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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Dr Who S6 Ep5 – The Rebel Flesh
Note: contains some spoilers, although I’ve tried to conceal them for the most part! Due to other commitments this week, this is a rather late review; but I wouldn’t want anyone to think that my lack of a timely review … Continue reading
Dr Who: Cobwebs (Big Finish Productions/BBC Radio 4 Extra)
During its wilderness years – after the BBC banished it from television after 1989 not to return until 2005 save for one TV movie that must never, ever be mentioned – Doctor Who was kept alive by a series of … Continue reading
Dr Who S6 Ep4 – The Doctor’s Wife
Note: contains some spoilers, although I’ve tried to conceal them for the most part! After all the build-up, hype, anticipation and expectation of having one of the world’s foremost science fiction and fantasy writers, Neil Gaiman, supply a script to … Continue reading
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Tagged arthur darvill, doctor who, karen gillan, matt smith, michael sheen, neil gaiman, suranne jones
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Family Guy: And Then There Were Fewer
Family Guy is one of those shows that you always expect – and hope – will be funnier than it is. If only it were as funny as the makers think it (and they themselves) are, it would be a … Continue reading
Chatroom (Blu-ray)
Every now and then I weaken and pick up a low-cost DVD on impulse at the checkout, of a film that I’ve never heard of before and know nothing about. Frankly its anonymity is usually a good warning: there are … Continue reading
The Shadow Line – Ep1
Caution: contains spoilers It’s been a very strange week for TV drama. After months of domestic drama drought we suddenly get overloaded with Exile, Vera, Case Sensitive – and now this conspiracy thriller boasting a staggering cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, comspiracy, crime, Lesley Sharp, Rafe Spall, shadow line, thriller
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Dr Who S6/E3 – The Curse of the Black Spot
Note: contains some spoilers Well, this is embarrassing. I finished off my last review (of The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon two parter) by saying that my brain was broken and that all I wanted was a nice, simple straight-forward … Continue reading
Case Sensitive: Point of Rescue
Having slagged off Vera and in particular attacked the central female character, I need to urgently reassert my “I’m not a sexist male reviewer really, honest guv” credentials – which brings me to this week’s other crime procedural drama début … Continue reading
Vera – S1/E1
In my earlier review of Exile, I mentioned ITV’s big new crime detective hope Vera from the “Vera Stanhope” series of novels of Ann Cleeves starring Brenda Blethyn and rather off-handedly dismissed it by saying “I didn’t watch it last … Continue reading
Exile – E1 and Vera – S1/E1
What’s with the TV networks at the moment? Just as the summer’s on the horizon and the evenings are lighter, suddenly they’re digging out a load of drama goodies from their storeroom and flooding the schedules with new, original productions … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenda Blethyn, Exiles, Jim Broadbent, John Simm, Olivia Colman, Vera, Vera Stanhope
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