‘Ripper Street’: Series 1 Episode 7 review
Ripper Street’s seventh episode, ‘A Man of My Company’, was far and away the best of the series so far.
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Ripper Street’s seventh episode, ‘A Man of My Company’, was far and away the best of the series so far.
Whilst the film is sumptuous to look at and the cast list is an agent’s wet dream, it doesn’t quite come off.
Bone Quill is the sequel to Hollow Earth, last year’s fantasy novel for children written by Torchwood star John Barrowman and his sister Carole E. Barrowman.
Encounters is a collection of 14 imaginative short stories chronicling the adventures of The Great Detective when he wasn’t besting Moriarty.
Despite having the name Guillermo del Toro emblazoned all over the posters, Mama lacks any of the originality or charm of the man behind Pan’s Labyrinth.
After a couple of episodes in which the series arc has been at the forefront of things, it’s a change of pace this week.
The ending is downbeat, full of a sense of hopelessness and hugely challenging; brave and gripping television.
On the evidence of this excellent premiere, the final season will be able to provide Spartacus with the ending that it deserves.
The third episode of Dancing on the Edge is a slower, quieter affair.
In a week where we found out that Series 5 would be Being Human‘s funeral march, it’s fitting that we have an episode which harks back to the show’s beginning.