Tag Archives: Jane Lapotaire

The Burning Girls. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Samantha Morton, Rupert Graves, Ruby Stokes, David Dawson, Paul Bradley, Jack Roth, Charlie Hamblett, John Macmillan, Jane Lapotaire, Beth Cordingly, Elodie Grace Orkin, Conrad Khan, Janie Dee, Safia Oakley-Green, Paul Fox, Charlie Price, Erin Ainsworth, Catherine Harvey, Liam Hatch.

The sins of our ancestors are always prevalent, and whilst we may be in part innocent of such crimes ourselves, we cannot remove the stain of the family name passed down when it comes to certain transgressions, certain wrongs in which we can be seen to have profited from personally.

Endeavour: Prelude. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Sean Rigby, Anton Lesser, Caroline O’Neill, James Bradshaw, Sara Vickers, Abigail Thaw, Nicholas Farrell, James Anderson, Nicholas Boulton, Rob Ostlere, Leaphia Darko, Imogen Daines, Tamsin Newlands, Kirsten Louie, Jane Lapotaire, James Doherty, Simon Harrison, Jack Bannon, Jenny Galloway, Jason Lines.

What was that single moment in your life where everything you did after was just a continuation, the first touch of the Prelude of temptation which led you on the path in which your actions affected everything you did and all those around you.

Henry V, Theatre Review. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Alex Hassell, Oliver Ford Davies, Antony Byrne, Sean Chapman, Simon Thorp, Joshua Richards, Jennifer Kirby, Jane Lapotaire, Keith Osborn, Andrew Westfield, Daniel Abbott, Martin Bassindale, Nicholas Gerard-Martin, Robert Gilbert, Jim Hooper, Sam Marks, Dale Mathurin, Christopher Middleton, Evelyn Miller, Sarah Parks, Leigh Quinn, Obioma Ugoala, Simon Yadoo.

Following on from David Tennant’s portrayal of Richard II, and Jasper Britton’s turn as Bolingbroke, Henry IV, the R.S.C. concludes it’s King and Country series with the reign of Henry V, in the 600th anniversary year of the battle of Agincourt, portrayed here by Alex Hassell, reprising the role following a successful run as Prince Hal in both parts of Henry IV.

Lucan, Television Review. I.T.V.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Rory Kinnear, Christopher Ecclestone, Paul Freeman, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Leanne Best, Gemma Jones, Alistair Petrie,  Lasco Atkins, Ann Bell, Tim Bentinck, Alexander Bracq, Helen Bradbury, James Bradshaw, Alan Cox, Benjamin Dilloway, Rupert Evans, Julian Firth, Michael Gould, Claudia Harrison, Leo Hart, Erick Hayden, Robert Horwell, Kevin Hudson, Jane Lapotaire, Olivia Llewllyn, Ruth McCabe.

The passage of time has never seemed to erase any interest or mawkish fascination in the case of Lord Lucan and his alleged crime of murder, in fact like Jack the Ripper nearly 90 years before him or Dr. Crippen, the more years pass, the stronger the interest seems to get, human nature becomes overwhelming in the search for the truth; even when that truth will certainly never be found.