Netflix’s new six-part drama, ERIC is certainly unique; there are not many series which feature a seven-foot furry monster as one of the main, and the titular, characters. I can't stress to you how much of ERIC shouldn't work, but miraculously, thanks to a deeply...
Netflix have released the trailer for upcoming drama ERIC starring Benedict Cumberbatch. From creator and writer Abi Morgan comes the latest Netflix limited series, “Eric,” an original series set in 1980s New York and following Cumberbatch’s panicked father as he...
Netflix have released the first picture for their upcoming thriller ERIC starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffman and McKinley Belcher III. Written by acclaimed British writer Abi Morgan (The Hour, River) the series is billed as an 'emotional...
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...
We discuss Christmas TV, disappointments in Detectorists, Luther and Sherlock. Love for And Then There were None and Silent Witness and discussion on new subtitled drama Deutschland 83.
Contributed by Kay Dekker I am a massive Sherlock fan, slightly on the brink of obsessive, and I'm totally not ashamed. I have t-shirts, posters, mugs and even Sherlock Cluedo. I've written articles previously for the Radio Times about the show (some of which was...
Despite it only being January 2nd one of the most anticipated programmes of the year has already aired in the form of the first Sherlock episode in almost two years. The pre-publicity for The Abominable Bride suggested that Steven Moffat's modern...
So we've done it! We've reached the end of the year. 2014 wasn't as packed as last year, but when it was good, it was very good indeed. Sherlock - Series 3 (January 2014, BBC1) 2014 began with one of the most anticipated returns in a long time when we all sat round to...
As the cast gathered for a first read-through of the only Sherlock episode to air next year, Producer Sue Vertue took to twitter to share a glimpse of the script. This is what we've been doing today! Later on a pic of Sherlock and John as they'll appear in the Special...
Sherlock, the hit BBC One drama produced by Hartswood Films, will return to screens for a Special, followed by a series of three new episodes. The last series saw Sherlock’s life change a lot - he returned from the dead, his best friend John Watson married Mary...
In this SPOILERIFIC podcast we discuss the final episode of Sherlock Series 3 and decide whether what we'd like to see in the fourth series.
**In a change to the scheduled review, we bring you the following slightly gimmicky, extra cheesy letter, in keeping with the feel of the show** Dear Mr Moriarty, To answer your recent question, posited at approximately 21:58 on 12th December, 2014: Yes. Yes I did...
In the first podcast of 2014 we cover Christmas and 2014. Including confusion and praise for Sherlock, our Christmas highlights and new drama The 7.39.
Happy New Year to all and welcome to this first new edition of Matt on the Box covering the first five days of 2014. It was indeed a happy new year for all of us who have been anticipating the return of Sherlock for the past two years. The first of the two episodes...
Dear me, I seem to have spent a lot of that episode with something in my eye...It’s fair to say that after last week’s hit and miss opener, ‘The Sign of Three’ was a vast improvement. Aside from the end of Sherlock’s masterful best man speech, where he frantically...
You can learn a lot about writing from a Moffat/Gatiss show, whether Doctor Who or Sherlock. Sadly, not all of the lessons are about how to write well. Here is what you don’t do: Rip off the plot of a bestselling graphic novel and Hollywood blockbuster to contrive a...
New Year's Day sees the hugely welcome return of Sherlock back on BBC ONE after nearly two years away. The first episode will see Sherlock re-appear in Watson's life following his apparent death at the end of Series 2. I spoke to stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin...
In this special podcast I report from The South Bank Sky Arts Awards. I speak to winners Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Jessie Ware and Outstanding Achievement Award winner Julie Walters. I also chat to presenters Victoria Wood, Mark Strong and...
This time year I sat in a very different office, and oddly in a very different country pondering on what I'd enjoyed most in 2011. 365 days later (roughly) it's time to sit and ponder again on my personal highlights of a packed TV year. I knew before I compiled 2012...
Ever since Downton Abbey became a massive worldwide hit it seems that broadcasters are desperately searching for other dramas set around the 1910s which would be great ratings winners. Already this year we’ve had the adaptation of one of my favourite book’s Birdsong,...
Skepticisms aside the ambitious modern retelling of Conan Doyle’s iconic characters began just about as promising as could be. With a jolting introduction to injured solider John Watson and glitzy dark title sequence which had me very nearly licking my lips with...
This adaptation of Andrea Levy’s 2004 novel suffers from being a love story largely bereft of love. Rather than being the molten lava shooting from the mountain top, love is buried deep below the surface amid the cooling magma, acting as the discreet propulsion to the...
Did we like it? A giant sloth of a thriller moving slowly towards nutrition but at such a ponderous pace that it’s in danger of losing grip and tumbling into the blanket of anonymous foliage beneath. What was good about it? • The quality of the acting is the life...
Debut Friday 11 February 2005, Channel 4 Chris Morris's return to TV, a sitcom featuring the obnoxious character from satirical website TVGoHome. It is co-written by The Guardian Guide's Charlie Brooker. Barley is a former public schoolboy who lives in fictional...