Fresh from his Emmy win, Succession star Matthew Macfadyen has signed on to star opposite Michael Shannon for a new Netflix drama series entitled, Death by Lightning. The series is based on the true story of James Garfield, a US president most history...
So here we are, Logan Roy's funeral. Something Succession had baked into its premise from the start but still feels shocking even after the weeks we've had to digest it. "Church and State" opens with a chipper Roman (Kieran Culkin) rehearsing his eulogy in his...
Towards the end of 'America Decides' Roman says, "We've just created a great night of television, nothing happens." He is right. America Decides is one of the best episodes of this decade and it's one of the best in Succession's long list of great episodes. It...
Whenever Succession directly deals with American politics, it’s even easier to see how much this one family’s actions contribute to major world events—and how little that fact even crosses their minds until it serves their narrative. The episode is bookended by two...
When Kill List, (the fifth episode of Succession's final season) opens, Kendall Roy is in a chauffeur-driven car with Jay-Z blaring out. It's the most Kendall thing to do after all. He's clearly emboldened by his new position. This entire sequence of Kendall jamming...
So here we are, life without Logan Roy. The kids get very little chance to grieve and process their feelings before the board convenes to announce who will take over and what will become of the all-important deal. When the episode opens, the three siblings are still...
I watch A LOT of TV, and because I'm a massive snob, I watch a lot of GREAT TV. Sometimes I can feel silly. In the big scheme of things, I realise TV is a strange thing to be passionate about. I could talk about my favourite television for as long as someone would be...
So, it finally happened. Logan Roy (Brian Cox) told his children (all awkwardly ambushed by him at a karaoke bar of all places) that he loved them. It follows perhaps the only compliment he has ever given his children by telling them, "you're not serious people."...
The season three finale of Succession was incredible. Easily standing as one of the best TV episodes of this century. In truth, you could say that about the majority of Succession episodes. But the Jesse Armstrong penned All the Bells Say was full of important moments...
This week is a very special Matt on the Box as for the first time I focus on a drama that is premièring online before making its way to the TV. That's because this week saw the return of Ripper Street which, following cancellation from the BBC, has found a new...
In the latest podcast Matt and Gary discuss Ripper Street arriving on Amazon Prime, The S Club reunion and some I'm a Celebrity chatter
The third series of Ripper Street arrives next month. More specifically, Amazon Prime customers can view the new series weekly at 9:00pm from Friday 14th November up until the series finale, which will launch on Boxing Day. If you're not an Amazon Prime Customer the...
The cast of critically-acclaimed British crime drama Ripper Street, which is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point and now available exclusively on Amazon Prime Instant Video, were back on set this morning in Manchester to start filming the highly...
In this podcast we look at what Ripper Street returning means for broadcasters and decide whether Jonathan Creek should've returned for a new series.
Amazon Prime have announced plans to make a third series of axed BBC1 drama series Ripper Street. When the crime drama was axed back in December rumours swirled that it could be revived and now Amazon Prime (formally Lovefilm) has given it the go ahead. The...
So unbelievably we've reached that point again when we look back fondly on the last twelve months of television and celebrate the best. Ripper Street (January 2013, BBC1) This series wasn't what a lot of viewers were expecting when they settled down on a dark Sunday...
In our latest podcast we discuss the demise of Ripper Street, whether bullying is happening in the jungle and rave about Him and Her.
It has been revealed that BBC1 period drama Ripper Street has been axed and will not return for a third series. The second series has suffered from poor ratings, but has been up against I'm a Celebrity on ITV. In an interview with BBC London 94.9 Jerome Flynn...
The more observant of you may have noticed that I've been absent for a week, but that's primarily because I felt there wasn't that much TV to discuss. So instead I have decided to look at five of the biggest shows from the last fortnight in which we've been offered a...
When I woke up on the morning of July 23rd the heavens had opened. The first few hours of the morning saw biblical amounts of rain and lightning that could lit up every room of the house. Weather of this brutal nature would normally cause me to bury my head deeper...
The story of Jack the Ripper has been dramatised countless times. TV has long had a fascination with the macabre and brutality of the ripper murders which might explain the excitement and intrigue that has surrounded the BBC's new drama series Ripper Street since the...
The story of Jack the Ripper has been dramatised countless times. TV has long had a fascination with the macabre and brutality of the ripper murders which might explain the excitement and intrigue that has surrounded the BBC's new drama series Ripper Street...
The opening half-an-hour of Criminal Justice was astonishing. Astonishingly acted, astonishingly observed and astonishingly original. Two ostensibly disparate narrative threads began: a handsome, erudite barrister delivered an eloquent, and damning, soliloquy at the...
Did we like it? The cast, script and dialogue segue together like a star scooping up interstellar dust to form a life-giving, glaring sun. But the locations, so crucial in this Dickens novel, appeared a little sanitised and don’t reflect the scything satire of the...