In his ninth box set of audio adventures, Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor encounters humanity’s Pioneers in various guises. The stories that kick off his third audio series take us from space in the far future, to the frozen Arctic wastes and finally the birth of a national obsession. The Green Gift Writer Roy Gill begins where … >
Putting the fire out on its first series, The Smoke has a lot to do to acknowledge and resolve many of the Sky1 drama’s existing plot threads. Luckily, its winning streak continues in tonight’s final episode, with everyone involved having some closure and progression by the time the credits roll. Creator Lucy Kirkwood returns to … >
Pulling a curve ball on us by dropping us into an episode that avoids dealing with the immediate aftermath of Asbo’s revelations from last week was a risky move on the part of The Smoke’s writers. Those who’d watched the previous six weeks were desperate to know how it would go, so to avoid frustrating … >
To celebrate Acorn Media’s release of Sky1’s new firefighting drama The Smoke on DVD on Monday 14 April, we’ve got DVDs to give away to five of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for a chance to win 5 x … >
Sky1’s The Smoke is a new drama series about a team of London firefighters, from the makers of Spooks and Broadchurch.
The one year anniversary of the Churchill Estate fire was always going to be an episode that was packed with drama: revelations being made, secrets being exposed and people dealing with the consequences. However, in what is easily the best episode of The Smoke yet, even I was unprepared for how affecting it would be. … >
It’s a real compliment to those involved in The Smoke that we care as much about these characters and still have so much to learn about them. Lucy Kirkwood, who penned this episode with Daragh Carville (Cherry Bomb) has clearly enjoyed the slow reveal to everyone’s story. Episode 5 manages a fine juggling act, as … >
As we hit the halfway point of the series, The Smoke has explored its characters, but left more than enough room to grow. Focus on undeveloped characters and a subtle awareness of continuing plot threads provides some fantastic drama in this fourth episode, albeit one arguably littered with a little too much unnecessary humour. Technically, … >
Having drawn us in with both the characters and drama of the show, The Smoke’s third episode feels a lot more confident. This week’s instalment manages to weave more of the characters into the episode and, through a clever narrative structure, pushes their stories forward in a really interesting way. The episode features the characters … >
Tonight’s second instalment of The Smoke had to decide which route to go down to establish itself as something different from the usual fire-and-rescue drama.
Less visual effects and significant focus on the characters seems to have been the right way to go, as Episode 2 potentially trumps last week’s debut for watchability and development.