Category Archives: TV

McDonald And Dodds: Invisible. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *

Cast: Jason Watkins, Tala Gouveia, Pearl Chanda, Jack Riddiford, James Murray, Sebastian Knapp, Robert Lindsay, Natalie Mendoza, Rosalie Craig, Susannah Fielding, Jack Ashton, Roger Evans, Navin Chowdhry, Ellie Kendrick, Cassie Bradley.

Painting by numbers is not to be confused with great art but if it helps gain artistic perspective then it is an application of learning that can be seen as being undervalued, and if it helps appreciate a finer point of view, then who can decry it in its future potential for the student willing to study and gain pleasure from.

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(503 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

The Twilight Zone, Nightmare At 30,000 Feet. (2019). Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Adam Scott, Chris Diamantopoulos, Dan Carlin, Katie Findlay, Nicholas Lea, China Shavers, J. Cameron Barnett, Jordan Peele, Nabil Ayoub, Hana Kinani, Greg Zach, Vladimir Ruzich, Alexander Mandra, Demelza Randall, Emanuel Mokhtari, Arkie Kandola, Tarun Keram, Tim Howe, Brea St. James.

There is no way you can improve upon the classic or even stand shoulders with the influential. This maxim has proved been time and time again, and yet as with everything in life, occasionally the persistence of change means a piece of art can be, if not improved upon, at least given a facelift and become more in keeping with the times and far removed from its initial idea.

The Twilight Zone, Nightmare At 30,000 Feet. (2019). Television Review. full post

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

Inside No.9: Misdirection. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Jill Halfpenny, Fionn Whitehead, Tom Goodman-Hill.

A sleight of hand always captivates the audience, their faces caught somewhere between incredulity and amazement, the wonder of how the penny drops as they conclude how the trick was conducted right in front of them, whilst all the time believing they could not be caught out, that they were alert to every possibility that could occur.

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(380 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Endeavour: Zanana. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Sean Rigby, Abigail Thaw, Caroline O’Neill, Ryan Gage, Richard Harrington, Jessica Hayles, Stephanie Leonidas, Lucy Black, Holli Dempsey, Marianne Oldham, Carol Royle, Flora London, Sam Ferriday, Naomi Yang, Don Gallagher, Charlotte Potter, Andy Williams, Chris Foster, Susan Legg, Ben Alden, Michael Bundy, Paul O’ Kelly.

Endeavour: Zanana. Television Review. full post

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

Doctor Who: The Haunting Of Villa Diodati. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, Lili Miller, Jacob Collins-Levy, Lewis Rainer, Maxim Baldry.

The Doctor, no matter who plays the titular role of the long running B.B.C. science fiction programme, is always best observed when the element of humour is gradually replaced by the fear of the unknown, when the adversary actually is represented as the darker side of humanity to which the audience, in its role of observer, is taken to its pinnacle of emotional bond.

Doctor Who: The Haunting Of Villa Diodati. Television Review. full post

(495 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

Good Omens. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Frances McDormand, Sam Taylor Buck, Daniel Mays, Sian Brooke, Adria Arjona, Jon Hamm, Jack Whitehall, Michael McKean, Amma Ris, Alfie Taylor, Miranda Richardson, Paul Chahidi, Ilan Galkoff, Ned Dennehy, Doon Mackichan, Simon Merrells, Gloria Obianyo, Ariyon Nakare, Anna Maxwell Martin, Mireille Enos, Brian Cox, Yusef Gatewood, Bill Paterson, Lourdes Faberes, Jamie Hill, Elizabeth Berrington, Nick Offerman, Josie Lawrence, Nina Sosanya, Jill Winternitz, Tim Bentinck, Dan Antopolski, Bryony Corrigan, Samson Marraccino, David Morrissey, Andy Hamilton, Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Paul Kaye, Jonathan Aris, Dan Starkey, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Derek Jacobi, Nicholas Parsons.

Good Omens. Television Review. full post

(659 words, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)

Inside No. 9: Love’s Great Adventure. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Debbie Rush, Gaby French, Bobby Schofield, Olly Hudson-Croker.

The secret kept behind closed doors is the one that can either bring a family together, or break it, completely fracture it to the point where the joints will never be truly aligned once more. Whilst television normally glorifies in the fall out of such family despair, whilst film praises the pain in family disfunction, what cannot be argued with is how resilience and love can make for a finer interpretation of what family means, that even in the darkest moment, Love’s Great Adventure is there to prove that drama is only a side show to a truth of expression that is forgiveness and battling the enemies at the gate together.

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(432 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Endeavour: Raga. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Sean Rigby, Abigail Thaw, Caroline O’ Neill, Carol Royle, Sia Alipour, William Allam, Pal Aron, Emma Cunniffe, Ryan Gage, Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Merrells, Hiftu Quasem, Rebecca Saire, Madhav Sharma, Deva Wareing, Shane Zaza, Flora London, Harki Bhambra, Buom Tihngang, Graeme Stevely, Ted Robins, Neil Roberts, Raj Awasti.

To understand a country in its current outlook, you have to delve into its past, the moment where perhaps today’s older living generation have set the tone and in which the rest have fallen into line with or which are actively trying to undermine, to create a finer version, or comprehend the fine line that separates the two, between tradition and revolution.

Endeavour: Raga. Television Review. full post

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

The Pale Horse. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Rufus Sewell, Sean Pertwee, Kaya Scodelario, Bertie Carvel, Georgina Campbell, Madeleine Bowyer, Poppy Gilbert, Claire Skinner, Rita Tushingham, James Fleet, Kathy Kiera Clarke, Sheila Atim, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Ellen Robertson, Sarah Woodward, Kim Chapman, Nicky Goldie, Christopher Bianchi, Elliot Francis, Sarah Jane, Jon Ramsbottom, Mark Schneider.

The supernatural plays no part in the pursuit of murder, or so the purists might have you believe, for in solving a mystery nothing can be forsaken in the reveal of the face of evil.

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(453 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Cobra. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Robert Carlyle, Victoria Hamilton, Richard Dormer, David Haig, Marisa Abela, Emmanuel Imani, Lucy Cohu, Daz Morland, Con O’Neill, Charlie Carrick, Leigh Remnant, Paul Whelligan, Steven Cree, Alexandre Willaume, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Mark Bazeley, Lee Byford, Jem Hawkes, Leeds Paul, Joshua Hogan, Jennifer Bulcock, Lisa Palfrey, Danny Ashok, Ian Attard, Chris Wilson, Edward Bennett, Ellie Kendrick, Vera Chock, Damien Speed, Molly McGlynn, Max Parker, Yemisi Oyinloye, Caroline Hayes, Denise Moreno, Amber Aga, Christopher Ben, Jamie Causer, Jonathan Harden.

Cobra. Television Review. full post

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