ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill has commissioned Cold Water, starring award-winning actor Andrew Lincoln in his long-awaited return to British television. Ewen Bremner (Our Flag Means Death, Trainspotting), Indira Varma (Obsession, Obi-Wan Kenobi)and Eve Myles...
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...
Did we like it? Oh what a disappointment! All of the excitement of the original series was missing, leaving just an endless round of boring conversations and implausible friction. Amy Jenkins should have left This Life alone. Now she's tarnished our memories. What was...
Did we like it? Imagination. Invention. Good acting. A drama not set in London or a feeble token effort set in the North inhabited by people who are ‘the salt of the earth’. What have you done, ITV? Keep producing decent dramas like this and you may not have to keep...
Teachers caused a minor storm when it first appeared in 2001. To some, it was a disgraceful, foul-mouthed slur on a dedicated profession. To those not employed in the Department of Education’s Rapid Rebuttal Unit (and especially to teachers) it was an hilariously near...