‘The Tunnel’ Episode 1 spoiler-free review

It’s not surprising that Scandinavian culture-clash cop show The Bridge has been adapted. What is surprising is that more dramas haven’t been based around The Channel Tunnel. The 31 mile subaquatic claustrophobia pipe filled with hurtling metal and disparate lives is a big concrete sausage of stories, yet to date the most dramatic thing to have happened in it was the denouement to Mission: Impossible. And that was 17 years ago.

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‘Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years’ book review

Ever had that recurring nightmare where you’re about to sit your finals for Starfleet Academy but – oh no! – you’ve not studied and, even worse, you’re suddenly naked and doing the Kobayashi Maru test? Oh, hey, us neither… But fear not young cadet, Star Trek Federation is here to help. With the knowledge, not the nudity.

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‘Peaky Blinders’: Episode 5 review

When is a show’s finale not its finale?

Peaky Blinders‘ penultimate episode has the dramatic neatness of a conclusion, cemented by the ominous sensation of finality as Tommy Shelby dramatically commutes through a graveyard (he’s always walking, even though he owns one of the few motorcars around), and yet we haven’t reached the end quite yet.

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