Scandal. It’s a big, juicy, prickly word, especially when you preface it with ‘sex’. And that’s just what we have here in The Scandalous Lady W, a sex scandal from the yellowed, mysteriously stuck-together pages of history, thrust onto TV in typical BBC period costume glory. Natalie Dormer (a keen participant in Games to do … >
This week’s episode of Yonderland had me in such stitches over a few of its more grown-up oriented gags and references, and I’m certain that were I myself a parent, there would have been plenty my hypothetical sprogs would have laughed along to as well. Tasked this time first with intrducing coffee to the Elders … >
If Agent Carter had been involved with the suffragette movement I can’t help thinking the vote would have come a lot sooner because within the space of only five episodes Peggy has managed to go from being patronised and ignored by the rest of the SSR, to being invited out for an after-work drink with … >
Everyone loves a good sleuth. But that’s the point, everyone loves a good sleuth. Your Poirots, your Marples. It’s hard to love one who is barely competent. It’s even harder to love two of them. Tommy and Tuppence aren’t sleuths, they’re a nosy married couple being knocked about from mystery to mystery, clue to clue, … >
After the explosive events of Season 3’s opener, it is clear that Ripper Street has no intention of taking its foot off the accelerator. While continuing to explore Long Susan’s outwardly philanthropic business Obsidian Estates, this episode grapples with one of the show’s long-standing mysteries. When Obsidian’s repugnant lawyer Capshaw (John Heffernan) visits a defaulting … >
I can’t remember the last time I went to see a film where I had expectations quite as low as I had for Fantastic Four. With Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy, I didn’t know what to expect and they both turned out to be triumphs. So I decided to keep an open mind about … >
Londons’s West End has a history of enthralling magic shows which has seen daring performances from the likes of Harry Houdini, Penn & Teller and, erm, Paul Daniels. With CGI making audiences ever more cynical about what’s real, you’d be forgiven for thinking magic shows had become extinct. But this month, magic and illusion have … >
Things take an emotional turn in Yonderland this week as Debbie explores her own history. The prophecy of the second scroll prompts the Elders’ decision to evict Debbie from Yonderland, thus preventing her falling to the influence of her sister, Imperatrix. Debbie’s not ready to give up on Yonderland, though – especially having just learned … >
A book review can possibly be one of the more hackneyed requirements in your English or Humanities class. After reading a novel or a collection of poems, it is very likely that your teacher will articulate the expected and yet highly dreaded: make a book review. Outside the premises of the school, there is a … >
Things are difficult enough for Agent Peggy Carter – a single working woman in 1940s New York keeping her role as secret agent hidden from the world, not to mention keeping her real agenda hidden from the rest of the SSR. So in hindsight it’s perhaps unfortunate that she’s added to her problems by moving … >