‘Sherlock’: ‘The Reichenbach Fall’ spoiler-free review
Sherlock Holmes is more than a man, he’s a symbol, and you can’t kill a symbol… can you?
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Sherlock Holmes is more than a man, he’s a symbol, and you can’t kill a symbol… can you?
The first two episodes are enthralling; well-directed by former producer Barry Letts with plenty of suspense, mystery and wonderfully undated location work.
Only the eternally impressive Lis Sladen emerges with much credit from a fatally overambitious and overblown attempt.
We were more worried about this story being updated than any other, but our fears were entirely groundless.
ITV1’s Eternal Law is a new legal drama with a twist – its two lawyer protagonists are no mere law-school graduates but angels sent to earth to help humanity.
Don’t Believe The Hype, Public Enemy warned us in 1988, and this new, three-part drama from Tony Marchant arrives with high expectations that it struggles to live up to.
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The tired old dog of adaptations, The Hound of the Baskervilles has always been a bafflingly popular choice when it comes to pasting Sherlock onto the screen.
With the wild success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise still rolling onwards to the horizon, it’s a surprise that it’s taken this long for a big-budget revisiting of this tale.
Although physically Shaun Evans doesn’t immediately bring to mind the late John Thaw, there’s something in his demeanour that expertly captures the essence of the character Thaw made his own.