Category Archives: TV

The Full Monty. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Steve Huison, Paul Clayton, Lesley Sharp, Miles Jupp, Talitha Wing, Natalie Davies, Tom Wilkinson, Sophie Stanton, Dominic Sharkey, Philip Rhys Chaudhary, Joshua Jo, Tupele Dorgu, William Fox, Aiden Cook, Hugo Speer, Wim Snape, Arnold Oceng, Susan Hilton, Bruce Jones, Jessica Lee, Emily Bevan.

Should we ever revisit a success?

Van Der Valk: Magic In Amsterdam. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Marc Warren, Maimie McCoy, Darrell D’Silva, Emma Fielding, Azen Ahmed, Django Chan-Reeves, James Atherton, Eleanor Fanyinka, Olivia D’Lima, Clara Onyemere, Steven Pacey, Esra Abdioglu, Annelies Appelhof, Shaima Boone, Poal Cairo, Robert Mitchell, Joris Smit, Loes Haverkort, Mike Libanon.

White House Plumbers. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Lena Hedley, Domhnall Gleeson, Kim Coates, Toby Huss, Liam James, Tony Plane, Yul Vasque, Zoe Levin, Tre Ryder, Nelson Ascencio, Judy Greer, Ike Barinholtz, Kiernan Shipka, Alexis Valdés, Julie Hays, Peter Mitchell, Kisha Barr, F. Murray Abraham, John Carroll Lynch, David Krumholtz, Kathleen Turner, Gary Cole, Peter Serafinowicz.

You need separate your feelings and your emotions when watching the five-part miniseries, White House Plumbers, for the sense of disbelief will be all consuming as the understanding of just how perilously close the United States of America came to be under a tyranny, and how deliriously the ineptness of certain individuals saved the country from being a danger to itself.

Picard. Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Brent Spiner, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFaden, Todd Stashwick, Mirana Sirtis, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Amanda Plummer, Alice Kriege, John de Lancie, Tim Russ, Stephanie Czajkowski, Orla Brady, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Jospeh Lee, Jin Maley, Maeline Wise, Dylan Von Halle, Steve Gutierrez, Mica Burton, Tiffany Shepis, Chad Lindberg.

Staged. Series Three. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Georgia Tennant, Anna Lundberg, Lucy Eaton, Simon Evans, Nina Sosanya, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Lester, Jim Broadbent, Peter de Jersey, Olivia Coleman.

When you have seen the joke before, the punchline becomes inevitable…

And yet it must be said, if the joke is crafted well, you cannot but help smile and laugh, even though you know the setup, even though you know what’s coming, it still raises the corners of the mouth and gives way to that the emotion of being amused, of enjoying the company which told you the series of events which culminate in that often repeated punchline.

Not Going Out. Series 13. Television Comedy Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Breton, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Francesca Newman, Max Pattison, Finlay Southby, Selina Griffiths, Chris McCausland, Melvyn Hayes, Kiana Wu, Melanie Gray, Rich Keeble, Bryan Hands, Mukamajule Michelo, Sanchia McCormack, Viss Elliot Safavi, Tanvi Virmani, Jonny Dixon, Adam Boardman, Dan Linney, David Ajao, James Benson, Naveed Khan, Sabrina Sandhu, Matt Weyland.

Despite the loss of Bobby Ball as Lee’s Father, series 13 of the acclaimed comedy Not Going Out stands out as one that is unafraid to tackle certain sensitivities that come as life’s journey winds on.

Poker Face. Series One. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Helberg, Adrian Brody, Ellen Barkin, Nick Nolte, Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco, Noah Segan, Ron Perlman, Luis Guzmán, Hong Chau, Tim Meadows, Megan Suri, Colton Ryan, John Ratzenburger, Brandon Michael Hall, Judith Light, S. Epatha Merkerson, Tim Russ, Tim Blake Nelson, Joseph-Gordan Levitt, Clea Duval, David Castañeda, Lil Rel Howery, Danielle Macdonald, Shane Paul McGhie, Larry Brown, Jameela Jamil, Audrey Corsa, Charles Melton.

Yellowjackets. Series One. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, Alexa Barajas, Mya Lowe, Ella Purnell, Sarah Desjardins, Jane Widdop, Alex Wyndham, Rukiya Bernard, Aiden Stoxx, Keeya King, Rekha Sharma, Peter Gadiot, Princess Davis, Jeff Holman, Andres Soto, Jack DePew.

Van Der Valk: Redemption In Amsterdam. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Marc Warren, Maimie McCoy, Darrell D’Silva, Emma Fielding, Azan Ahmed, Django Chan-Reeves, Daisy Badger, Lu Corfield, Aden Gillett, Simon Gregor, Jaye Griffiths, Rasmus Hardiker, Bart van den Donker, Alwin Pulinckx, Tara Hetharia, Zoë, Love Smith, Sol Vinken, Loes Haverkort, Peter van Heerlingen, Mike Libanon.

Each one of us has done something terrible in our lives, committed an act that has caused another person distress, has made perhaps a loved one think badly of our actions, and we have in return either sought out forgiveness or taken on board the anger and allowed it to define us, to be that which we have been labelled, even if it transpires that we were in the end innocent of the charge.

Perry Mason. Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Eric Lange, Diarra Kilpatrick, Justin Kirk, Gayle Rankin, Molly Ephraim, Katherine Waterston, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Mark O’Brien, Veronica Falcón, Peter Mendoza, Fabrizio Guido, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jon Chafin, Jee Young Han, Hope Davis, Stephanie Hoston, Wallace Langham, Kersti Bryan, Amber Friendly, Tom Amanes, Gretchen Mol, Mona Lee Wylde, Anthony Molinari, John DiMaggio, Jack Eyman, Brian R. Norris, Christopher Carrington, Tommy Dewey, Sean Astin.

Perry Mason is an American icon, based on a legendary criminal defence lawyer, and to whom was a staple of television in the guise of Raymond Burr in the title role.