Mammoth takes us back to France, 1979, for an Austin Powers-type situation, where our lead, Tony Mammoth (Mike Bubbins), was cryogenically frozen in time, following an accident in a school skiing holiday, as he was …
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Mammoth takes us back to France, 1979, for an Austin Powers-type situation, where our lead, Tony Mammoth (Mike Bubbins), was cryogenically frozen in time, following an accident in a school skiing holiday, as he was …
Continue readingThis Town comes from the pen of Steven Knight, who brought us Peaky Blinders – a series I’ve still to see. Opening on Lozells Road, Birmingham in 1981, before it moves on to Falls Road, …
Continue readingNewark Newark – so good they named it… as it’s mostly set around the life of single mother Maxine (Morgana Robinson – Everyone Else Burns), trying to bring up teenage son Leslie (Jai Hollis) the …
Continue readingThe Way sets the scene for a potentially powerful drama, set against the backdrop of a Welsh steelworker village where strikes are about to blight the town, but then they’re necessary in a Tory era. …
Continue readingGladiators (2024): Can you feel the power? Not really. 2024 seems to be the year for remakes, as ITV have both Jeopardy! and Wheel Of Fortune, and now the BBC have brought back an old …
Continue readingMen Up is a new BBC TV movie based on a true story, about a group of men in Wales who have trouble keeping the British end up. We open with Meurig Jenkins (Iwan Rheon …
Continue readingMurder is Easy is based on an Agatha Christie story first published in 1939, although this adaptation is set in 1954, and with apparently cultural anthropologist Luke Fitzwilliam (David Jonsson – Industry) coming from Nigeria …
Continue readingThe Church on Ruby Road is the 2023 Christmas episode of Doctor Who. Hanging around for a while as The Doctor is Ncuti Gatwa, who I’ve only seen in the mediocre Barbie, and as a …
Continue readingThe Giggle concludes the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary trilogy of episodes, after the godawful The Star Beast, and the baddie-less Wild Blue Yonder, which couldn’t have shouted “filler” any louder than it did. This time …
Continue readingThe Star Beast sees Russell T Davies return to writing Doctor Who, as if he didn’t destroy it enough last time, trying to throw in diversity amongst the cast, over writing a coherent script. Last …
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