Tag Archives: Richard Hope

Endeavour: Uniform. 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, Kevin McNally, Leo Starr, Richard Hope, Jake Kenny-Byrne, Bill Skinner, Todd Bell, Milo Mackenzie, Shaheen Khan, Ayesha Antoine, Jack Bannon, Michael Keane, Paul Bazely, Simon Harrison, Laurence Spellman, Jack Laskey.

The pieces are coming together, but even when the puzzle is complete, the chances are that the revealed picture will be one that still won’t give all the answers that are being sought by the armchair detective and sofa sleuth alike.

Endeavour: Uniform. Television Review. full post

(399 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

The Walk In. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Stephen Graham, Dean-Charles Chapman, Leanne Best, Jason Flemyng, Andrew Ellis, Bobby Schofield, Jodie Prenger, Ryan Mcken, Shvorne Marks, Chris Coghill, Molly McGlynn, Paul Brown, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Kate Robins, Danny Cunningham, Richard Hope, Nicola Stephenson, Bryony Corrigan, Gary Oliver, Dean Lennox Kelly.

Extremists of any background are a danger to the country, not just our own, but around the world, if you have to even raise more than your voice in defence of your political position then you have lost the argument, you have lost the right to be seen as civilised and part of the system.

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(593 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Broadchurch, Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Carolyn Pickles, Arthur Darvill, Julie Hesmondhaigh, Lenny Henry, Sarah Parish, Charlie Higson, Charlotte Beaumont, Adam Wilson, Matthew Gravelle, Joe Sims, Jim Howick, Hannah Rae, Peter De Jersey, Mark Bazeley, Georgina Campbell, Sebastian Armesto, Georgina Campbell, Hannah Millward, Chris Mason, Roy Hudd, Richard Hope, Josetta Simon, Kelly Gough, Sahana Harrison, Becky Brunning, Deon Lee-Williams.

Broadchurch, Series Three. Television Review. full post

(537 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

The Avengers: The Lost Episodes Volume 2. Please Don’t Feed The Animals. Audio Drama Review. Big Finish.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Anthony Howell, Julian Wadham, Lucy Briggs-Owen, Martin Hutson, Richard Hope, Alisdair Simpson, Rosanna Miles, Penelope, Rawlins, Jonathan Forbes, Derek Carlyle, Nigel Carrington, Terry Malloy.

There is nothing quite like the intrigue that a good spy story to bring to the collective conscious of a nation. Whether based in the murky world of politics or in industrial espionage, a mole in the machine is one to in which the public salivates over with the kind of relish normally reserved for the most salacious of tabloid journalism. For The Avengers, all of that intrigue is one in which was a daily occurrence, something to be taken seriously and for the listener become an infiltrator of the very best kind.

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(464 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

The Avengers: The Lost Episodes Volume 2. Ashes Of Roses. Audio Review. Big Finish.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Anthony Howell, Julian Wadham, Lucy Briggs-Owen, Terry Malloy, Rachel Atkins, Emily Woodward, Nicholas Briggs, Derek Carlyle, Anna Lukis, Penelope Rawlins, Richard Hope, Dan Starkey, Cameron Stewart, Francesca Hunt, Martin Hudson.

 

Who could ever foresee that hairdressing was such a risky business?  The shampoo set that could go wrong, the gossip that turns to grudges being held, the heated dryer rigged to give a nasty surprise, arson! All these are par for the course as John Steed and Dr. David Keel return for the second set of classic The Avengers stories to be adapted by John Dorney and Big Finish starting with the tale, Ashes Of Roses.

The Avengers: The Lost Episodes Volume 2. Ashes Of Roses. Audio Review. Big Finish. full post

(620 words, estimated 2:29 mins reading time)

The Great Train Robbery: The Copper’s Tale. Television Review. B.B.C.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Jim Broadbent, Luke Evans, Philip Glenister, Nick Moran, James Fox, Tim Piggott-Smith, James Wilby, Gwyneth Strong, Ken Bones, Tom Beard, Richard Hope, Tom Chambers, John Salthouse, Lee Starkey, Kelly Marie Autumnberg, Mark Ashwell, Ross McCormack, Eric Hulme, Alexa Morden, Tommy McDonnell, Al Powell, Alistair Donegan, Matthew Jure, Christine Cox, David Halliwell, Mark Mathieson, Anthony Hunt, Jacob Smyth, James McGregor, Bradley Snelling.

The Great Train Robbery: The Copper’s Tale. Television Review. B.B.C. full post

(498 words, estimated 2:0 mins reading time)