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I am reviewing ‘The Rise of the Nutters’ and ‘Spinners and Losers’ together as even though they are technically separate specials, they very much work together to tell one ‘The Thick Of It’ narrative. The first two seasons were enjoyable without ever really gripping me, but I felt really hooked by these specials, with the …
Continue reading “The Thick Of It: The Specials (2007) – TV Review”
Returning for another three episode mini-series, the Armando Iannucci show really starts to find its footing and work out the show it wants to be, with much more focus now on Peter Capaldi’s Malcolm, who is the clear comedic stand out. The behind the scenes look at British politics mixes that very British office environment …
Continue reading “The Thick Of It Season 2 (2005) – TV Review”
A pair of star crossed lovers in old London Town. The finale of Killing Eve has now happened and we begin the hiatus to Season 4 (which will likely be the final season) and we have no idea when that could happen due to Covid-19. This was a very eventful episode that attempted to wrap …
Continue reading “Killing Eve Season 3 Finale – Are You Leading or Am I? (Reaction)”
Tonight is the night (6am tomorrow for us in the UK) where the much talked about third season of Killing Eve comes to a close. While there are much more important things happening in the world right now, for the last 8 weeks this show has provided people with a much needed respite and distraction, …
I recently spent some of my time in lockdown watching ‘Veep’ and discovered that it is one of the funniest and best written shows I’ve ever seen. With this in mind, I decided to go back and re-watch the British show on which ‘Veep’ is based on. ‘The Thick Of It’ season 1 is three …
Killing Eve continues to hurtle towards the season finale, with an episode that felt very tonally like one taken from the dynamite first season, which gives me even more encouragement for Laura Neal (writer of this episode and the ‘bus episode’ earlier in the season) for when she takes over next season. The cat and …
Continue reading “Killing Eve Season 3 – Beautiful Monster (Reaction)”
Following last week’s episode exploring her family, Villanelle (Jodie Comer) continues to unravel mentally in a way we haven’t ever seen before. This allows for great character development and also another chance for Comer to show what an incredible talent she is. The best thing head writer Suzanne Heathcote has done this season is to …
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We are only into the fifth month of 2020, but it already feels like the longest and most significant year of most of our lifetimes, and their is only one man who can sum it up perfectly, and that is writer of ‘Black Mirror’ and former star of ‘Weekly Wipe’, Charlie Brooker. The energetic, scathing, …
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Killing Eve has always been about the complicated sexual/murderous relationship between two women; Eve Polastri and Villanelle, and in episode 5 of each season so far the two have had memorable meetings. However, in a smart decision to freshen things up, episode 5 of season 3 is the shows first episode not to feature both …
Continue reading “Killing Eve Season 3 – Are You From Pinner? (Reaction)”
Following last week’s blockbuster episode, season 3 continued to take big risks, this time changing the structure and framing the episode like a classic Tarantino film, following individual characters and watching them eventually overlap, and it works to great success. The story continues to progress nicely and all the characters feel like the are being …
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