So Bank Holiday Weekend is upon us and so what better time to start airing a new series of nostalgic detective drama Inspector George Gently a show in which our hero is constantly trying to get to grips with the constantly changing 1960s. Part of the reason seems to...
Apparitions, BBC1
Did we like it? With moments of absolute absurdity, borderline bigotry and diabolical dialogue, on the surface Apparitions appears to be an abysmal supernatural drama wrought to hook in overgrown adults who can’t get enough of their kids’ Harry Potter books. But peer...
George Gently: The Burning Man, BBC1
Did we like it? A welcome return for this superior detective drama that employs its 60s setting to jettison all of that tiresome forensic hogwash that clogs up the theatrics and psychology of the bastard-offspring of Sherlock Holmes in favour of a twisting plot. What...
George Gently, BBC1
Did we like it? An excellent thriller that took the hackneyed vista of Heartbeat’s 60s propaganda of tranquil English country gardens and upturned a few of the paving stones to reveal a land where maggots feasted on the festering flesh of dead rats that have been...


