Continuing to work their magic on The Avengers’ mostly incomplete first series, this latest boxset from Big Finish provides four further tales adapted from surviving scripts by writer John Dorney. Featuring Dr David Keel (Anthony Howell) as much as they do the enigmatic John Steed (Julian Wadham), the former’s medical practice and connections often provide … >
‘Little Doctors’ is a download only, short story written by Philip Lawrence, read by Frazer Hines and directed by Lisa Bowerman. It is the second in a new series and titles are available separately or as a subscription. Running at just over thirty minutes, this story finds the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe on the … >
There’s much to enjoy in this bright and breezy production of Alan Bennett’s most famous play, directed by Kate Sexton. We’re in Cutler’s Grammar School, where a group of history pupils are preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge entrance examinations, never quite sure if it’s knowledge or ideas that will get them through. Wolfblood‘s Kedar … >
In a sequel to his 1980 television tale, writer Andrew Smith has delivered the TARDIS back into the pocket universe of E-Space. Returning to Alzarius, home of his tragic boy companion Adric, the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough promptly find themselves immersed in the unusual ecology of the planet when they encounter a mission … >
For the uninitiated, Dark Shadows was a spooky American soap which ran daily for five years beginning in 1966, and now holds cult status. Revived on various occasions since, not least by Tim Burton for his 2012 Johnny Depp fronted movie, it has found a home at Big Finish Productions since 1996 for a series … >
With only three episodes left, Broadchurch really needed to up its game. The quality has been up and down this season, compared to the consistent nail-biting of the first, but there is no denying that tonight’s episode was brilliant, with much needed revelations and developments explored. It’s an episode of key character moments, the first … >
If I had to pick a theme that best summarised what was going on in this week’s Mr Selfridge, it would be ‘how the war has changed people’ as this episode’s main storylines are drawn from everyone finding their place in a post-war society. A major point in the story is the letting go of … >
Even more than a regular episode of Call the Midwife, this instalment is about the roles that women play in public life. Whether it’s Trixie being silenced by an important bishop, prostitutes dealing with getting syphilis so that they don’t lose clients or the worries of a man who thinks a daughter couldn’t carry on his family … >
There’s an old joke that was told to me by a former girlfriend many years ago: what do two women do on their second date? They hire a moving van. While I’m typically inclined to roll my eyes at any such a stereotype, this does apply itself to Banana’s third episode with staggering accuracy. The … >
In the wake of Camille’s departure from Saint Marie last week, it is business as usual as the Honore Police department investigate the murder of an ageing rock star, found electrocuted in his swimming pool. However, it’s the ‘business as usual’ elements that make it the weakest episode of the season so far. Certain basic … >