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...
The odd couple is a much-mined sitcom premise, with a myriad of shows built upon the fastidious, introvert forced by circumstance to spend time with a casually confident, careless extrovert. Looking at the trailers for Channel 4’s latest sitcom Big Boys, you might...
When people talk about the satire of even the recent past, the most common response is that today, it wouldn’t even pass as satire. Since The Thick of It aired its first season, some of the jokes in those early episodes actually became government policies, and...
Channel 4 is today announcing the commission of The Horne Section TV Show. The new six-part scripted comedy series is written by and starring Alex Horne (creator of BAFTA and National Comedy Award Winning Taskmaster) and his band, The Horne Section. The Horne Section...
In a haze of Tribe perfume and Heather Shimmer lipstick, Derry Girls returns to Channel 4 this week for its third series and final series - causing glee and sorrow in equal measure. Launched in 2018, the show - created by Lisa McGee and loosely based on her own...
The hit Emmy-nominated series “The Great,” starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, returns to Channel 4 this summer for a second series, which now sees Catherine finally taking the Russian throne for her own – but she will quickly learn that dethroning her husband...
As fans of the hit series know by now Derry Girls is the creation of acclaimed writer Lisa McGee who mined her own experiences to create a candid, one-of-a-kind, family-centred comedy. While series one observed the gang navigating their teens in 1990’s Derry against a...
One of the scenes I remember most vividly from Cucumber, Russell T. Davies' underrated 2015 mini-series - which could somewhat reductively be called Queer as Folk for the 21st century - is a sequence in which three characters, all men, all queer, get ready for a night...
This without question my favourite post of the year. It's another chance to celebrate the best television had to offer. 2021 was another strong year. Standouts It's a Sin, Mare of Easttown, Only Murders in the Building and the long-awaited third season of Succession....
*The BBC have released the first trailer for their upcoming drama The Tourist which stars Jamie Dornan. Written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams, The Tourist sees Dornan stars as a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian...
It's another BIG News Roundup*Amazon Prime Video has set the return date for their award-winning comedy-drama The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The long-awaited fourth season will begin on Feb. 18, with two episodes debuting each week for four weeks. The fourth...
*Filming has started on three-part drama Crossfire for BBC One. The series stars Keeley Hawes (Finding Alice, It’s A Sin) Created and written by Louise Doughty (author of Apple Tree Yard), her first original series for television, Crossfire is set in a luxurious...
ITV have confirmed the ten celebrities entering the Welsh Castle for the upcoming series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! They include former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips, Presenter Richard Madeley and Footballer David Ginola. They will be joined by...
* BBC One and Netflix have released first look images of miniseries Inside Man, a new thriller from Steven Moffatt. The four-part drama follows a prisoner on death row in the US, a Vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar, as...
It's time for another BIG News Update. *HBO has released the first trailer for Game Of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon which is expected in 2022. The highly-anticipated series bsed on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,”is set 300 years before the events...
It's another BIG news Update*Channel 4 has commissioned an eight-part crime thriller Suspect (w/t) which is an adaptation of the original Danish series. The 8 x 30’ drama stars James Nesbitt, Joely Richardson, Anne-Marie Duff, Richard E....
In 2014, Channel 4 launched a spin-off to 24 Hours in A&E. Like the show it spun off from, 24 Hours in Police Custody used fixed rig cameras to go inside the Custody suits to give viewers unprecedented access to the work of Luton and Bedfordshire police....
Nicola Walker and Sean Bean are to star together in new four-part drama Marriage. The series comes from Stefan Golaszewski, the writer behind Mum and Him & Her. Marriage sees married couple Ian (Bean) and Emma (Walker) negotiate the ups and downs of...
It's time for another roundup of the news from the last few days in the world of TV. *Sunday night saw the 2021 Emmy Awards with Netflix's The Crown and Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso being the night's big winners. The Crown was named Best Drama whilst Olivia...
Around the same time as Boris was telling the nation, you must stay at home, I for reason, decided to finally binge US medical drama ER. It's not quite as a left-field of a choice as it may appear. My podcast colleague Matt had spoken about his love of the show on...
I started to write this as a response to John Whittingdale's White paper but whilst I was writing it, Whittingdale was removed from his post. It's still a worthy discussion about what constitutes 'British-ness' on television and which channels are performing the...
The full line-up of presenter, designers and DIY expert for Channel 4’s new version of the iconic ‘90s and ‘00s home-DIY series Changing Rooms has been confirmed. Joining returning Changing Rooms favourite Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen to give the show a fresh lick of...
Channel 4 has announced the cast joining Screw, a 6x60’ drama from STV Studios, by BAFTA-nominated writer Rob Williams (The Victim, Killing Eve). This is prison as never seen before - the uncensored, shocking and often darkly funny reality of life as a...
*This review is an in-depth look at the series and contains spoilers for the entire series which available on All4 now.* It’s A Sin is a Russell T Davies masterpiece like you’ve never seen before and is already of one of the best shows of the year. A historical...