‘Sherlock’: ‘A Scandal in Belgravia’ review
Writers and producers must be cursing Steven Moffat right now. It’s only day one of 2012, and already Sherlock looks like being the highlight of the TV year.
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Writers and producers must be cursing Steven Moffat right now. It’s only day one of 2012, and already Sherlock looks like being the highlight of the TV year.
Like the Queen’s Speech and a miserable Christmas in Walford, high quality period dramas are fixed points on our TV screens at Christmas.
Billed as a fantasy horror series, The Fades is in fact a high concept, genre-hopping show that defies such a simple classification.
The Clocks is standard convoluted Christie fare under the auspices of ITV: a period police procedural with hints of political intrigue and a romantic twist.
Downton is back – not just on our TV screens, at a time of year most suited to country house sagas; but, more particularly, back to the kind of form it showed in Series 1.
After 2010’s superb but curiously adult A Christmas Carol – in spite of the presence of the young Kazran and a giant flying shark, it was very much the story of a bitter old man’s redemption and his love for a beautiful young woman frozen metaphorically and literally in time – Doctor Who’s festive special … >
Despite a feast of action, the tension built well and the episode was thoroughly involving, backed by an emotional score.
With a definite shift to a darker tone, the destiny of Camelot now rests on the shoulders of a young man, as Merlin appears to have grown up.
With such a commendable third addition to the brilliant This is England story, it’s no surprise that far more than fistful of fans are rooting for a forth.
The five exclusive Night and the Doctor mini-episodes showcase Steven Moffat’s trademark wit, interest in the non-linear complexities of time travel and way with a cheeky one-liner.