The Northumbria Mysteries brings us a new daytime cozy crime drama, centered around ex-jailbird Joe Ruby (Robson Green – The Game), and as you’d expect from this sort of daytime drama, there’s a ‘dead body …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of TIME SERIES 3 on BBC1!
Time Series 3 sees the return of the Jimmy McGovern prison drama series, as does Siobhan Finneran (Unchosen) as chaplain Marie-Louise O’Dell, who’s arrived at a Youth Offenders’ institution, where she’s going to run shoulders …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE RELUCTANT VAMPIRE on BBC1!
The Reluctant Vampire is basically what CBBC would be showing, but in the age of cuts to the BBC, I’m not sure anything new is even made for that channel, these days. The BBC still …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE SPLIT-UP on BBC1!
The Split-Up is a spinoff from The Split – which ran for three series and a 2-part finale before it got divorced – this time with Ritu Arya (Doctors, Polite Society) in the lead as …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of LUDWIG SERIES 2 on BBC1!
Ludwig Series 2 is here, and it continues to be one of the most improbable detective series on TV, whilst also being mindblowingly brilliant! Puzzle enthusiast John Taylor (David Mitchell) spent six episodes pretending to …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE RAPTURE on BBC1!
The Rapture… that thing that will never happen, yet it’s in some nonsense religious book that one day the mythical deity will cause Earth to burn, and only the righteous will be hurried off into …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of ANN DROID on BBC1!
Ann Droid… where pensioner Sue (Sue Johnston – Fackham Hall) is in need of assistance round the house, now that her time in hospital is coming to an end, and since every man and his …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE HAIRDRESSER MYSTERIES on BBC1!
The Hairdresser Mysteries brings us back into the realms of cosy crime, this time with Sally Phillips (Night And Day) in the lead as coiffeur Lily Petal, who moves away from the big city, heading …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of I, JACK WRIGHT on BBC1!
I, Jack Wright… It’s not quite I, Daniel Blake. First off, this series has a stupid title, though. SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is ruined when any non-langauge characters are included, like the comma in this. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of DEAR ENGLAND on BBC1!
Dear England… I’m not into football, but I heard good things about the play, didn’t see it live, but when it came to cinemas, I couldn’t understand why they want a small fortune for something …
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