Filming has begun in Cornholme, North of Manchester, and casting is announced on the six-part darkly comic thriller, Passenger, produced by the award-winning SISTER (This Is Going To Hurt, Chernobyl, Landscapers) in association with Northern Sister for ITVX and ITV1,...
We discuss the changes of a cash strapped BBC and bemoan the decision on BBC Three. We review Odyssey, Not Safe for Work and My Mad Fat Diary.
Welcome once again to another look back at this past week's TV highlights and I feel it's been a particularly strong one for female-led drama. It's fair to say that ITV lead the way when it comes to crime drama and this year has seen its fair share of mediocre...
Even if Jonny Depp was beckoning me from atop a hill with his penis...it would have to wait” Ah, My Mad Fat Diary, it is SO good to have you back. Returning for its three-part final fling, the show has been E4’s most successful and loved home grown drama since...
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...
Peter Moffat's epic drama The Village makes its welcome return to BBC One this week, as Series Two begins. The inhabitants of The Village are stumbling out from beneath the shadow of the Great War as the series presses on to explore the 1920s in its journey to tell...
In our first podcast since The World Cup finished we discuss the weird and wonderful programmes we've discovered during all the sports and we finally unveil the first 'postcards from the eels'!
Last night saw a new thought provoking drama from acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern, one of my TV heroes. In this illuminating podcast Jimmy discusses his decision to tackle the Joint Enterprise Law as well as his advice for new writers. A must listen for lovers of TV...
Justice, or the lack of it, is hardly an unfamiliar subject for writer Jimmy McGovern. From the creator of many of the UK's most searing social dramas of the last few decades, Common (BBC ONE – Sunday 6th July, 10pm) follows in the footsteps some of the...
Sunday sees a powerful new drama from the wonderful Jimmy McGovern. Common stars Nico Mirallegro as seventeen year old Johnjo O’Shea who finds his world turned upside down when he gives his friends a lift for a pizza. The consequences of that one act have a...
The BBC have released a first trailer for upcoming Jimmy McGovern drama Common starring Nico Mirallegro. The one-off drama centres around seventeen-year-old Johnjo O’Shea who gives his cousin Tony and some mates a last-minute lift in his brother Patrick’s car....
Filmng has began in Derbyshire on the second series of The Village, BBC One's critically acclaimed drama, with six more episodes for broadcast later this year. Peter Moffat's epic story charts the life and turbulent times of one English village through the 20th...
Easter was a massive time for TV. In this podcast we talk about Doctor Who, get hot under the collar when discussing the somewhat unwelcome return of The Voice and continue to marvel at Broadchurch.
It got over 6 million viewers on Sunday night, but some complained new BBC1 period piece The Village was "too miserable". If you've been following this site for a while you'll know I'm not a big fan of period drama. I like dramas with characters I can relate to and...
It seems a bit odd to be writing this piece at the start of the week however seeing as it's a Bank Holiday Weekend I thought I'd give you all a bit of a treat. So this week you're getting two articles for the price of one with this particular instalment looking back...
22 year old actor Nico Mirallegro has already been in one of the biggest successes of 2013. E4's comedy My Mad Fat Diary won viewers with its warm and believable characters, brilliant storylines and wonderful '90s nostalgia. In his latest role Mirallegro stars...
An epic drama series for BBC ONE starring Maxine Peake and John Simm charting the life and turbulent times of one English village across the whole of the twentieth century. THE VILLAGE is written by BAFTA winning writer PETER MOFFAT. The camera never leaves the...
Hi guys and welcome to this new weekly feature in which I dissect the biggest programmes of the week and give my own unique take on them. In this first instalment we have some great new drama from Channel 4, a nostalgic coming-of-age show from E4 and another new BBC3...
It was an uneven series, but the finicky butler kept me glued to the screen, says Laura Pledger Tonight we bade farewell to the residents of 165 Eaton Place as the second, decidedly patchy, series of Upstairs Downstairs came to an end. Two strong closing...