Jodie Whittaker made her first full appearance as the Doctor on BBC One this evening. With spoilers aplenty, here’s our review of ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’… If you feel just that little bit exhausted with the endless chatter around the Thirteenth Doctor’s gender, then imagine what it’s like to be Jodie Whittaker. On … >
After keeping the nation on its toes for weeks, the BBC’s Bodyguard bowed out tonight but did it end on a high note? If Max Headroom wanted to make a return to the airwaves, tonight’s broadcast of the Bodyguard would have been the perfect broadcast to hijack. With its audacious storytelling, Liam Neeson levels of … >
With one week left until the finale, BBC One’s Bodyguard still has viewers in a vice with no signs of letting up… It’s genuinely quite remarkable to see a series like Bodyguard, which is keeping dozens and dozens of plates spinning, fail to answer any of our lingering questions before the finale. Jed Mercurio has … >
The BBC’s electric thriller, Bodyguard barrels into its fourth episode as it explores the aftermath of the latest bombing… There was something very Line of Duty about this week’s episode of Bodyguard. From the oodles of interior police station scenes to the suspicious, telling absence of Keeley Hawes to the shady stairwell conversations, this week … >
With an intriguing premise and Mike Bartlett at the helm, the BBC’s new series, Press delves deep into the heart of the newspaper industry… There’s something agreeably quaint about TV shows and films that go out of their way to defend the press because it’s an honourable stance seldom taken any more. Every now and … >
After yesterday’s legal kerfuffle, that you can read about here, the BBC has now confirmed that the launch date of Doctor Who series 11 will indeed by Sunday 7th October. This information was leaked by iTunes yesterday. It’s the much-rumoured move to Sunday nights for the show, that’ll instantly stop it having to work around the Strictly Come … >
BBC One’s sexy new drama, Wanderlust, starring Toni Collette and Steven Mackintosh kicked off tonight with a cracking first episode, which quietly pushes the envelope of what’s done on the channel… At this point it’s a genuine privilege to see Toni Collette do what she does best. The Australian actor may currently be soaring on the … >
The latest “new-Who” release from Big Finish is Lady Christina, the continued adventures of Lady Christina da Souza as played by Michelle Ryan in the TV episode Planet Of The Dead alongside David Tennant’s tenth Doctor. Lady C has already appeared in a Big Finish release, the story Last Chance in the Tenth Doctor Chronicles; in … >
As Jed Mercurio’s Bodyguard hits its midway point, the pace is starting to lag, but are Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes enough to keep the series watchable? That’s right, everyone. The Home Secretary really doesn’t care if you’re looking up b-o-o-b-s, but she does care if you’re looking up b-o-m-b-s. That’s a crucial difference and … >
On a cold, dark and rain-lashed night in the Welsh hinterlands, solitary traveller Hywel Roberts seeks respite on a gruelling road journey home to see his dying father. The desolate roadside hotel he pulls up at has just one remaining free room, which the weary young man gratefully accepts. He soon discovers however, that he … >