Season 10, so far, has been a bit of a Doctor Who selection box. It’s aimed to include all the classic story formats, so far – a modern day opener, a futuristic alien planet and a period romp, and while this classical approach has come at the expense of narrative originality, it’s also allowed the … >
Following on from last week’s heartbreaking introduction, ITV’s Little Boy Blue shifts the focus of the story in this second episode, but is no less emotionally impactful as a result. “A killer whose identity everybody knows, but who we cannot charge. People are getting frustrated by our perceived lack of progress.” While last week’s opener, quite … >
Knock knock Who’s there? Doctor. Doctor who? Doctor Who’s been good so far, hasn’t it? Ha-ha-haaaa. That was the laughter of relief that so far there hasn’t been a dud episode in Peter Capaldi’s swansong season. Good thing too – the man deserves a strong send-off. There’s been nothing mind-blowing, but at this rate, you … >
Doctor Who is a show that has always been flanked by controversy of one kind or another. It’s that typical divisiveness, the utter separation between views of what the show should be, that’s come to be a fact of the discourse around it in recent years. That makes Season 10 all the more of an anomaly … >
Awash with sword fights, family feuds and court intrigue, The White Princess follows the fortunes of the Houses of Lancaster and York, opposing sides in the War of the Roses. After defeating Richard III at the battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor is poised to take the throne. In an attempt to unite the kingdom, an … >
On 22nd August 2007, 11 year old Rhys Jones was shot dead after being caught up in a shooting in Liverpool. The story sent shockwaves through Britain at the time, highlighting the need to crack down on local gang culture. It has also now, almost a decade later, been turned into a new four-part ITV drama … >
The second episode of Grantchester’s new season opens with Peter Davison at a village cricket match! It seems entirely right, but alas this isn’t his dashing early 80s Doctor Who, nor his charming early 30s Tristan Farnon. He’s Geoff Towler, local solicitor, pillar of the community, chairman of the cricket club… but also a bully … >
The basic set up of Grantchester, a cop and a vicar working together, is increasingly implausible – so the first episode of the new season wisely chooses to ignore it. Rather than contriving an elaborate reason for Sidney’s involvement, there’s just a phone call from Geordie telling him there’s been a murder and that’s it, … >
I’d say I need a hand in trying to work out who Balaclava Man is, but I think that might be in rather bad taste… No. No, no, I’m not going to say that (although I just did), and nor am I going to make a joke about how we should give Thandie Newton a … >
“We will survive and we will thrive.” Louisa’s emotional declaration characterises an opening episode which reintroduces us to the Durrells, Corfu and the charming world we loved from Season 1. Reunited with the family we find them struggling to make ends meet – a situation exacerbated by the arrival of their formidable new landlady, Vasilia … >