ere were times when I worried the BBC had forgotten they'd commissioned a third series of Happy Valley. Sally Wainwright had busied herself with passion project Gentlemen Jack and started work on a new Disney+ series, The Ballad of Renegade Nell. It had seemed Happy...
BBC One doesn’t muck about with Sunday nights anymore. Following hot on the heels of the sumptuous and lavish semi-naked threshing drama Poldark comes the sumptuous and lavish Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, adapted from Susanna Clarke’s bestselling novel of the...
In our latest podcast we praise Channel 4's new comedy Catastrophe and wonder whether new drama Cucumber was too explicit.
Vincent Franklin, Cyril Nri, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Freddie Fox, Fisayo Akinade, Con O’Neill, James Murray and Ceallach Spellman confirmed to star in Cucumber and Banana on Channel 4 and E4. Star of The Thick of It and Twenty Twelve, Vincent Franklin will join Coronation...
Did we like it? Perhaps it’s because we’re sick of prime ministerial political posturing, but while this episode was good it lacked the chilling momentum of usual, and flaws such as plot recycling, unrealistic dialogue and irritating characters punched through the TV...