‘The Hour’: Episode 3 review
The Hour is never less than compelling television, but on the occasions when it really steps up its game, it becomes something rather unmissable.
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The Hour is never less than compelling television, but on the occasions when it really steps up its game, it becomes something rather unmissable.
‘Torchwood located,’ C. Thomas Howell’s nameless assassin announces at the beginning of ‘Escape to L.A.’ – and although, of course, he’s talking about the newly-formed team, he could equally be referring to the show itself.
Five episodes in and Falling Skies remains a curious and somewhat frustrating show. It’s got a classic sci-fi premise, yet something about it never quite convinces.
If you’re expecting answers and resolutions after last week’s electric showdown then you may want to recalibrate your expectations.
It’s a wonder there are still new crimes to cover now that there are exactly 108 (a complicated lab test involving iodine was used to determine this number) variants of the CSI franchise.
Let’s get this out of the way first: the Weeping Angels, though arguably Steven Moffat’s greatest creation, are perhaps the least suitable new Doctor Who monster for use in a novel.
The Arthurian legend is retold once again in the Starz series Camelot. Taking its cue from other recent dramatic reinterpretations of historical tales and myths, this is a dark and gritty version of the legend.
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Three instalments in and the new series of Torchwood is already suffering from homesickness. Miracle Day has become more mundane than miraculous.
Beaver Falls is the latest comedy from the E4 stable that has previously brought us Skins, The Inbetweeners and Misfits. On the evidence of this first episode, they have another homegrown winner on their hands.