‘Great Expectations’ review
Like the Queen’s Speech and a miserable Christmas in Walford, high quality period dramas are fixed points on our TV screens at Christmas.
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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.
You can’t help but smile. It’s The Doctor. At Christmas. Just sit back with your selection box and watch him shine.