‘Marcella’ Episode 6 review: A tense race against time

Continuing straight on from the previous episode, the start of this week’s Marcella is a tense race against time – driven not just by the ongoing quest to catch the killer but by the fact that he has kidnapped a young girl who was unfortunate enough to have witnessed the latest murder. Success follows failure … >

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‘Marcella’ Episode 4 review: Who is Grace’s killer?

Four episodes in and we’re still not in a position to comment on Marcella’s abilities as a detective – her reputation so far rests solely on the praise of boss Laura. Unquestionably, though, she has a talent for the criminal.  She smoothly adlibs her way out of last week’s discovery that she had been reviewing … >

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‘Marcella’ review: Episode 3 moves from intriguing to compelling

I don’t know if it’s just coincidence or whether a memo has gone round TV execs, but hot on the heels of Tom Hiddleston’s celebrated derrière in The Night Manager, Nicholas Pinnock’s bare bottom steals a few seconds of our attention partway through this week’s third episode of Marcella. With his lover Grace still missing, … >

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‘Marcella’ Episode 2 review: Anna Friel drama is still taking its time

The second instalment of ITV’s Marcella from the creator of Scandinavian hit The Bridge begins with Anna Friel’s character in an upmarket doctor’s consulting room, and if we hadn’t already worked it out from her ‘blackout’ last week it’s soon made very clear that she has a problem. Her doctor (Richard Cordery) drops plenty of intriguing hints … >

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‘Marcella’ Episode 1 review: Anna Friel is exceptional

Marcella, ITV’s new crime drama, is created and written by Hans Rosenfeldt, the man responsible for Scandinavian hit The Bridge. With such an impressive pedigree, it would be rash to be too critical of its slightly lacklustre opening instalment. The episode is bookended by scenes of a shaken and bloodied Marcella (Anna Friel) waking up … >

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‘Downton Abbey’ star joins cast of new ITV crime drama ‘Marcella’

ITV has announced the cast for Marcella, a new original, multi-stranded crime drama from the creator of The Bridge. Written by Swedish novelist Hans Rosenfeldt, the eight-part series is set in contemporary London and described as “noir thriller told with Rosenfeldt’s unflinchingly multi layered Nordic style.” Anna Friel will lead the cast in the title … >

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Win Anna Friel’s WW2 drama ‘The Saboteurs’ on Blu-ray!

Arrow Films will release More4’s tense and breath-taking six part World War II drama The Saboteurs on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 10 August. To celebrate the release, we’ve got Blu-rays to give away to three of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and retweet this tweet: Win! … >

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Anna Friel’s US thriller ‘Odyssey’ to air on BBC Two

BBC Two will air NBC’s new action thriller Odyssey in the UK. The conspiracy drama series begins in the US in April and is created by writer-director Peter Horton (Grey’s Anatomy, Dirty Sexy Money) with writers Adam Armus and Kay Foster (The Following). Set in the murky shadows of contemporary global politics, Odyssey stars Anna … >

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