BBC1’s airing their first ever improvised drama. David Tennant’s starring in the first episode. Well, you had me at ‘improvised drama’, but with David Tennant leading the way, what could possibly go wrong? Sadly, several things. Perhaps the first downfall was the...
Did we like it? It was well-acted and well-staged but it hardly snatched away the rapidly-beating heart from your taut breast and made away to the hills, largely because of the rushed denouement. What was good about it? * Billie Piper impressed as the impetuous Sally...
Did we like it? Billie Piper looks ravishing as high-class hooker Belle but, without much a story to cling to, this is a pointless, soft-focus dramatisation of the life of the London prostitute whose blog became a best-selling book. What was good about it? • Belle's...
Did we like it? This BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s novel was an atmospheric murder-mystery/Girls’ Own adventure following the orphaned Sally Lockhart (Billie Piper) who receives a mysterious note that leads her into a world of opium dens, cursed jewels and a...
Did we like it? Even just an extra 15 minutes was enough to dispel the hurried, frantic nature of the main series that has been its biggest blight so far. It was a pity then, that what could have been an unqualified Christmas treat was badly let down by perhaps the...
Doctor Who: New Earth, BBC1, Did we like it? David Tennant makes a splendid Doctor while Billie Piper did a good comic turn, and the story, like many Timelord classics, was a skewed sci-fi mirror of contemporary society. What was good about it? • David Tennant as the...
Did we like it? The first half-an-hour was perhaps the most thrilling introductory sequence since Dr Who’s resuscitation. The subsequent 20 minutes seemed to have fallen limply from crackers pulled at the Space Cadets Christmas party. Blessedly, the last 10 minutes...
What to say if you liked it A sumptuous, delightful contemporary adaptation of one of the Bard’s best plays. What to say if you didn’t like it A parasitic 90 minutes which brought to mind the image of a grotesquely obese TV producer, growing ever more bulbous as he...
Series one Doctor Who, BBC1, Saturday What to say of you liked it The long overdue return of the most versatile and enduring character in television history, but this time faithfully accompanied by stunning special effects. What to say of you didn’t like it After...