‘Silent Witness’ review: ‘In Plain Sight’ sees David Caves shine

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 … >

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‘Ripper Street’ Season 4 Episode 3 review: ‘Some Conscience Lost’

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 … >

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‘Call the Midwife’ Season 5 Episode 2 review: An undercurrent of life-affirming positivity

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 … >

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‘War and Peace’ Episode 4 review: This has become stressful television

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 … >

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‘Death in Paradise’ Season 5 Episode 3 review

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 … >

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‘Jericho’ Episode 2 review: ITV’s new 1870’s drama continues

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 … >

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‘Crashing’ Episode 2 review: Everything is awkward!

Start to finish, everything that happens in the second episode of Crashing is awkward. Kate’s become so jealous of Lulu (writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge) that not only does she offer her a job but buys a hat just like Lulu’s. Even her attempts to be cool in front of her with the office flirt Johnny (newcomer … >

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