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Catastrophe, Series 4, Channel 4 review - final series starts stronglyWednesday, 09 January 2019
Some may have thought that Catastrophe (Channel 4) had neared the end of the road with the third series, but I disagree. It was still managing, with some deftness, to pull off the difficult trick of mixing broad humour with serious themes of love, attraction and the difficulties of parenthood. Read more... |
Call My Agent!, Netflix review - French movie stars turn out for witty and waspish TV showWednesday, 09 January 2019
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Brexit: The Uncivil War, Channel 4 review - Benedict Cumberbatch gets the best tunesTuesday, 08 January 2019
One day this all will be over. Give it half a century. In 50 years' time, there will be documentaries in which today’s young, by then old, will explain to generations yet unborn exactly how and why Britain went round the twist in 2016. Read more... |
Luther, Series 5, BBC One review - welcome return for Idris Elba's maverick 'tecWednesday, 02 January 2019
“Can you breathe?’ “Yeah.” “Shame, that”. Another ne’er-do-well is being banged to rights after a chase through container stacks in the dark. Luther is back, and he hasn’t upgraded his Volvo or changed his tweed coat – but we don’t really mind, do we? Read more... |
Escape at Dannemora, Sky Atlantic review - Ben Stiller's breakout drama impressesWednesday, 02 January 2019
The facts of Escape at Dannemora (Sky Atlantic) are notorious in America. Convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Indeed a less enquiring version of the story might have been called Escape from Dannemora. But the preposition is key. Read more... |
Les Misérables, BBC One review - Dominic West looks the part in new Victor Hugo adaptationMonday, 31 December 2018
There’s no singing, no Hugh Jackman and no Anne Hathaway, and the dolorous tone of Andrew Davies’s new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s sprawling novel is established in the opening scene. Read more... |
Best of 2018: TVThursday, 27 December 2018
Bruce Springsteen once sang about there being "57 channels and nothin' on". Those were the days. Now we have so much to watch (including Netflix's Springsteen on Broadway) that all the world's remaining elephants couldn't remember them all. Read more... |
The ABC Murders, BBC One, review - John Malkovich's dark reboot of PoirotThursday, 27 December 2018
Sarah Phelps’s annual reboot of a canonical murder mystery by Agatha Christie has rapidly established itself as a Christmas staple of TV drama. Read more... |
Upstart Crow, BBC Two review - Shakespeare does Dickens in seasonal taleWednesday, 26 December 2018
After the heart-breaking ending to the third series earlier this year, which covered the death of William Shakespeare's young son, Hamnet, it was back to the comedy for this seasonal special. Read more... |
Torvill & Dean, ITV review - skating into historyWednesday, 26 December 2018
When Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won their ice skating gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984, notching up an all-time record score which included 12 perfect sixes, it looked like a real-life fairytale. Read more... |
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