• TV Review – The A Word

    The fantastic six-part drama The A Word concluded on the BBC this week, leaving viewers impressed with its raw honesty and emotion whilst dealing with the sensitive topic that is autism. Being on the autism spectrum has a plethora of meanings, and consequences for people who suffer from the...
  • TV Review – War and Peace

    It’s no mean feat squeezing Tolstoy’s epic War and Peace into 6 episodes. However, the BBC series, which came to its gripping climax on Sunday evening, managed the task effortlessly.  Starring Lily James as Natasha Rostova, James Norton as Andrei Bolkonsky and Paul Dano as Pierre Bezukhov, War and...
  • TV Review – Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

    Warning: The following review contains spoilers for Sherlock: The Abominable Bride. If you haven’t watched the episode, proceed with caution.  2016 began in style, as New Year’s Day brought with it the long-anticipated Sherlock Special, which sees the BBC’s modern Holmes and Watson transported back to their Victorian roots – but...
  • TV Review – Downton Abbey Series 6, The Final Goodbye

    After six series, numerous Christmas specials and five years, on Christmas Day it was finally time to wave goodbye to ITV’s smash hit period drama Downton Abbey. Following a series full of twists and turns, viewers were left on tenterhooks, with everything to be resolved in this final feature-length...
  • TV Review – And Then There Were None

    This Christmas, before we celebrate her 125th anniversary, the BBC has taken on ‘The Queen of Crime’ Dame Agatha Christie’s well-loved ultimate ‘locked room’ murder mystery, And Then There Were None – and has come out right on top! Initially, the plot seems simple enough, but it is impossible...
  • TV Review – Luther Series 4

    If there was ever an opening theme song that perfectly encapsulated the programme it heralded, it has to be Massive Attack’s eerily hypnotic ‘Paradise Circus’, which continues to dominate and entice audiences into Luther. Its words, “The Devil makes us sin” proclaims the show as a purveyor of evil...
  • TV Review – The Apprentice Series 11

    “You’re going to be my next business partner” – This never did have the same ring to it as “You’re Hired”, and it seems as this iconic finale saying disappeared, so did the quality of this once interesting and entertaining TV show. Series 11 has been no exception to...