Did we like it? After an amateurish, over-contrived opening during which we thought we’d mistakenly stumbled on a primary school play, it soon metamorphosed into a fantastically gripping drama serial with outstanding acting. What was good about it? • The superb pacing...
Did we like it? Even though we feel like as though we’ve feasted to the point of gluttony on the lavish historical regal dramas to the point when they will become hunted to extinction in the grand forests of TV, this was a well-acted, well-paced drama. And while a few...
Did we like it? Great stuff – slightly odd it wasn’t more prominent in the Christmas/New Year schedule but maybe that was because of the particularly gory scenes. We had some reservations, but we’re not going to knock the BBC for spending cash on quality like this....