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As welcome as a free orange to a scurvy-afflicted local, Poldark comes along to cheer up viewers with a resolutely feel-good hour of TV. It might not seem that way at first: Wheal Leisure’s workers are feeling rather unWheal (unWheal…unwell?…nope, you’re right, I’ll get me coat) and Dr. Enys can’t figure out why. You may … >
The new season of Cornish period drama Poldark continues on BBC One this weekend. In the fourth episode of Season 2, Ross begins to think that exiled miner Mark Daniel might have come across a copper lode when hiding out in Wheal Grace. Meanwhile, knowing he could bankrupt them at any time, Elizabeth attempts to keep George sweet. Buy Season 1 … >
Attention readers, it’s time to MINE YOUR WAY TO SAVINGS at Ross Poldark’s BLACK FRIDAY SALE! For this weekend only at Nampara there are BARGAINS GALORE to be had on EVERYTHING to do with Ross Poldark! SAVE SHILLINGS on anything from livestock to soft furnishings! Cockerels and goats for pennies! Rugs for under a fiver! … >
The new season of Cornish period drama Poldark continues on BBC One this weekend. In the third episode of Season 2, Ross (Aidan Turner) plans to expand Wheal Leisure and persuades the other shareholders to invest in a new tunnelling scheme. Meanwhile, Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) continues to hide her pregnancy from Ross, believing that he does not want the child. … >
If you were a kid in the 90s then prepare yourself for a shock: Matilda‘s celebrating its 20th anniversary. Time flies like poor little Amanda Thripp and her pigtails, doesn’t it? Twenty years on, the cinematic adaptation of Roald Dahl’s bestseller has proved to be an enduring favourite with audiences of all ages; its latest … >
Ross Poldark likes to think of himself as a man of the people. But here’s the 64,000 Shilling question Poldark poses to us this week: can Ross really trust ‘the people’? Well, he can’t trust the viewing people. Half of them are watching Victoria on ITV. And before you start, that’s no bad thing at … >
Alright, impatient Poldark fans, keep your shirt on. There only needs to be one topless person on a Sunday night for the next ten weeks and he’s here right now. Finally, Ross Poldark is back! Back, and exactly where we left him nearly a year and a half ago in that clifftop cliffhanger: arrested and … >
We tend to think of the Young Adult (YA) genre as a fairly new section of the book shelf, but in fact it’s a far older category than many realise, with roots that stretch down well over a hundred years, and through almost every genre: from action and adventure to horror and heartbreak. As new … >
You’ve probably heard that to celebrate 20 years(!) since the show first aired, Jonathan Creek is returning with a new one-off special. Titled ‘Daemon’s Roost’ (I already checked to see if there was a sneaky anagram in that title), it will apparently be ‘the spookiest episode ever’ and will see Jonathan in ‘real danger’. And … >
The Secret Agent ends, not with a bang (that was last week), nor with a whimper. It just sort of rolls to a halt. Not that it isn’t interesting to watch it roll, but there’s no grand conclusion, no big finale. In keeping with its theme of the circle – perpetuated in clock faces, Petri … >