Frauds opens at the very remote (and fictional) La Cienaga Prison in the back of beyond in Spain, as Bert’s (Suranne Jones – Film Club) getting out of chokey after ten years in the slammer, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE HACK on ITV!
The Hack brings us David Tennant (The Thursday Murder Club) as journalist Nick Davies, who introduced to us the story of the 2008 phone hacking scandal from the News of The World, which even included …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of COLDWATER on ITV!
Coldwater Coldwater sees John (Andrew Lincoln – Penguin Bloom) taking his kids to the park, but soon witnesses a violent assault in the park which is truly shocking, and gets blamed for not intervening, although …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of WIN WIN with MEL AND SUE!
Win Win… Well, anyone with only this to watch on a Saturday evening will lose, but anyway. This was not available for preview, and I understood that there might be some elements which have to …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of I FOUGHT THE LAW on ITV!
I Fought The Law is a new ITV drama based on a real-life situation, which begins in the House of Lords, 2003, with Ann Ming (the omnipotent Sheridan Smith – The Castaways) about to give …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of TRANSACTION!
Transaction is the latest TV project to come across as a diversity box-ticking exercise, following Pushers and whatever passed for the last couple of series Doctor Who. Hey, it starts well, with hearing Ave Maria. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SHARDLAKE on ITV!
Shardlake… Matthew Shardlake… Sounds like another awful modern cop drama, but it’s England, 1536. Henry VIII has broken away from the Catholic church, while powerful monstaries are going against reform… Good, they’re a joke party! …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CODE OF SILENCE on ITV!
Code Of Silence: Like a bus, you wait for a Rose Alying-Ellis drama, and then three come along at once, with Reunion, the Doctor Who episode, and now this. By day, Alison Woods works in …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MALPRACTICE SERIES 2 on ITV!
Malpractice Series 2 opens with the harrassed Dr James Ford (Tom Hughes – The Game (2015)) on-call, but is being rushed into doing a mental health assessment on one patient where the police have had …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of GENIUS GAME on ITV!
Genius Game… and it’s just that… not, The Genius Game. 11 players have been selected for their exceptional qualities. It will requires their intelligence, lateral thinking and powers of persuasion. They get a currency called …
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