The Forsytes opens in London, 1877, when I was knee-height to a grasshopper… Oh, actually that was *19*77, but close enough. It’s the time before Kid’n’Play, when people held house parties with the guests being …
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	The Forsytes opens in London, 1877, when I was knee-height to a grasshopper… Oh, actually that was *19*77, but close enough. It’s the time before Kid’n’Play, when people held house parties with the guests being …
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	Age Before Beauty proves that yet again, if it’s Tuesday night on BBC1 at 9pm, it’s “TV for women” hour… and this new drama has lots of them working in a beauty parlour. As the …
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	Poldark is a drama for which I’d never previously seen an episode, either in this decade or from the ’70s, but felt I should give it a crack, and the second series opener begins with …
Continue readingPoldark returns to BBC1 after nearly 40 years as it originally ran for two series between 1975 and 1977, with Robin Ellis in the lead role. This time round, Aidan Turner takes the lead as …
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