This week’s Midsomer Murders is set against a backdrop of competitive cycling. With its mix of dodgy-dealings, infidelities and of course murders, ‘Breaking the Chain’ presents a far more dramatic view of the sport than we ever see in the real world. (Well, apart from that huge doping scandal a few years back.) Unfortunately – … >
The penultimate story of Silent Witness’s nineteenth season, ‘In Plain Sight’ sees the Lyell team investigating a brutal murder and a link to an old incident involving Firearms Division. Written by Tracey Malone and Matt Arlidge, this week’s two-part story provides an opportunity for David Caves to shine, as Jack Hodgson gets straight to the … >
Business rather than romance was the order of the day as Charles Blackwood married Isabella Lampton and freed her inheritance for investment in the Culverdale Viaduct project. Clearly destined to be a thoroughly modern marriage, the groom seemed a little vague on details such as the sleeping arrangements. Instead, his focus was on raising the … >
Having established a familiar yet different status quo in Season 4’s two-part opening story, it was back to business for Ripper Street in this solid second episode. ‘Some Conscience Lost’ won’t go down as a classic, but it’s an assured outing that takes the traditional case-of-the-week formula from previous seasons and adds considerable complexity to … >
If there’s a connective thread between this episode of Call the Midwife and last week’s instalment, it’s that both are concerned with people in difficult and unusual situations having to dig deep for strength. Season 5’s opener told the story of a family encountering the effects of the drug Thalidomide, and here we see a couple struggle to deal … >
So, sweet Natasha and nice Andrei get themselves engaged after all – but there’s a catch! At his grumpy dad’s insistence, he has to spend a year abroad first, backpacking through Europe, presumably. This will definitely end well for our lovebirds, won’t it? Meanwhile, Nicolai’s mum and dad politely request that he marry a nice … >
And we’re off! In true Silent Witness style this latest two-part story gets off to an impressively violent start when ex-con David Sellars is found murdered in his flat. It’s a rather energetic and vicious stabbing with significant wounds made to David’s face and which thrusts the Lyell team into the murky world of released … >
Ever heard of Parkinson’s Law? No, no, it’s not the law of celebrity chat shows. It goes like this: ‘work expands to fill the time it takes to complete it’. You know, like when you have a week to write a review of Dickensian and somehow manage to take all week to write it, when … >
A few weeks into the latest season of BBC One’s Death in Paradise and DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and the Honore police team are called in to investigate the death of a runway model, who is killed during a fashion show where everyone appears to have a cast iron alibi. “Can you think of … >
After his impressive graveside appearance at the climax of last week’s opening instalment of Jericho, Bamford (Mark Addy) returned to set the tone growling “I’m not here for your poor man’s ale” at the barmaid before the credits rolled. The railway investigator was on the trail of the missing ‘Red’, the navvy responsible for the … >