Category Archives: TV

Lot 249. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Kit Harrington, Freddie Fox, John Heffernan, Colin Ryan, Andrew Horton, James Swanton, Jonathan Rigby.

A good ghost story at Christmas is fitting, it reminds us not to take life for granted, it urges us to think of those we have lost, not just in the passing of the calendar year, but throughout our lives; for in that memory, we understand that time is fleeting, it is corporeal, and at times the lesson it wishes to teach is one to which is required to scare us into doing the right thing.

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(542 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Not Going Out. Christmas Special 2023. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Breton, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Richard Syms, Francesca Newman, Max Pattison, Finlay Southby, David Hargreaves, Delroy Atkinson, Angela McHale, Ketorah Williams.

To get a British comedy series to a hundred episodes is no mean feat, it is rare, it takes perseverance, and a following that almost pleads with the makers to continue the story line of a much-loved character and those who are family, friends, and the recipients of the farce that often ensues.

Not Going Out. Christmas Special 2023. Television Review. full post

(353 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

A Murder At The End of The World. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Emma Corrin, Brit Marling, Clive Owen, Harris Dickinson, Alice Braga, Joan Chen, Raúl Esparza, Jermaine Fowler, Ryan J. Haddad, Pegah Ferydoni, Javed Khan, Louis Cancelmi, Edoardo Ballerini, Christopher Gurr, Britian Seibert, Kellan Tetlow, Neal Huff, Daniel Olson, Annette Wright.

The rise of the internet podcast has seen the amateur armchair detective morph into an investigator capable of holding court over a local case that has perplexed them and have at least a small following that are willing to delve into their possible outlandish theories and suspicions, for every mystery, every possible homicide can now leave a mark on the world wide web that could be the next big thing, the next sensation.

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(588 words, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

Vigil. Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Gary Lewis, Orla Russell, Dougray Scott, Romola Garai, Chris Jenks, Oscar Salem, Dominic Mafham, Nebras Jamali, Amir El-Masry, Steven Elder, Kim Allan, Rebecca Banatvala, Naomi Stirrat, Kamal Mustaffai, Anders Hayward, Armin Karima, Khalid Laith, Alastair Mackenzie, Martin Bell, Tania Rodrigues.

From death under water, to death from the skies, the second series of the initial smash hit Vigil once more hits the ground running as it pushes Detectives Amy Silva and Kirsten Longacre to the limit of their emotions and deductive powers as a routine demonstration of military hardwire suddenly turns into an horrendous murder scene and slaughter.

Vigil. Series Two. Television Drama Review. full post

(467 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Mayfair Witches. Televvision Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin, Hannah Alline, Beth Grant, Annabeth Gish, Ravi Naidu, Ian Hoch, Jen Richards, Suleka Mathew, Geraldine Singer, Charlayne Woodward, Emma Rose Smith, Dennis Boitsikaris, Madison Wolfe, Keyara Milliner, Deneen Tyler, Leslie Castay, Nadine Lewington, Melissa Chambers, Jay Thames, Erica Gimpel, Chris Coy, Tobias Jelinek, Cameron Inman, Joshua Mikel, Billy Slaughter.

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(598 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: 2023 60th Anniversary Specials. The Star Beast/Wild Blue Yonder/ The Giggle Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Cast: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Neil Patrick Harris, Ncuti Gatwa, Bernard Cribbins, Jemma Redgrave, Bonnie Langford, John Mackay, Jacqueline King, Yasmin Finney, Karl Collins, Ruth Madeley, Miriam Margolyes, Indira Varma, Matt Green, Jamie Cho, Dara Lall, Ronak Patani, Ned Porteous, Archie Backhouse, John Hopkinson, Matt Green, Jamie Cho, Charlie de Melo, Alexander Devrient.

There have been fine speeches, tales of intrigue, moments of forgotten lore, and new ways to divide the fandom in the years since David Tennant looked into the camera lens and uttered the heartbreaking words, “I don’t want to go”.

Doctor Who: 2023 60th Anniversary Specials. The Star Beast/Wild Blue Yonder/ The Giggle Television Review. full post

(570 words, estimated 2:17 mins reading time)

Shetland (Series Eight). Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Ashley Jensen, Alison O’Donnell, Steven Robertson, Jamie Sives,  Nina Tousaint-White, Dawn Steele, Phyllis Logan, Lorraine McIntosh, Maisie Norma Seaton, Natasha Cottriall, Joseph Thompson, Joe Bolland, Arnas Fedaravicius, Karl Collins, Don Gilet, Annie Louise Ross, Lewis Howden, Ian Bustard, Conor McCarry, Eubha Akilade, Tibu Fortes, Jakub Bednarcyyk, Barry O’Connor, Russ Bain, Neil Pendelton, Ross Allan, Gemma Laurie, Ian Dunnett Jnr, Simon Tait, Francesco Piacentini-Smith, Jo Cameron-Brown, Steven Miller, Sandy Grierson, Sean Brown, Kevan Mackenzie, Anne Kidd, Manjinder Virk. 

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(516 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

The Couple Next Door. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Sam Heughan, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jessica De Gouw, Alfred Enoch, Hugh Dennis, Kate Robbins, Joel Morris, Janine Duvitski, Ionna Kimbrook, Daniel Bell, Deirdre Mullins, Mark Frost, Andrew Woodall, Anastasia Hille, Katie-Clarkson-Hill, Noah Holdsworth, Stephanie Street, Clare Burt, Ellie Lucia Mcardle, James Doherty, Aimé Claeys, Ali Ariaie, Dario Coates, Paul Dunphy, Geoffrey Breton, Lauren Douglin, Teli Jalloh, James Burrows, Kate Anthony, Sarah Gallagher, Leila Mimmack, Robert Whitelock, Emma Moortgat, Henry Regan, Helene Maksoud, Elise van Lil, Jade Greyul, Andrew Sheridan, Rob Oldfield, Ace Bhatti.

The Couple Next Door. Television Drama Review. full post

(500 words, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Dark Winds. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison, Elva Guerra, Natalie Benally, DezBaa’, Ryan Begay, Rainn Wilson, Nicholas Loga, Jeremiah Bitsui, A Martinez, Eugene Brave Rock, John Diehl, Noah Emmerich, Betty Ann Tsosie, Jonathan Adams, Amelia Rico, Rob Tepper, Julian Bonfiglio, Quenton Yazzie, Kate Bergeron, Julianne Frick, Sophie Jane Frick, Ryffin Phoenix, Stafford Douglas, Shawnee Pourier.

One of the greatest insults that we have by proxy of cinema and television delivered on the Native American people is that which in which generations passed looked upon the tribes as the perpetual bad guys of the western invader outlook.

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(448 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

COBRA: Series Three. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Robert Carlyle, Victoria Hamilton, David Haig, Lisa Palfrey, Marsha Thompson, Edward Bennett, Lucy Cohu, Richard Pepple, Alexa Davies, Ben Crompton, Jane Horrocks, Holly Cattle, Gregg Chilingirian, Anthony Flanagan, Emily Fairn, Cavan Clerkin, Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Geoffrey McGivern, Rina Mahoney, Wil Johnson, Khalid Laith.

Our perception of government is not only flawed, it is a dangerous and unsustainable in a modern setting; for what goes on behind the scenes of 10 Downing Street, the secret doors of power, and in the inner sanctum that is the Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, is not for the faint hearted or those who deny that some meetings are not taken place in public for the fear of upsetting the children, the electorate, or as Orwell observantly wrote, The Proles.

COBRA: Series Three. Television Drama Review. full post

(507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)