Tag Archives: Nigel Planer

Upstart Crow. Series Three, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: David Mitchell, Liza Tarbuck, Paula Wilcox, Harry Enfield, Helen Monks, Gemma Whelen, Tim Downie, Rob Rouse, Mark Heap, Dominic Coleman, Steve Spiers, Spencer Jones, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Adrian Edmondson, Rosanna Beacock, Joe Willis, Beattie Edmondson, Brandon Fellows, Ben Miller, Peter Hamilton Dyer, Ken Nwosu, Nigel Planer.

If there is one thing an audience can count on with Ben Elton, aside from being involved in some of television’s most iconic comedies in the last thirty years, it is his unequalled ability to take a moment and turn it completely on its head and leave you with the feeling of being driven over the edge emotionally, of having the laughter pulled from underneath you and understanding that with great comedy must come empathy and grief in equal measure.

Marcella: Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Anna Friel, Jamie Bamber, Nicholas Pinnock, Ray Panthaki, Jack Doolan, Charlie Covell, Sophie Brown, Keith Allen, Nigel Planer, Jason Hughes, Victoria Smurfit, Peter Sullivan, Amy Dawson, Josh Herdman, Harriet Cains, Victoria Broom, Tamzin Malleson, Vivienne Gibbs, Andrew Tiernan, Lucy Speed, Michael Wildman, Clara Indrani, Yolanda Kettle, Asher Flowers, Imogen Faires, Aldo Maland, Oaklee Pendergast.

The mind is an impressive machine, capable of so much, of inspiring absolutes and able to conquer all with reason, the heavens, the stars and its surroundings, yet often it is missing the vital information required to see the whole picture, to grasp the data shown and act upon it accordingly and deal with life without breaking down, without feeling as though you’re losing your mind.