Forgive me father for I have sinned. I assumed Channel 4’s nun and priest romantic drama Falling was going to be a titillating romp of lustful temptation and sweaty cassocks. But instead what we got was a beautiful contemplation on the nature of love, sacrifice and...
Filming has commenced in Wales and Bristol on major new Channel 4 drama, Falling, produced by The Forge Entertainment, a Banijay UK company (National Treasure, The Buccaneers, Marriage). Keeley Hawes (Scoop, Miss Austen) will star as Anna, a devoted nun, and Paapa...
Dawn and Mo join Matt to review another 4 new shows. On Channel 4, Steve Coogan interviews Harriet Walter's Margeret Thatcher in true-life drama Brian & Maggie. The BBC's latest Sunday night fare tells the little-known story behind the Austen sisters in Miss...
Prime Video will launch writing duo Harry and Jack Williams’ brand new drama series The Assassin in the UK & Ireland. The series is produced by award-winning production company Two Brothers Pictures (The Tourist, Boat Story, Fleabag) in association with ZDF who is...
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...
The BBC have released the first trailer for upcoming three-part drama Crossfire. Created and written by Louise Doughty (author of Apple Tree Yard), in her first original series for television, the first trailer and key art has been released for Crossfire which is...
Adaptations either work out extremely well and are applauded or they completely annoy the longstanding fanbase and divide any newcomers. Those adapting beloved works are fighting a constant battle between honouring the original text and the ideas that inspired...
You can’t beat a catchy slogan. ‘MI5, Not 9-to-5’ exclaimed the trailers and advertising promotion for a new BBC spy drama that promised to bring slick intelligent thrills to prime time British television. Brilliantly produced teaser trailers dotted the BBC for weeks...
Daniel Mays (Mrs Biggs, Public Enemies, Made In Dagenham) is confirmed to join the cast of Line Of Duty. Series three is written by Jed Mercurio, made by World Productions for BBC Two and pits AC-12 against their most dangerous adversary yet. Mays will play Sergeant...
Welcome back friends to another instalment of my look back at some recent TV highlights. We start with a battle for Sunday night supremacy from two new dramas that felt incredibly similar in tone. Inevitably winning the ratings battle was Sarah Phelps' three-part...
In the twee, cloistered town of Pagford – a beautiful English idyll – there is a war going on. The scenery of The Casual Vacancy (adapted by The Crimson Field’s Sarah Phelps from JK Rowling’s first foray into adult literature back in 2012) might be...
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...
After a draining and heartbreaking finale, with actor James Nesbitt acting his socks off BBC One's 8-part drama The Missing reached its conclusion tonight. However, in a twist last seen at the ending of ITV's Broadchurch the BBC waited until after to reveal the...
As well as being Easter Sunday, today marks the fiftieth anniversary of BBC Two which broadcast its opening night on the 20th April 1964. Although said opening night was plagued with problems BBC Two has since gone on to produce some of the nation's most loved...
Late as usual, this week's Matt on the Box is focusing on a programme that is at the moment a frontrunner for Best British TV show of 2014. It doesn't take too much guesswork to deduce that that programme is the brilliant Line of Duty which came to an end last week....
With one of the podcast team struck down with illness Matt & Gary look at the final of Line of Duty and get frustrated by Will I AM, disagree on W1A and are left cold by The Widower.
The BBC have announced that Line of Duty star Keeley Hawes will appear in one episode of the new series of Doctor Who. Starring alongside new Doctor Peter Capaldi, Hawes will play Ms Delphox, a powerful out-of-this-world character with a dark secret. Travelling...
In our latest podcast we debate the updated iPlayer and the praise for Silk and Line of Duty continues.
World Productions Sometimes a drama series provides a powerful opening episode only to provide further instalments that really don't deliver. This isn't true of Line of Duty, which we were gushing about even before it started airing. After that first episode we were...
As the end credits rolled following the first episode of Line of Duty's second series I sat in front of the screen open-mouthed. Because my job is to watch a lot of television, I'm rarely surprised by any of the twists that TV dramas offer. That wasn't the case with...
Back in 2012 Line of Duty became one of the most critically-acclaimed drama series of the year. The programme focused on DCI Tony Gates (Lennie James), a well-respected officer with a loyal team and the best crime figures on the force. The story that followed saw...
Keeley Hawes has said she was unsure what to make of her latest character in the second series of Line of Duty which starts this February on BBC2. The highly anticipated second series sees Hawes play Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton. Denton appears to be...
The BBC have released a sneak peak trailer of the highly anticipated second series of police corruption drama Line of Duty. Line Of Duty, which was BBC Two’s biggest new drama series for 10 years (averaging 4.2 million viewers), returns for a second run in 2014....
Welcome back to a week of pies, shopping and horrible plastic surgery. 'Bitching to a level, never before associated with cakes.' This was the way James Morton described some of the hurtful comments made about the three women who were finalists in this Tuesday's...