‘Shadow Squad’ DVD review
The ominous words “From The North” announce the Granada production Shadow Squad, a popular private-eye show from the late 1950s.
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The ominous words “From The North” announce the Granada production Shadow Squad, a popular private-eye show from the late 1950s.
The US remake of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s masterclass in workplace observational agony notches up its 100th episode at the end of this fifth season.
Another 24 episodes of Murder, She Wrote make their way onto DVD with the release of the show’s final season, although you might need to be told that, since there’s not much to define them from the first season.
So, Doctor Who has finally jumped the shark… although, this being Doctor Who, it’s a CGI shark that swims in the night air and can pull a carriage behind it like reindeer pulling Father Christmas’ sleigh.
The cast and crew of BBC One’s ‘other’ Saturday evening family drama obviously love their show and this really shines through in the finished programme.
Ever wondered what Robin Hood would have been like if, instead of a vicious outlaw leading a gang of hosiery-clad men, it involved a gang of four criminals being led by a former insurance fraud investigator?
Rufus Sewell’s Italian detective Aurelio Zen is perfectly pitched and instantly likable, with a warm and inviting calmness.
Another British comedy institution gets the BBC Four biopic treatment, but is there really any need for it?
One of the most original and entertaining British comedy-dramas in recent years returns for a second series.
As the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond arrive on DVD and Blu-ray with all 13 episodes of ‘The Complete Fifth Series’, we look back at what we loved and what we didn’t love in this year’s Doctor Who.