Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty, 28 Weeks Later) has been cast as guest series lead in the new series of Line of Duty. The BAFTA-winning actor will play Detective Constable Shaun Massie in the next instalment of Jed Mercurio’s hit crime thriller when it...
Daniel Mays (Mrs Biggs, Public Enemies, Made In Dagenham) is confirmed to join the cast of Line Of Duty. Series three is written by Jed Mercurio, made by World Productions for BBC Two and pits AC-12 against their most dangerous adversary yet. Mays will play Sergeant...
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...
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...
Late as usual, this week's Matt on the Box is focusing on a programme that is at the moment a frontrunner for Best British TV show of 2014. It doesn't take too much guesswork to deduce that that programme is the brilliant Line of Duty which came to an end last week....
With one of the podcast team struck down with illness Matt & Gary look at the final of Line of Duty and get frustrated by Will I AM, disagree on W1A and are left cold by The Widower.
In our latest podcast we debate the updated iPlayer and the praise for Silk and Line of Duty continues.
World Productions Sometimes a drama series provides a powerful opening episode only to provide further instalments that really don't deliver. This isn't true of Line of Duty, which we were gushing about even before it started airing. After that first episode we were...
As the end credits rolled following the first episode of Line of Duty's second series I sat in front of the screen open-mouthed. Because my job is to watch a lot of television, I'm rarely surprised by any of the twists that TV dramas offer. That wasn't the case with...
Back in 2012 Line of Duty became one of the most critically-acclaimed drama series of the year. The programme focused on DCI Tony Gates (Lennie James), a well-respected officer with a loyal team and the best crime figures on the force. The story that followed saw...
When you think of Summer 2012 you probably think of the little sporting event that happened. Being the complete telly obsessive that I am, my memories of Summer 2012 are of the superb BBC2 drama Line of Duty. This fantastic drama series about the world of police...
In our last proper podcast of 2013 we discuss the not so welcome returns of Splash! and The Voice. We also praise Last Tango in Halifax and prove that Matt is the only one of the trio to watch telly.
Telling a story from two different points-of-view is an interesting way to write a drama especially one that features strong characters. Over the past two nights, Chris Chibnall has presented The Great Train Robbery from the points-of-view of the man who supposedly...
Over the years there have been plenty of dramatisations of the event known as The Great Train Robbery, where a group of men stole money from a Royal Mail train in 1963. Most recently we've seen the event dramatised in Mrs Biggs, which told the event from the eyes of...
The BBC have released a sneak peak trailer of the highly anticipated second series of police corruption drama Line of Duty. Line Of Duty, which was BBC Two’s biggest new drama series for 10 years (averaging 4.2 million viewers), returns for a second run in 2014....
In this week's podcast we discuss new ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls, The United States of Television and BBC1's disastrous new 'comedy' The Wright Way.
Welcome to a look back at another seven days in TV Firstly this week we had the return of the highest rated entertainment show of last year - Britain's Got Talent. Last year's series had a rocky start, but a mixture of endearing acts and a fresh new judging panel soon...
Contributed by Robin Jarossi It may sound like the title of a jolly new sitcom, but as anyone who's read Dorothy Koomson's bestselling psychological thriller will know, The Ice Cream Girls is made of darker stuff. The exploitation of vulnerable teenage girls and...
This time year I sat in a very different office, and oddly in a very different country pondering on what I'd enjoyed most in 2011. 365 days later (roughly) it's time to sit and ponder again on my personal highlights of a packed TV year. I knew before I compiled 2012...
In the last live podcast before the summer we discuss BBC2's Line of Duty, BBC1's Blackout. Our favourite cop shows of all time and why Elementary may not work
A look at the exciting new police corruption drama that oozes potential It’s too easy and maybe even clichéd to say that new BBC2 drama Line of Duty starts with a bang. But as it’s late and it does literally start with a bang that’s so loud I nearly leapt out of my...
We discuss Line of Duty, Sky Atlantic's unstoppable hit rate and the TV moments that made you cry!