‘Sherlock’: Series 2 DVD review
There’s been a lot of talk about how rare it is now nowadays to have television that’s genuinely ‘shared’ by the nation. Sherlock is absolutely at the forefront of changing that opinion.
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There’s been a lot of talk about how rare it is now nowadays to have television that’s genuinely ‘shared’ by the nation. Sherlock is absolutely at the forefront of changing that opinion.
The annual party pieces invariably revolve around the staples of murder, incest and stitching the skins of your victims together to fashion a crude mask to wear for your next rampage, right?
An 18 minute documentary featuring the show’s cast and producer takes us though the rigour of filming in both France and the UK as well as discussing the development of the characters this year.
With a richer feel, thanks to a shift onto 35mm film, plus a slightly darker tone, it appears that Merlin has come of age.
First screened at New Year, Hacks takes us on a satirical breakneck gallop through the phone hacking scandal and how it destroyed a newspaper.
This second round of classy Scandinavian drama is almost as good as the sublime first outing for the fragile yet fearless Detective Inspector Sara Lund.
When corrupt cop drama The Shield bowed out in 2008, the similarly ultra-macho Sons of Anarchy stepped up as its natural successor.
Although The Sensorites is almost three hours of slow-moving, black-and-white episodes light years from the colourful, lightning-paced contemporary incarnation of Doctor Who, the essential tenets are still in place.
As is always the case with this type of programme – Tales Of The Unexpected, for instance, or the grand-daddy The Twilight Zone – the quality is somewhat uneven.
Because it was made in the early 1960s, and because it involves a number of the same creative talents, City Beneath the Sea is often described as a forerunner of Doctor Who