‘The Honourable Woman’ Episode 8: ‘The Paring Knife’ review

After last week’s instalment, in which Hugo Blick ramped up the sex and death to Doorsian levels, one might be forgiven for thinking the final episode was more a coda than anything else: when the music’s over, turn out the lights. Yet while ‘The Paring Knife’ is less incendiary than its predecessor, it matches – … >

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‘The Honourable Woman’ episode guide

Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) and Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) star in BBC Two’s new political thriller, The Honourable Woman. Written, directed and produced by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line), the eight-part series is set against the present day backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and explores “a range of complex and provocative themes of conflict, deception … >

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‘In the Club’ Episode 2 review

It’s always interesting to see how an ensemble show like In the Club will balance storylines for such a large cast and what priority the characters, and indeed the actors playing them, will have as the stories develop. Luckily, Episode 2 does a fine, and in some cases surprising job, of serving the whole cast, … >

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5 reasons why you should be watching ‘Strange Hill High’

Before I jabbed at it on iPlayer out of sheer curiosity I had never heard of CBBC’s Strange Hill High. Nor had anyone else I knew. Which makes sense because we’re adults and are apparently meant to be watching Melvyn Bragg or Pathé newsreels, not the neon sugar fun of shows aired at four in … >

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‘Doctor Who’ exec chats about Peter Capaldi’s costume

Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that the decisions behind the new Doctor’s costume were left to Peter Capaldi. Moffat told SFX: “He wanted to be quite stark. Stark and skinny. A stick-insect sort of thing. Clara actually calls him a grey-haired stick-insect at one point.” He joked: “We had some hilarious pictures of … >

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’24: Live Another Day’ Episode 12: ’10pm-11am’ review

Twelve episodes sooner than normal, we reach the end of the latest season of 24. Live Another Day has been an experiment from the off – a twist on the formula designed to breathe new life into the show and hopefully extend the longevity of the franchise for future seasons – and as we reach … >

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5 UK television shows that could become movies

For almost as long as there has been television, its programmes have been making the leap on to the big screen. Film producers are always keen to capitalise on a TV show’s success, aiming to carry a ready made audience with them, and British programmes such as Quatermass, Doctor Who, Porridge, On the Buses and … >

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Top 10 moments from ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4

Another year, another excellent season of Game of Thrones. We’ve had deaths, we’ve had allegiances form and fall, we’ve had deaths, we’ve had battles galore, we’ve had deaths, and we’ve had plenty of the dramatic twists and turns that one simply expects from Thrones these days (did we mention we’ve also had deaths?!). But in … >

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‘Endeavour’: ‘Nocturne’ review

After last week’s head scratcher of a whodunit, Endeavour takes an entirely different direction with ‘Nocturne’, developing an oddly gothic tone as the team investigate the murder of a man in a museum and a seemingly unconnected ghost story at a girls’ boarding school, where soon after, the girls start going missing. Visually this episode … >

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