburban … >
And so we come to the final episode of Cucumber: the one which, following the events of Episode 7, didn’t seem strictly necessary. Was it worth it? No, but we’ll come to that later. Before that, there is the matter of Henry’s attempts at social engineering, and the fact that – having clearly read too … >
Queer as Folk writer Russell T Davies returns to Channel 4 with Cucumber, a new drama series exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life. > Order Cucumber on DVD on Amazon. Cucumber follows 46 year old Henry, played by Vincent Franklin (The Thick of It, Twenty Twelve) and his long-suffering boyfriend Lance, … >
In this penultimate episode of Cucumber, Russell T Davies doesn’t give us what we expect. There’s no knock at the door for Henry or Marie – no sudden, shocked bewilderment at news only half-comprehended. Instead, the action begins on the day of Lance’s funeral and we follow Henry going through the motions of thanking guests … >
Well, you can’t say we weren’t warned. In the opening sequence of this episode, the caption clearly reads, ‘Lance Edward Sullivan, 1966 – 2015’. There was the possibility that this could have been a piece of Russell T Davies misdirection, in the spirit of Rose Tyler’s ‘This is the story of how I died’. But … >
‘I hate gay men,’ said Henry (Vincent Franklin) in Cucumber’s opening episode last month. ‘It’s all ‘Hi!’ and ‘Oh my God! Look at you!’’ It was the kind of comment that was all whipped cream with knives: the kind of frothy acerbity which – following on from a titillatingly phallic opening sequence – wolfishly opened … >