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We’re halfway through BBC Two’s six-part series now, and it’s time for Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) to get his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels on. He’s bursting through doors, slamming people up against the wall, stomping through brothels, threatening to bash Thomas More’s head into the cobbles. It’s not as if Wolf Hall has … >
We’re into the second week, and deeper into the corridors of power of Wolf Hall, as more and more people are beginning to notice that young buck Cromwell, who is attempting to change the opinion of the royal court. Now less Jim Dale in Carry On Columbus, more a young Robert Lindsay, stomping the streets … >
Hilary Mantel’s pair of bestsellers, Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies have been conflated into a new six-part drama for BBC Two. ‘Sumptuous’ is a somewhat overused phrase for these sorts of things, but it’s a fair description of at least this first episode, ‘Three Card Trick’, which introduces us to Thomas Cromwell at … >
Starting in March 1979, and running for almost ten years, Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected quickly became one of Anglia Television’s most successful and widely seen exports. It holds a very special place in the hearts of those who saw it the first time round, and much of that is due to the iconic … >
Starting in March 1979, and running for almost ten years, Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected holds a very special place in the hearts of those who saw it the first time round. We’ve picked out eight of our favourite episodes. > Buy the Tales Of The Unexpected complete series 19-disc boxset on Amazon. It won’t … >
You’ll have heard of Avenue Q before, of course, the delinquent boozy stepchild of Sesame Street. In a supremely confident production, Vancouver’s Arts Club Theatre Company have absolutely nailed the energetic perkiness and gawsh-darned American-ness that’s required to make Avenue Q work. One of the major draws of this show is that it’s much more … >
If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember with great fondness the books about a peculiarly British nutty professor by Norman Hunter, starting with The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm. You’ll also no doubt be somewhat dismayed that you’re now old enough to be referred to in online reviews as being ‘of a certain age’. … >
If you’re reading this, then you’re on the Internet. And if you’re on the internet, there’s no way you’ve managed to avoid the revelations of ‘Dark Water’. So, let’s see exactly how dark this water was below the surface… “Just this once, everyone lives!” The rebooted Doctor Who has a noble tradition of turning … >
Well, here it is. And, woah. Let’s start with the headlines, shall we? It’s good. Actually, it’s very good. In order to say anything else, we have to invoke what’s quickly becoming a cliché even in spoiler-free reviews: if you really don’t want to know anything – stop reading now. Seriously. In this past week, … >
We’re hurtling towards Doctor Who’s two-part finale and the truth behind Missy, with Steven Moffat promising to make returning villains the Cybermen scary again. In many ways, the silver giants are perfect Moffat era monsters – he’s fascinated by things that look, but are not, human (the Spoonheads, the Dalek drones from ‘Asylum…’, the Flesh, … >