Poor Darryl isn’t so poor after all! Yet again, Sally Wainwright’s immaculately written series has pulled out another stonker of an episode. When looking back over an episode to review it we realise just how much is crammed in, yet in such an effortless ‘nothing is really happening’ kind of way. So let’s start with … >
“Nothing is illegal. That’s just a word people use to control other people.” We’re convinced that Tommy Lee Royce may be one of the best television villains ever created. The first season showed us his brutally sadistic side and this year, castrated in a prison cell, his only tools are manipulative words and his Scottish … >
Adam Rothenberg has revealed that Ripper Street will end following its fifth season. The period crime drama’s fourth season launched earlier this year concluded on Amazon Prime Video last week. Season 4 and Season 5 were commissioned together in May 2015 following Amazon’s revival of the show and the 13 new episodes began filming last … >
This week’s episode opened a fortnight on from the events of last week, with Catherine sat opposite a therapist being asked to recap what had led to her being in the session. We could happily watch an entire episode of just Sarah Lancashire’s character being dissected in an attempt to better understand her (what a … >
Well, that’s a shame – Vicky didn’t last long… It’s the day of two matriarchal funerals: the passing of Ann’s much-loved mother and colleague of Clare who was battling cancer during her daughter’s kidnap last season contrasts cleverly with Tommy Lee Royce’s murdered mummy. Whilst the Gallaghers have a full and joyous turnout, Royce only … >
Wow. What have we just witnessed? For the next six weeks we’ll be reviewing the sophomore season of BBC One’s least accurately titled drama, Happy Valley. We’re going to assume that you’ve already seen it (the first season was on top of many people’s list of top telly back in 2014), but if you haven’t … >
After last week’s visceral, gory case that leaned heavily on plot, Ripper Street went in the other direction this week with a case of the week that doubled up as something of a character study. The character in question was Thomas Gower (Jake Mann), a surprise returnee who first appeared all the way back as … >
BBC One has announced that the new season of Happy Valley will begin next month. Sarah Lancashire (Last Tango In Halifax) returns as police sergeant Catherine Cawood for six new episodes, with Katherine Kelly (Mr Selfridge), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Cucumber), Shirley Henderson (Jamaica Inn) and Amelia Bullmore (Scott & Bailey) joining the cast. Season 2 starts … >
As one of British TV’s more graphic and gory shows, Ripper Street has featured a copious amount of blood in its time, increasingly so now it’s made the jump to Amazon. Naturally, the next step was an episode that was all about blood. ‘A White World Made Red’ began with a superbly atmospheric opening scene … >
Having established a familiar yet different status quo in Season 4’s two-part opening story, it was back to business for Ripper Street in this solid second episode. ‘Some Conscience Lost’ won’t go down as a classic, but it’s an assured outing that takes the traditional case-of-the-week formula from previous seasons and adds considerable complexity to … >