As this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing reaches its final stages, Matt Donnelly looks at what makes the show special and how it has stayed relevant where other shows have long since fallen out of favour with the British public. September means many things to...
In early 2019, BBC Three dropped the first series of Daisy Haggard and Laura Solon's comedy drama Back to Life. The series saw Haggard portray thirty-six-year-old Miri Matheson who returned to her hometown of Hythe after spending eighteen years in prison for the...
In my review of Line of Duty's series six opener, I spoke about the burden of expectation that the episode had given that it would naturally be compared to its predecessors. Over the course of this series, we've seen online expectation grow every episode to the point...
Those who have been following my weekly Line of Duty reviews know that I've found this series to be a rollercoaster and not always in a positive. However, like everybody else, I am still intrigued to see how this series ends and what shocks Jed Mercurio has in store...
Those of you who have been reading my reviews thus far know that I have struggled with some aspects of this series of Line of Duty. Although I've enjoyed some of the character arcs and several of the set pieces, the pace of the episodes has been slightly off since the...
More so than its predecessors, this series of Line of Duty seems wrapped up in its past and trusting that its audience is familiar with even the minor characters from the past series. In my review of the first episode, I praised creator Jed Mercurio for...
I feel that I've been fair when it comes to my judgement on this series of Line of Duty so far. I've given Jed Mercurio and company time to let the drama play out. However, as we're more than halfway through the series, one element I'm still really...
One of the delicate balancing acts that dramas like Line of Duty must walk is the decision on how much information should be revealed to the audience that the characters don't know. Similarly, it's tricky to know when the characters discover the information that the...
In the words of Ted Hastings, 'now we're sucking diesel.' After an underwhelming start to series six, tonight's second episode was more engaging and was much better paced. It also felt like a classic episode of Line of Duty with a clear focus now being established as...
Whether fair or not, long-running TV shows often have the burden of expectation attached to them ahead of a new series. This is certainly true with Line of Duty, which returned to BBC One tonight, as it's a series which is known for its explosive openers. Over...
The first time I heard of Netflix's Never Have I Ever was when the trailer appeared on my recommended videos on YouTube. Curious, I played the clip and got the impression that this Mindy Kaling co-created series was going to be a funny yet coarse look at high school...
When it first aired in 2018, Lennie James's Save Me felt like a breath of fresh air in the drama landscape. Whilst the story of a man trying to find his estranged daughter doesn't seem like a unique idea, James populated the world with a group of colourful characters...
A strange thing is happening in the world of streaming services. The huge success of Netflix has meant other broadcasters want their own slice of the streaming space. Disney will soon be removing all of its content from Netflix and plonking it all on its own Disney +...
Going into this week, most people are on tenterhooks to see how Game of Thrones will finally come to an end. However, for me, the most-anticipated TV finale of this week and indeed 2019 is that of BBC Two's gentle-comedy drama Mum. Sadly, for fans of the show such as...
Over the past few years, it's becoming gradually more acceptable for bona fide movie stars to appear in TV series with the likes of Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Julia Roberts all fronting shows last year. This week, Roberts' Pretty Woman co-star Richard Gere joins their...