This year the BBC turns 100. Fundamental to Britain and funded by licence fee payers, the BBC has garnered a worldwide reputation for quality. For this special post highlighting the highlights of the corporation's massive contribution to television, I've decided to...
While I don’t yet know whether The Undeclared War is BAFTA magnet Peter Kosminsky’s best work, after watching the opening episode, I am prepared to say it is his most intelligent and timely. Cybersecurity is a major subject in modern society as technology relentlessly...
Castles in the Sky is tense and heart-warming, unhindered by the difficulties inherent in creating historical drama. The fact we know the outcome in advance does not take anything away from what is a fascinating and well-told story. Starting in 1935 as the ruling...
Did we like it? An often relentless and entertaining adaptation of the classic adventure yarn, which was further buoyed by Rupert Penry-Jones and Lydia Leanard in the lead roles. What was good about it? • Even though the original novel by John Buchan has been so...
Did we like it? Having it confirmed that a comedy hero was a chronic alcoholic, self-doubting depressive prone to beating his partners in drunken rages and stealing his best friend’s wife meant that this wasn’t the bundle of laughs that the casual observer might have...
Fairy Tales: Rapunzel, BBC1 Did we like it? It was a little too childish for adults, and a little too adult for children leaving it as a mangled farce, but was partially saved by Lee Ingleby, Geraldine James and Charity Wakefield in the lead roles. What was good about...