Adultery centres around the budding relationship that shouldn’t be, between Beth Brookes (Romola Garai – recently on ITV in Betrayal, the one where Stockport Station was actually Liverpool!, as you can see from that review) …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE NORTHUMBRIA MYSTERIES on BBC1!
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 IT GETS WORSE on CHANNEL 4!
It Gets Worse centres around the lives of three twentysomethings, and it’s been a while since I was in my 20s, but I haven’t grown up, anyway, so I’m not far off, in theory. Ethan …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE QUIET HOUR (Play For Today) on CHANNEL 5!
The Quiet Hour is the fourth in a new series of Play For Today on Channel 5, and stress is in the air… Archie Panjabi (Doctor Who: The Reality War) plays Riya, a very stressed …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CRYSTAL LAKE on SKY ATLANTIC!
Crystal Lake is the prequel to Friday The 13th, and Pam Voorhees has (Linda Cardellini) got a bit of a problem, having ended up covered from head to toe in blood… and someone’s tooth. That …
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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 PARTY on ITV!
The Party only runs for five episodes, but from the off, you can feel it’s being incredibly dragged out. Firstly, it goes back to 1997, when the young Martin Gilmour (Jonathan Houlston) was accepted to …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CLOSING TIME (Play For Today) on CHANNEL 5!
Closing Time is the third in a new series of Play For Today on Channel 5, and love may be in the air… It’s a simple tale of boy fancies girl, namely takeaway worker Mo …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of BELOW on NETFLIX!
Below opens in Newfoundland, 1986, where young Calvin Penney and his family are transporting everything they’ve got for a new life. However, this also includes their house, during which… hang on, why would you transport …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CARRIE on AMAZON PRIME VIDEO!
Carrie… who needs a yet another remake of this? The original was great, and the 2013 version with Chloë Grace Moretz pretty much bombed at the box office. Spoiler alert – the series starts with …
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