When I sat down to watch Wolf Hall, I was unsure about what to expect; mainly because I don’t know a lot about the Tudor period, and I wasn’t sure about whether a Tudor period show would be up my street. It’s safe to say that I was pleasantly surprised with BBC Two’s...
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...
Sherlock, the hit BBC One drama produced by Hartswood Films, will return to screens for a Special, followed by a series of three new episodes. The last series saw Sherlock’s life change a lot - he returned from the dead, his best friend John Watson married Mary...
BBC Two have announced the cast of their epic medieval drama Wolf Hall. Fresh from his turn in Homeland, Damian Lewis will play King Henry VIII opposite Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell. The drama, which is adapted from novels of Hilary Mantel, will chart the...
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...
In this SPOILERIFIC podcast we discuss the final episode of Sherlock Series 3 and decide whether what we'd like to see in the fourth series.
**In a change to the scheduled review, we bring you the following slightly gimmicky, extra cheesy letter, in keeping with the feel of the show** Dear Mr Moriarty, To answer your recent question, posited at approximately 21:58 on 12th December, 2014: Yes. Yes I did...
In the first podcast of 2014 we cover Christmas and 2014. Including confusion and praise for Sherlock, our Christmas highlights and new drama The 7.39.
Happy New Year to all and welcome to this first new edition of Matt on the Box covering the first five days of 2014. It was indeed a happy new year for all of us who have been anticipating the return of Sherlock for the past two years. The first of the two episodes...
Dear me, I seem to have spent a lot of that episode with something in my eye...It’s fair to say that after last week’s hit and miss opener, ‘The Sign of Three’ was a vast improvement. Aside from the end of Sherlock’s masterful best man speech, where he frantically...
You can learn a lot about writing from a Moffat/Gatiss show, whether Doctor Who or Sherlock. Sadly, not all of the lessons are about how to write well. Here is what you don’t do: Rip off the plot of a bestselling graphic novel and Hollywood blockbuster to contrive a...
What to say if you liked it Like falling through a trap door from the quaint reality of Blackpool into a twilight world of debauchery, manipulation and dread. What to say if you didn’t like it In much the same way as Liam Gallagher’s voice has declined from piercing...
Julia Davis was half of the duo (with Rob Brydon) who made BBC2’s Human Remains, the dark, cruelly funny portraits of a series of emotionally dysfunctional couples. Now she’s written, and starred in, a dark comedy drama of her own, billed by the BBC as “A West Country...