Tag Archives: I.T.V

Vicious, Television Review. I.T.V.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Frances de la Tour, Iwan Rheon, Marcia Warren, Philip Voss.

The new I.T.V. comedy Vicious has two very big surprises attached to it. The first is that it must have been a hell of meeting when they announced that two of the biggest names of British theatre were to be cast in the lead roles and secondly that it was actually enjoyable. I.T.V. may be on top when it comes to excellent drama, the channel really having pulled out all the stops in its determination to be considered to be the natural home of the thriller and dramatic story line but its comedy has not been that well received.

Endeavour, Rocket. Television Review. I.T.V.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Martin Jarvis, Jenny Seagrove, Jack Roth, Craig Parkinson, Ellie Beaven, William Brand, Joanna Cassidy, Craig Els, Rosalind Halstead, William Houston, Jack Laskey, Maimie McCoy, James Merry, James Northcote, Darwin Shaw, Tim Stern, Abigail Thaw.

Endeavour, Television Review. I.T.V.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Roger Allam, Shaun Evans, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Jack Laskey, Sean Rigby, Jonathan Hyde, Mark Bazeley, Luke Allen-Gale, Sarah Crowder, John Flanagan, Billy Geraghty, Olivia Grant, Jonathan Guy Lewis, Alan Morrissey, Will Richards, Fiona Ryan, Sophie Stuckey.

Perspectives: The Mystery of Agatha Christie. Television Review. I.T.V.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There cannot be anyone more attached to the world of Agatha Christie on screen than the actor David Suchet. His involvement with the Queen of British Crime Fiction stretches back over 25 years as the detective Hercule Poirot and from the walk, the moustache and his demeanour, he is every little bit the Belgian who turns up to solve some of Agatha Christie’s most enduring and incredible stories.

Broadchurch, Episode Two, Television Review. I.T.V.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: David Tennant, Olivia Coleman, Andrew Buchan, Jodie Whittaker, Tracy Childs, Will Mellor, Arthur Darvill, David Bradley, Jonathon Bailey, Vicky McClure, Charlotte Beaumont, Joe Simms, Carolyn Pickles, Pauline Quirke.

With the premise having been set in episode one, the attention of the police and in particular D.I. Hardy, start to focus their attentions on the people of Broadchurch, especially those it seems with secrets, many long held, secrets that may fragment the community they live in.

Broadchurch, Television Review. I.T.V.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: David Tennant, Olivia Coleman, Andrew Buchan, Jodie Whittaker, Tracy Childs, Will Mellor, Arthur Darvill, David Bradley, Jonathon Bailey, Vicky McClure, Charlotte Beaumont, Joe Simms, Carolyn Pickles, Pauline Quirke.

I.T.V. may have lost D.I. Lewis but in the great tradition that the station has in unearthing the next generation of police who have the unenviable task of solving murders, all they have to do is move the drama to the next port of call and instantly those television that enjoy playing amateur detective get a brand new man or woman to cheer on and fall for. Following on from Morse, Frost and Lewis, viewers now have the recognisable face and familiar Scottish drawl of David Tennant as Detective Inspector Alec Hardy in the programme Broadchurch.

Endeavour. Television Review. I.T.V.

Originally published by L.S. Media. January 4th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Patrick Malahide, Danny Webb, Abigail Thaw, Flora Montgomery, James Bradshaw, Rachael Heaton.

I admit; I was quite prepared to hate it. However, the moment Barrington Pheloung’s musical composition started, a new dawn in the life of Morse began. This though wasn’t the chiselled, finally tuned, instinctive Morse that viewers first came across 25 years ago, this was a Morse that was nervous, shy, prone to mistakes, somewhat damned egotistical but still instantly loveable.

The Real Chariots Of Fire. Television Review. I.T.V.

Harold Abrahams, one of the subjects of the Real Chariots of Fire.

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 4th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

With the countdown to the Olympic Games well and truly running ever downward, the amount of television space that is going to be dedicated to all things Olympiad over the next few weeks will be hard to avoid.