Mark Gatiss is a man who knows his Who and – as his past BBC documentaries attest – he’s also a scholar of horror. After the tension of ‘Cold War’ Gatiss blends his twin passions together into a frothing tankard of a script, ‘The Crimson Horror’; a bonkers draught of fun and scares. It’s ‘Whorror’. Oh, no… no, we’re never saying that again…
Spartacus doesn’t do filler episodes. Yes, ‘The Dead and the Dying’ may be the penultimate instalment of the show but that hardly means it’s an uneventful one.
This is an episode that is all about consequences, catharsis and remembering the dead. It’s a tribute to Crixus that develops into a tribute to all who have fallen in the war against Rome, masterfully executing numerous resonant moments while doing significant work building for what is sure to be an epic series finale.
Songs. Since the Doctor returned in 2005 they’ve formed a quiet coda in the background of his lives, and not simply because of composer Murray Gold’s bombastic injection of sound. ‘I sang a song and the Daleks ran away’, Nine told Rose. ‘Your song is ending soon’, the Ood warned Ten, and sang him to sleep. And Eleven? Well, he’s played around a lot with a certain Melody lately.
Roll up, roll up, ladies and gentlemen! It’s time for another spin of wheel in ‘Seaside Suspect Roulette’. And what a game it it is.
ITV’s new supernatural drama Lightfields is the follow-up to 2011’s Marchlands.
At its core Robot & Frank is a very human story about getting older.
BBC One’s Ripper Street is a new crime drama in the East End of London as it moves into the last decade of the 19th century.
Starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits), Dennis Kelly’s enigmatic new six-part thriller Utopia begins on Channel 4 next week.
Dennis Kelly’s enigmatic new thriller Utopia begins on Channel 4 next week.
Starring Myanna Buring (Downton Abbey), BBC One’s Ripper Street is a new police procedural drama in the East End of London in 1889.