Alan Bennett’s talking heads has been revived for ‘lockdown’ by the BBC for 12 episodes (including two entirely new ones) and my brief review of each episode is below: Imelda Staunton in ‘A Lady of Letters’ kicks off this revival season in solid but unspectacular fashion. Staunton is a brilliant actress and is really good …
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Derry Girls Season 2 (2019) – TV Review
In 2018, ‘Derry Girls’ came racing onto our TV screens with a fresh and totally u wide angle to look at the teenage coming of age comedy, with a look at a group of (mostly) girls, and also having them growing up during ‘The Troubles’ in Derry. In that first season, the show was not …
Killing Eve Controversies – What will happen to Season 4?
I think it is worth noting that this situation is still developing and therefore some things may change, and also that a huge factor towards impacting season 4 is the Corona Virus pandemic which means everything is unpredictable, but this isn’t what this article is about. A few months ago, ‘Killing Eve’ (which it’s worth …
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Derry Girls (2018) – TV Review
Some people originally tried to pin this as just a ‘female Inbetweeners’ but as soon as it was aired, we saw it was much more. While it does contain some of the brilliant aspects of that show, it is also incredibly unique to its focus on a group of young (predominantly) girls growing up during …
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II (2020) – TV Review
This six part documentary looks at the behind the scenes making of the biggest animated film of all time, ‘Frozen II’. However, unlike Disney Plus’ other behind the scenes series ‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian’ this is a proper documentary that tracks all the members of cast and crew from start to end of this project, …
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The Salisbury Poisonings (2020) – TV Review
Based on the shocking true events, this three part mini-series has proved a ratings sensation for the BBC (partly due to more people being home) and it is fully deserved. It takes fascinating and complex events in Salisbury in 2018 and turns it into really compelling TV. It’s something I still struggle to understand why …
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Unprecedented (2020) – TV Review
Now we are over 3 months in to the ‘lockdown’ due to Covid-19, a few more shows filmed in that period are popping up, and this is one of them. This is multiple short stories filmed over zoom, with an array of famous British actors taking on the roles and I have to applaud everyone …
Royalties (2020) – TV Review
This is the last show I have to watch before my 3 month Quibi subscription ends, and while I won’t be renewing to the paid option, I don’t dislike the service quite as much as many others. I simply don’t think the format works or is the way forward that we want to forge, and …
The Great (2020) – TV Review
Due to ‘The Favourite’ co-writer Tony McNamara being the screenwriter here on another period comedy, the comparisons to that film are plentiful, and they are fair. While it lacks the visual style of Yorgos Lanthimos, the dark, quick, and hilarious script reminds you very much of that project. The show is open in the fact …
Harley Quinn Season 2 (2020) – TV Review
‘Harley Quinn’ is quite simply one of the best animated TV shows in history, and one of the best ‘comics to screen’ adaptations in years. The central story of this season (last season was Harley finding her independence from Joker) is the realisation that Harley and Ivy aren’t just best friends, they are in love, …
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