Russell T Davies’ new E4 series Banana explodes into the world with a slice of life that’s sweet and funny – so much so that at least twice, I laughed so loudly that I may have alarmed the neighbours. The episode’s hero is Dean (played by the stunningly brilliant Fisayo Akinade) audaciously sexual – soon … >
E4 has announced the return of US fantasy drama Supernatural to UK screens. Demon hunters Sam and Dean Winchester will move to E4 for show’s ninth season. Supernatural previously aired on Sky Living in the UK. Season 9 will begin at 10pm on Tuesday 6 January on E4. > Buy the Season 1-8 boxset on … >
So, seven episodes later, that‘s who killed Cal. Were you surprised? If you weren’t then that’s not a bad thing. In fact a lack of surprise is probably the best response to discovering Cal’s brother, Eli (Callum Turner), was responsible for his death. More an ‘oh yeah…’ than an ‘OMG!’. It’s a validation of Glue’s … >
This week’s Glue is a straightforward, finely-scripted, hour of youth angst: a love triangle (usually the most boring of romanti-sexual shapes) made interesting because of our understanding of the characters. Glue hasn’t always been the fastest moving murder mystery on our screens, but in taking its time it has created characters that are easy to … >
It’s a great showing for Glue this week, thanks to a more prolonged than usual focus on two if its strongest characters, and the reveal of answers to some important questions. If you’ve stuck with the drugs & dobbins drama so far then Episode 5 is a bit of a reward for your patience. Believing … >
It has taken a while to figure out while Glue is called Glue, but with Episode 4 the meaning behind the title feels clear. Given the debauchery in Episode 1 you’d think it was in reference to substance abuse. But as the story has cantered along and the show has proved itself more grown up … >
As I said last week, there always seems to be something on fire in Glue. A car, a caravan, a pile of wood in a copse… the countryside is indeed a highly flammable place. It’s why you never see cows smoking. Or sheep having ‘baa’-rbeques. Ha. Ha. Ha. But all those flames do more than … >
There’s a simple way to tell if you’re part of the viewer demographic that Glue has in its shot-glass sights. It’s this: when all those teens were having that shindig in the woods, if you didn’t think ‘Who lugged that sound system and stage into the middle of nowhere? And what’s powering it? A generator?’, … >
Find out who’s who in The Fades creator Jack Thorne’s new E4 drama Glue. Set in a tiny village in the English countryside, the eight-part murder mystery series is airing at 10pm on Monday nights on E4. Overton. Farming is its bread-and-butter. Race-horses are its beating heart. But beyond the rolling hills and behind the … >
In the build-up to its airing, everyone seems very quick to try and stick a label on Glue, E4’s new countryside-homicide youth drama. Chances are that when you first heard about the show it was in the vicinity of the sentence ‘it’s the new Skins‘. Jordan Stephens of Rizzle Kicks, who plays high-seeking Rob, called … >