As Father Brown series 13 finishes filming, the BBC releases a first look image and details of guest cast Mark Williams is back as Father Brown, the crime busting clergyman based on the classic character created by GK Chesterton. The 13th series also sees the return of fan favourite cast members Tom Chambers as Inspector … >
It’s a first look at their raucous and exuberant 80s neon western starring Jason Flemyng. Ahead of its 2023 launch, Sky have delivered a teaser for their upcoming 1980s drama A Town Called Malice. The show follows a family of former London gangsters who’ve relocated to the Costa del Sol. Spain offers them a chance … >
The explosive “family saga, thriller, and crime drama collision” will air in 2023. Sky have announced the start of filming on another of their Sky Original drama series. A Town Called Malice, written by Nick Love (Bulletproof), will follow the story of a crime family in the early 1980s. Here’s the premise: Set amongst the … >
Having been a little underwhelming in recent weeks, this week’s Prime Suspect 1973 finale thankfully gives the show a good send-off. We pick up where we left off, reprising last week’s explosive climax to the accompaniment of Tubular Bells; and where we might have anticipated drawn out scenes of bedside vigils, to the beep-beep accompaniment … >
Prime Suspect 1973 is by no means a bad show – but it has the misfortune to be airing alongside Broadchurch (and now Line of Duty on the other side) and really needs to up its game if it’s to compete. With a suspect in custody for the murder case, episode five is almost entirely … >
Stefanie Martini (Doctor Thorne, Endeavour) stars as the young incarnation of Helen Mirren’s iconic character Jane Tennison in ITV’s new Prime Suspect prequel series. Prime Suspect: 1973 is adapted from Lynda La Plante’s bestselling novel, Tennison. Buy the complete original Prime Suspect series box set on Amazon here. The cast also includes Blake Harrison (Dad’s Army, The Inbetweeners), … >
There’s an early episode of The Simpsons where, with the plot seemingly resolved partway through the episode the family gathers on the sofa. “Everything really wrapped up nicely,” declares Homer with satisfaction; “And much quicker than usual” he adds, with a post-modern awareness of how TV works. I mention this only because it’s how I … >
The truth slowly starts to emerge in this week’s Prime Suspect: 1973 and apparently the only thing anybody is interested in, is helping Julie-Ann Collins. As we suspected last week, it was her father who fitted locks to her room in an attempt at ‘cold turkey’. Trying a somewhat different tack, we learn that her … >
Prime Suspect 1973 isn’t primarily an exercise in nostalgia. Even so, it’s clearly set in a more innocent time when criminals could carry pneumatic drills and sledgehammers into a café that’s next door to a bank, in broad daylight, without attracting any suspicion. How the ‘bank job’ subplot ties into the murder enquiry is not … >
ITV’s new Prime Suspect prequel series takes DCI Tennison’s battle with a sexist police force from the original series and dials it back 18 years, to where young WPC Tennison is called on to make the teas and clean up prisoners’ vomit. There’s even one scene where a black male officer leaves his washing up … >