The 2014 novel will become a television series, telling the story of a female comic in the 1960s. Gemma Arterton (Black Narcissus, Quantum of Solace) will star as Barbara Parker, who is described as bold, stylish and courageous and who takes London by storm. The story follows her journey from Blackpool beauty queen to comedy … >
Quacks, BBC Two’s brand new Victorian medical comedy, premieres this week, and the cast and creator have been speaking about the series.
Our first proper look at Quacks has landed online and, from the looks of things, it’s going to be something like the splattery hospital period piece The Knick – but with gags in place of gagging.
It’s the very last episode of The Musketeers, and I’m still a bit sad about that. Bad news: Treville is still dead. Worse news: Grimaud, who remains a very bad man, has wasted no time in blowing the heck out of the Musketeers’ garrison. Good news: the baddies think D’Artagnan is dead, which will no … >
Sad times in the world of The Musketeers, as Louis dies like a minute into the episode. I’ll miss his precious little sunshine face. Treville tells Athos to take the new little king into hiding until all of the ensuing nonsense blows over, which is wise, except for the bit where Anne didn’t know and … >
The Musketeers return to BBC One for a third season to face their greatest challenge. After four years, a war-torn Paris has become a powder keg ready to explode. Refugees have flocked to the city in search of sanctuary. Food is scarce. Black market profiteering is rife. But the city’s governor, Phillipe Feron (Rupert Everett), is … >
Great news: maybe the French won’t be at war with the Spanish for much longer in the world of The Musketeers? I’ll be honest: I’m fuzzy on the historical details. Milady’s returned to possibly do some murders for Treville, and that’s bunches more interesting to me. So after some Spanish prisoners of war are marched … >
In this episode of The Musketeers, we see desperate people in desperate times doing desperate things. Ok, so that opening interrogation scene was a little mean, but he was a baddie, so I’ll let it pass. The Musketeers are after the whereabouts of Grimaud, whom they have discovered to be a very naughty man indeed. … >
At last, the baddies have resolved to get rid of those pesky Musketeers once and for all, but the cynic in me is apt to remind myself that this is only the sixth episode of a ten-episode season. There wouldn’t be much to go on if all of our heroes were dead for the last … >
Word of advice: if you’re thinking of moving to Paris, don’t travel back in time and move there when the Musketeers were about. Especially if this week’s episode is anything to go by. Case in point: prisoners are breaking free and causing chaos as they go, while the Red Guard apparently have failed to subdue … >