Putting the fire out on its first series, The Smoke has a lot to do to acknowledge and resolve many of the Sky1 drama’s existing plot threads. Luckily, its winning streak continues in tonight’s final episode, with everyone involved having some closure and progression by the time the credits roll. Creator Lucy Kirkwood returns to … >
And so, after just four episodes (*glares at the BBC*), the brilliant first series of W1A has come to an end. Well, of sorts. And look who returned! This week, the fall-out from Ian Fletcher’s salary revelation has left the BBC execs with a conundrum – how to deal with an employee who reportedly, and … >
Praise be to the Red God! Game of Thrones is finally back on our screens. And with one seven hells of an opener. We opened and closed with two Stark swords. The first; Ned’s trusty blade Ice, melted down at Tywin’s request and re-forged into two new steels – seemingly illustrating that the power of … >
After last week’s head scratcher of a whodunit, Endeavour takes an entirely different direction with ‘Nocturne’, developing an oddly gothic tone as the team investigate the murder of a man in a museum and a seemingly unconnected ghost story at a girls’ boarding school, where soon after, the girls start going missing. Visually this episode … >
Pulling a curve ball on us by dropping us into an episode that avoids dealing with the immediate aftermath of Asbo’s revelations from last week was a risky move on the part of The Smoke’s writers. Those who’d watched the previous six weeks were desperate to know how it would go, so to avoid frustrating … >
The new BBC Head of Values, Ian Fletcher, comes under scrutiny in the latest episode of BBC Two’s new sitcom satirising the very corporation that produces it. Fletcher, played by Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), finds his own integrity questioned, due to his exorbitant salary despite his own sincere beliefs in the BBC; such as his … >
Here at CultBox, we only have one rule when reviewing television. Avoid the first person, if you can. Keep it subjective, but distant. Which is fine, but every now and again, a piece of television poleaxes you and personal response is the only response. And so to tonight’s episode of Rev – the one in … >
So that’s it. Silk has taken its last bow with an ending that wasn’t quite as conclusive as creator Peter Moffat had hinted. Clive is head of chambers, Jake is back at Shoe Lane, Billy’s secret is out, Mickey Joy is (presumably) sleeping with the fishes and Martha – well, who knows. She vanished in … >
As someone who grew up watching John Thaw playing the enigmatic Morse, it was always odd to me that ITV decided on a prequel series for his long-serving detective. Yes, you might get an established audience of those who are still mourning the loss of Thaw on our screens, but it was definitely a gamble. … >
It’s okay everyone, it’s a bluff. A good bluff. And a relief, because it felt plausible for something that stupid to happen. The opening gambit of ‘Musketeers Don’t Die Easily’ – that Athos has drunkenly shot D’Artagnan for sleeping with a woman who turned out to be his presumed-dead ex-wife (that old chestnut) – is … >