The Pale Horse begins, in the village of Much Deeping, in 1960s Surrey, with antique dealer Mark Easterbrook (Rufus Sewell)’s dying in mysterious circumstances One year later, in London, and a dying woman has written a list of names including Mark’s, and to that end, lots of people are dying all around him, which then […]
Next of Kin is described by ITV as a “family drama” but I’d say that’s more about the fact it’s based around a family within the drama, rather than being suitable for the whole family, since the content is not something you’d want young children to watch. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since […]
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Power Monkeys, without too much difficulty to calculate, comes from the same team as last year’s Ballot Monkeys, a superb satirical side-swipe at the general election written by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, the content so fresh that it’s written on the day and edited so close to transmission that I think, for one episode […]
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Nana’s Party is the penultimate episode of series 2 of Inside No.9, and it’s the most disappointing in the series so far. In fact, while I normally post a detailed look at each episode in the series, this one just left me cold. At every turn I was wating for the defining moment where it […]
Critical is the first new series from former doctor Jed Mecurio since Line of Duty, which saw its second series air on BBC2 in March last year, but he’s also responsible for the wonderful Cardiac Arrest and Bodies, plus the amusing The Grimleys. So, you can depend on him to come up with the goods, […]
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