Contributed by Matt Donnelly So far it looks as if 2012...
The Paradise, BBC1
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Shows starring Ben Daniels
The Passion, BBC1
Did we like it? A brilliant, gripping interpretation of the last days of Christ awarded a beguiling contemporary feel by the fluid dialogue and the moulding of entrenched Biblical ciphers into believable characters. What was God about it? • The opening credits...
The State Within, BBC1
Did we like it? Imagine channel-surfing across a spectrum of dislocated, absorbing, if a little over glossy, political thrillers. What was good about it? • An astoundingly good cast headed by Jason Isaacs as the British ambassador to the US Sir Mark Brydon; with Ben...
The Virgin Queen, BBC1
Did we like it? Even though we feel like as though we’ve feasted to the point of gluttony on the lavish historical regal dramas to the point when they will become hunted to extinction in the grand forests of TV, this was a well-acted, well-paced drama. And while a few...
Cutting It, BBC1
When Cutting It first appeared last year, the idea – a drama about ambitious hairdressers in Manchester – didn’t seem too promising. But it turned out to be great stuff, with Debbie Horsfield’s scripts cleverly stirring a heady mixture of glitz, money, sex and earthy...