ITV have announced filming has nearly finished on the seven-part phone hacking drama The Hack from acclaimed screenwriter Jack Thorne with David Tennant, Robert Carlyle and Toby Jones in leading roles and produced by the team from Mr Bates vs The Post Office. The...
In an age where new series come and go in the blink of an eye, it's worth remembering that some of the best series are close-ended. The mini or 'limited' series which asks very little of you in terms of commitment but deliver a concise and satisfying story. I've put...
ITV have commissioned new 6-part thriller, Protection, from New Pictures. The series is from the producer of Des and The Missing and written by screenwriter Kris Mrksa. The series will star Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley) in the leading role alongside...
In one of the opening scenes of The Long Shadow, a mother looks at her four children asleep in bed. It’s 1975 and the titles have established the state of life in Britain at that time - the strikes, the fuel shortages, and the cost of living crisis - and with all 4...
Shockingly, I only watched Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley for the first time earlier this year. As incredibly late to the party I was, I’m glad I amended this, as the BBC crime drama encapsulates everything I love about television. As it returns to our screens later...
Welcome to a look back at a week in which not a lot happened in TV-land apart from the conclusion of two gripping murder mystery dramas. But we start with the latest Channel 4 observational documentary, as the cameras return to The Fried Chicken Shop. Rooster's Spot...
So we're now in September which means the start of a whole new TV season. With so much to pack in I've found myself having to write two weekly pieces the first of which focuses on ITV's week of debuting shows which featured both some returning names and some new...
In this latest podcast the return of The X Factor, Educating Yorkshire and ITV crime drama The Guilty.
I was quite looking forward to the latest in ITV’s long, long string of crime dramas, largely because it starred the delectable Tamsin Greig. I adored her in Black Books, but hadn’t seen much of her more recent comic turns, so the notion of seeing Greig flexing her...