*The review contains some spoilers for those who haven't watched the whole of series 2 on BBC iPlayer.* In the middle of the second series of The Responder, Marco (Josh Finan) breaks down and cries and is cradled by a neighbour. "I'm sick of this Brenda."...
Filming on series two of the multi award-winning and six-time BAFTA-nominated BBC drama The Responder has begun in Liverpool. Written by ex-police officer Tony Schumacher, The Responder held a mirror up to the emotional extremes of life on the front line...
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...
In the latest podcast we praise Banished on BBC2, bemoan Arthur & George and Gary delivers his most memorable performance ever!
Jimmy McGovern’s new seven-part drama, Banished, follows the lives of British prisoners who have been deported to Australia in the 1700s. With a star-studded line up including Russell Tovey and MyAnna Buring, the show looked set to be a new blockbuster for BBC Two....
This week is a very special Matt on the Box as for the first time I focus on a drama that is premièring online before making its way to the TV. That's because this week saw the return of Ripper Street which, following cancellation from the BBC, has found a new...
In the latest podcast Matt and Gary discuss Ripper Street arriving on Amazon Prime, The S Club reunion and some I'm a Celebrity chatter
The third series of Ripper Street arrives next month. More specifically, Amazon Prime customers can view the new series weekly at 9:00pm from Friday 14th November up until the series finale, which will launch on Boxing Day. If you're not an Amazon Prime Customer the...
The cast of critically-acclaimed British crime drama Ripper Street, which is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point and now available exclusively on Amazon Prime Instant Video, were back on set this morning in Manchester to start filming the highly...
Myanna Buring (Ripper Street), Russell Tovey (Being Human), Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour) and David Wenham (Top Of The Lake) lead a strong ensemble cast in Jimmy McGovern’s epic new series, Banished, which starts filming north of Sydney this April for broadcast on BBC...
In this podcast we look at what Ripper Street returning means for broadcasters and decide whether Jonathan Creek should've returned for a new series.
Amazon Prime have announced plans to make a third series of axed BBC1 drama series Ripper Street. When the crime drama was axed back in December rumours swirled that it could be revived and now Amazon Prime (formally Lovefilm) has given it the go ahead. The...
So unbelievably we've reached that point again when we look back fondly on the last twelve months of television and celebrate the best. Ripper Street (January 2013, BBC1) This series wasn't what a lot of viewers were expecting when they settled down on a dark Sunday...
In our latest podcast we discuss the demise of Ripper Street, whether bullying is happening in the jungle and rave about Him and Her.
It has been revealed that BBC1 period drama Ripper Street has been axed and will not return for a third series. The second series has suffered from poor ratings, but has been up against I'm a Celebrity on ITV. In an interview with BBC London 94.9 Jerome Flynn...
The more observant of you may have noticed that I've been absent for a week, but that's primarily because I felt there wasn't that much TV to discuss. So instead I have decided to look at five of the biggest shows from the last fortnight in which we've been offered a...
When I woke up on the morning of July 23rd the heavens had opened. The first few hours of the morning saw biblical amounts of rain and lightning that could lit up every room of the house. Weather of this brutal nature would normally cause me to bury my head deeper...
The story of Jack the Ripper has been dramatised countless times. TV has long had a fascination with the macabre and brutality of the ripper murders which might explain the excitement and intrigue that has surrounded the BBC's new drama series Ripper Street since the...
The story of Jack the Ripper has been dramatised countless times. TV has long had a fascination with the macabre and brutality of the ripper murders which might explain the excitement and intrigue that has surrounded the BBC's new drama series Ripper Street...