Love is a key theme in tonight’s Death in Paradise, both with the central characters in the show and as the motive behind this week’s murder mystery. When the group leader of an historical re-enactment society (Adrian Lukis) is killed from a deadly dose of poisonous herbs he ingested, D.I. Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and … >
The third episode of Broadchurch’s second season loses a little of its momentum after two rollercoaster weeks of secrets, lies and revelations. However, while its pace and tone falter slightly, it remains an excellent showcase for the talented Olivia Colman. “Claire, if there’s something about you and Lee, something about Sandbrook that you haven’t told … >
This most recent (and sadly final) run of Foyle’s War has made excellent and appropriate use of its 1946 setting. Links to the Nuremberg trials in ‘High Castle’ and to the King David Hotel attack in ‘Trespass’ are both of their time. It would have been easy to give us generic crimes in a nostalgic … >
Settled in after last week’s dramatic opener, the Saint-Marie police are sent in to investigate the murder of a surfing instructor, who was killed by a gun he did not own, in a locked room from where the killer couldn’t have escaped. Death in Paradise packs in a lot this week, despite its easy pace: … >
Last week’s Season 2 opener set the bar so high for Broadchurch that there was always a risk that this next episode wouldn’t measure up. Luckily, a strong balance of the two main stories and some explosive developments maintain the pace and dramatic tone. David Tennant and Olivia Colman continue their dynamic chemistry, but it’s … >
Michael Kitchen return to ITV as Senior Intelligence Officer Christopher Foyle in three new feature-length Foyle’s War films. Written by creator Anthony Horowitz and inspired by real events in the early Cold War, Season 8 follow Foyle’s battles in the dangerous world of espionage, at a time in our country’s history when political and foreign … >
‘Trespass’, the second episode in the new run of Foyle’s War, begins with British soldiers assaulting and arresting a Jewish settler in Palestine. This sets the theme right from the off for a story that involves the Middle East peace process, acts of terrorism, and a controversial ‘fringe’ political figure stirring up anti-immigrant feeling amongst … >
The creator of The Fall has announced that he expects the BBC Two thriller to return for a third season. Starring Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) and Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey), Season 2 concluded on BBC Two last month, but a recommission has not yet been confirmed. Cubitt told HitFix: “We’re in a situation … >
We return to the island of Saint-Marie for a fourth season of BBC One’s lighthearted crime comedy drama. Tonight’s opener takes a distinctly supernatural tone, centering around the murder of local businessman Elias Thompson (James Wilby) who is killed at a séance during the island’s Voodoo Festival of the Dead. Death in Paradise has always … >
Season 2 of Suspects, Channel 5’s original British procedural crime drama, is out to own on DVD on Monday 12 January courtesy of FremantleMedia International. > Buy the DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the release, we’ve got a copy to give away to one of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow … >