Britbox subscribers should mark August 19 on their calendars as The Sarah Jane Adventures is one of four great shows joining that day The Britbox schedule for August 2021 is packed with great films, but scroll down to August 19 and you’ll find four shows of interest to Cultbox readers. Being Human series 1-5: Supernatural comedy-drama series … >
Today marks exactly ten years since the first ever episode of Primeval aired. ITV’s sci-fi series started as a competitor to Doctor Who in the Saturday evening family drama slot, but quickly grew into something far more interesting. It was a show that, rather appropriately, evolved a lot over its lifetime – but even if nothing … >
This month brought the sad news that fantasy adventure series Jekyll and Hyde has been cancelled after only one season due to disappointing ratings. Charlie Higson’s ten-part drama was the latest in a line of ITV shows to have aired over the past decade that have tried to ape the family-friendly success of Doctor Who. … >
Veering between bluntly wraught melodrama and a satisfyingly personal conflict with a slave trader, ‘Commodities’ is an episode of varying quality.
The Musketeers continues its solid, unsurprising start with ‘Sleight of Hand’.
It too is another enjoyable yet predictable romp through the murkier side of swashbuckling. Meanwhile, characters are further defined, approximately fifty people are shot, and guest stars swagger as only Jason Flemyng can swagger (copiously shifting weight from buttock to buttock with each stride).
Adrian Hodges’ adaptation of Alexander Dumas’ novel occupies the post-Sherlock Sunday evening slot on BBC One and it looks the part. Prague doubles for a lived-in Seventeenth Century Paris, and the fight scenes are stylish and kinetic. A strong and charismatic cast delivers, though ultimately the end product is solid rather than exceptional.
‘One for all and all for one’ – even for those of us, of a certain age, who wish to follow this line with the assertion that ‘Muskehounds are always ready’, there can be little doubt that Dumas’ most famous novel has proven an endlessly fruitful inspiration to successive generations of adapters. There was even a 1928 musical with lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse!
The Musketeers creator and executive producer Adrian Hodges (Primeval, Survivors) introduces BBC One’s new adventure drama.
Andrew-Lee Potts (Primeval) stars in BBC One’s new crime drama By Any Means, created by a team of writers led by Tony Jordan (Life on Mars, Hustle).
The BBC has released the first promotional photo of the cast of By Any Means, BBC One’s new crime drama from Hustle creator Tony Jordan.