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...
ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill has commissioned six-part crime thriller Payback, produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television, starring Morven Christie, Peter Mullan and Prasanna Puwanarajah, and written by acclaimed screenwriter Debbie O’Malley. A compelling...
Tonight the BBC announced the commissioning of a raft of new drama including the return of two of its most recent successes. After seemingly concluding with a four-part series in 2013; Luther will return for a new two-parter next year. Idris Elba will...
In an extended podcast - Gary and Matt chat the final of The Apprentice, the second and third episodes of Luther and new drama in Top of the Lake and Run
Welcome back to another look back to this week in TV where we've had plenty of new drama plus the final episode of a much-loved reality show. What with both The White Queen and Family Tree it seems that BBC co-productions are everywhere at the moment. Top of the Lake...
There were moments during ‘Top of the Lake’ when perhaps, just perhaps, we might have reached somewhere faster. It was plodding; a bus tour through the silent beauty of New Zealand (and my goodness it looked incredible), an opportunity to escape up gravel paths and...
The BBC have released the first trailer of the upcoming drama, Top Of The Lake, directed by Oscar-winner Jane Campion (The Piano, Portrait Of A Lady) and rising Australian director Garth Davis, will feature an esteemed ensemble of award-winning talent. The cast...
Did we like it? Channel 4's tenuous grip on credibility receives a shot in the arm with this amazing, serious drama set in the 1970s – a bit like Life on Mars with many more layers of depth but without any of the laughs, not even a hint of a smile. It's not a flawless...
Rock Rivals ITV is in complete disarray. Its primetime schedule has been far from impressive this year with Trial & Retribution being the only 9pm drama worth watching. So you can imagine I went into the highly promoted Rock Rivals with some scepticism. Normally I...
Did we like it? A slick, oily thriller that while leeching from various other sources, does chisel out an identity of its own. But because of the processional nature of the central plot – assassin is given target, assassin kills targets – we wonder if there is enough...
Did we like it? It was an absorbing, exhausting trawl through the depths of a young man seeking redemption for a vile past misdemeanour, yet rarely did it seek to moralise, merely guide; often demanding that the viewer draw on their own experiences to judge or...