Category Archives: TV

The Artful Dodger. Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis, Maia Mitchell, Damon Herriman, Luke Carroll, Vivienne Awosoga, Damien Garvey, Lucy-Rose Leonard, Tim Minchin, Kim Gyngell, Nicholas Burton, Susie Porter, Albert Latailakepa, Miranda Tapsell, Brigid Zengeni, Aljin Abella, Huw Higginson, Jessica De Gouw, Tom Budge, Michael Sheasby, Ezekiel Simat, Stephen Ryan, Justin Smith, Jude Hyland, Hal Cumpston, Nicholas Hope, Maua Fuifui, Finn Treacy, Andrea Demetriades, Fayssal Bazzi, Steve Morris, Finnian James, Nocholas Cassim.

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(563 words, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: Time War 5 – Cass. Audio Drama Review. Big Finish.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Paul McGann, Emma Campbell-Jones, Sonny McGann, Nadia Albina, Gareth Armstrong, Nicholas Boulton, Nicholas Briggs, Michael Chance, Ian Cunningham, Indigo Griffiths, Jaye Griffiths, Grieg Johnson, Simon Shepherd, Homer Todiwala.

In all of space and time in which the Great British public have been entertained and engaged by the mysterious and enigmatic being from Gallifrey, there are a number of shocks reveals that assure the series, whether on television or in audio format, retains its loyal fanbase that one moment we all wish for, the surprise that keeps the tale blowing us away and allows that little shriek of former childhood to be heard as we revel in the moment and just what it could mean.

Doctor Who: Time War 5 – Cass. Audio Drama Review. Big Finish. full post

(574 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Echo. Television Series Review. (Marvel).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Alaqua Cox, Cody Lightning, Chaske Spencer, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal, Morningstar Angeline, Dannie McCallum, Vincent D’Onofrio, Thomas E. Sullivan, Andrew Howard, Zahn McClarnon, Isabella Madrigal, Katarina Ziervogel, Darnell Besaw, Wren Zhawenim Gotts, Wes Jetton, Setth Allyn Austin, Omid Zader, Alejandra Jaime, Charlie Cox, Tatanka Means, Jana Schmieding, Leander Suleiman, Donn Lamkin, Dallas Goldtooth, Tina Lameman, Juwan Lakota, Braydee Cardinal, Panther Tiwa, Thosh Collins, Jeff Wolfe, Donte Walkr, Sabrina Saleha, Buzz, Alexis Capozzi, Dionicio Virvez.

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(551 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

What If?. Series Two. Animated Television Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Karen Gillan, Jude Law, Michael Rooker, Seth Green, Taika Waititi, Peter Serafinowicz, Michael Douglas, Hayley Atwell, John Slattery, Kurt Russell, Chris Hemsworth, Laurance Fishburne, Devery Jacobs, Sebastian Stan, Atanwa Kani, Madeleine McGraw, Gene Farber, Jon Favreau, Kat Dennings, Cobie Smulders, Sam Rockwell, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Rachel House, Josh Brolin, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Grillo, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Clancy Brown, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, Paul Rudd, Stanley Tucci, Abraham Erskine, Mark Wingert, Lake Bell, Josh Keaton, Julianne Grossman, Fred Tatasciore, Mace Montgomery Miskel, Keri Tombazian, Jeff Bergman, Feodor Chin, Lauren Tom.

What If?. Series Two. Animated Television Series Review. full post

(513 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

The Lazarus Project. Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Paapa Essiedu, Anjili Mohindra, Caroline Quentin, Tom Burke, Charly Clive, Rudi Dharmalingam, Salóme Gunnarsdóttir, Lukas Loughran, Vinette Robinson, Priya-Rose Brookwell, Brian Gleeson, Elaine Tan, Sam Troughton, Zoe Telford, Colin Salmon, Safia Oakley-Green, Rosie Jones, Royce Pierreson, Nina Singh, Lorne MacFadyen, Paul Boche, James Atherton, Joseph Steyne, Steven H.Li, Amaree Ali, Amanda Drew, Stuart Whelan, Sadao Ueda.

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(442 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Red Moon. Audio Drama Review. (Wireless Theatre Company).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Georgina Periam, Greg Pope, Joe Riley, Philip Bulcock, Richard Reed, Sarah Whitehouse, William Hope, Yasmin Honess-Dove, Stephen Critchlow.

Alternative history is a cornerstone of debate, the perpetual what if? of our time that allows us to consider a certain event or time in history and suggest a way in which it could have proceeded to a very different outcome for humankind. It is often quite a fun way in which to challenge your own knowledge of key moments and the rippling effect of Time as it creates and carves out a new future for humanity.

Red Moon. Audio Drama Review. (Wireless Theatre Company). full post

(609 words, estimated 2:26 mins reading time)

Murder Is Easy. (2023). Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Mathew Baynton, Morfydd Clark, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Wilton, Mark Bonnar, Tom Riley, Tamzin Outhwaite, Sinead Matthews, David Jonsson, Jon Pointing, Nimra Bucha, Kevin Mains, Veronika Klimenko, Joe Fagan, Phoebe Licorish.

Murder is easy, it’s the consequences that are difficult to digest, the murderer’s intent and reasoning challenging to the minds of those to whom such an act is deplorable, an unacceptable reminder that the human soul is capable of such finality.

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

Beyond Paradise: Christmas Special 2023. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Kris Marshall, Sally Breton, Zahra Ahmadi, Dylan Llewellyn, Felicity Montague, Barbara Flynn, James Fleet, Eva Feiler, Kulvinder Ghir, Jade Harrison, Miranda Hennessy, Chris Jenks, Colin Matthews, Oscar Meredith, Sheila Reid, Melina Sinadinou, Isaac Vincent-Norgate, Amalia Vitale.

We make a display of forgiveness as one would give presents out at a specific time of year, not because we wish to absolve the sin, but because we wish to have our heart and mind settle in peace; the darkness and reflective hours spent in the will of counting out all we have left in the dust of our lives becomes more fragile, more delicate, as we soon realise that the year is coming once more to its close.

Beyond Paradise: Christmas Special 2023. Television Drama Review. full post

(469 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: The Church On Ruby Road. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Davina McCall, Anita Dobson, Michelle Greenidge, Angela Wynter, Barney Wilkinson, Bobby Bradley, Mary Malone, Belinda Owusu, Gemma Arrowsmith, Hemi Yeroham.

The Christmas special of Doctor Who is arguably never meant to be taken as seriously as the series that follows it, it is after all a time for hope and the occasional moment of silliness, not one for frights and trepidation.

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(375 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley On The Case Of Conan Doyle. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Most novelists will find that their creations are their greatest nemesis, they are the mirror of themselves magnified to such an extent that the reader will actively prefer to be in the company of the image built up in their mind than the author who built up a sweat framing the narrative description of the hero to whom the reader adores.

It doesn’t seem fair in many ways, that when pushed the reader will often have no clue about the writer’s own exploits, only saving their hero worship for the drawn and perfect; in a way it is almost as if the creation held a gun to the author’s head and willingly pulled on the trigger.

Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley On The Case Of Conan Doyle. Television Review. full post

(594 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)