The hit new Canadian police drama 19-2 arrives on DVD this week courtesy of RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn Label, following the day-to-day life of two unwilling partners of the Montreal Police Department. To celebrate the release of the complete first season on Monday 21 September, we’ve got DVDs to give away to 3 of our Twitter … >
With Susan’s father, the malicious Theodore Swift, back on the scene, Ripper Street set the stage last week for a concluding confrontation between Reid and the woman who shot him, Susan. ‘The Peace of Edmund Reid’ delivered that confrontation, but, in true Ripper Street style, it wasn’t quite as straightforward as that… ‘The Peace of … >
A set of promotional photos has been released for Midwinter of the Spirit, a new crime drama “with a supernatural twist” for ITV Encore. Based on Phil Rickman’s books, the three-part drama has been adapted by screenwriter Stephen Volk (Afterlife, The Awakening, Ghostwatch) and produced by Phil Collinson (Doctor Who). Anna Maxwell-Martin (The Bletchley Circle) … >
Ever since Inspector Reid’s fateful encounter with Susan and Capshaw in Episode 4, Ripper Street’s third season has been treading water somewhat with two generally standalone instalments. This week didn’t cut down on the standalone case of the week action, but packed in plenty more character work and plot advancements to make a packed episode … >
Welcome back, Inspector Reid. Having recovered surprisingly quickly off-screen after his waking last episode, Reid finally returned to H Division for a bottle episode that incorporated a simple yet engrossing central mystery. Almost all of ‘The Incontrovertible Truth’ is set inside H Division over the course of one night, but this limited setting never once … >
Ripper Street is back on BBC One this summer for a third season. The eight new episodes star Matthew Macfadyen as Detective Inspector Reid, Jerome Flynn as the newly promoted Detective Inspector Bennet Drake, Adam Rothenberg as Captain Homer Jackson, and MyAnna Buring as Long Susan. > Buy the Season 1-2 boxset on Amazon. > … >
A set of promotional photos have been unveiled for Stellan Skarsgård’s new BBC One drama, from the makers of Broadchurch. River is written and created by Abi Morgan (The Hour). > Order River on DVD on Amazon. The six-part series stars Skarsgård (Thor, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) as John River, a brilliant police … >
The infuriatingly amateur investigators somehow manage to wrap up the mystery of Partners in Crime’s second three-part story, though how they managed to make it out alive is once again beyond me. Okay, so Veronica the housekeeper caught Tuppence in the act pretending to be catering staff at the ball, but apparently Tuppence has forgotten … >
With Reid’s life teetering on the edge after last week’s shooting, Ripper Street went back to basics for an entertaining, if fairly disposable episode that’s partially redeemed by an unexpectedly heartfelt final act. The previous two episodes of Ripper Street have been heavily character-focused, but ‘Heavy Boots’ flipped the switch for an episode that still … >
David Walliams (Little Britain) and Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife) lead the cast of BBC One’s new six-part adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime novels as husband and wife detective duo, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. > Buy Partners in Crime on DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the show’s release on DVD on Monday 31 … >