Category Archives: TV

Endeavour. Television Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. January 4th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, Patrick Malahide, Danny Webb, Abigail Thaw, Flora Montgomery, James Bradshaw, Rachael Heaton.

I admit; I was quite prepared to hate it. However, the moment Barrington Pheloung’s musical composition started, a new dawn in the life of Morse began. This though wasn’t the chiselled, finally tuned, instinctive Morse that viewers first came across 25 years ago, this was a Morse that was nervous, shy, prone to mistakes, somewhat damned egotistical but still instantly loveable.

Endeavour. Television Review. full post

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

Inspector George Gently. Television Review. B.B.C. Television.

Originally published by L.S. Media. August 27th 2011.

L.S. Media Rating * * * *

Cast: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Maggie O’ Neil, Eamonn Walker, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Lenora Crichlow, Craig Conway, Gary Carr, Simon Hubbard, Cliff Lee.

In the last few years Martin Shaw has proved that a good actor cannot be kept off the screen for too long. The 1970’s saw him as part of The Professionals and in recent years he has kept his fans happy by being the star attraction in Judge John Deed and as the man out of place in Inspector George Gently.

Inspector George Gently. Television Review. B.B.C. Television. full post

(427 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Inspector George Gently. Gently With Class. Television Review. B.B.C. Television.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 2nd 2012.

Originally publushed by L.S. Media * * * *

Cast: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Christopher Fairbanks, Geraldine Somerville, Ebony Buckle, James Norton, Simon Hubbard, Don Gallagher, Chris Brailsford, Nick Hendrix, Nicholas Lumley, Fred Pearson, Alex Childs, Beverly Fox.

Like Inspector Morse before it, it is the charm of the actors and the spark between two policeman that makes Inspector George Gently worthwhile and cracking television vision.

Inspector George Gently. Gently With Class. Television Review. B.B.C. Television. full post

(525 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: Dinosaurs On A Spaceship. B.B.C. Television, Review.

Cast: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Mark Williams, Rupert Graves, Riann Steele, David Bradley, Sunetra Sarkur, David Mitchell, Robert Webb.

Liverpool Sound And Vision Rating ****

Cruelty, genocide and wading knee deep in Ankylosaurus and vicious raptors, just your average job for the Doctor but just that little bit beyond the ordinary for viewers of series seven of Doctor Who.

Doctor Who: Dinosaurs On A Spaceship. B.B.C. Television, Review. full post

(428 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Inspector George Gently: The Lost Child. B.B.C.Television Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media Aeptember 9th 2012.

Cast: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Helen Baxendale, Alison Steadman, Mark Gatiss, Simon Hubbard, Andrew Frame, Faye Castelow, Katie Anderson, Tony Haygarth.

It is every parent’s worst nightmare, the sudden disappearance of their child and the awful truth that can be associated with it. For Bacchus and Inspector George Gently is perhaps was one of their most harrowing cases.

The Inspector George Gently series has never been shy in looking at some of the more destructive and heart-breaking sides of 1960’s northern life and this episode The Lost Child was absolutely no exception.

Inspector George Gently: The Lost Child. B.B.C.Television Review. full post

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

Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating *****

Cast: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Ben Browder, Adrian Scarborough, Dominic Kemp, Rob Cavazos, Joanne McQuinn, Andrew Brooks, Garrick Hogan, Byrd Wilkins, Sean Benedict.

Time is running short for Amy Pond/Williams and her husband Rory, there is a reckoning coming and it seems that time for the Doctor is fraught with perceived future knowledge of Amy’s demise and this knowledge is changing the Doctor in ways not really seen in on television.

Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy. Television Review. full post

(484 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Inspector George Gently: Gently In The Cathedral. B.B.C. Television Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 16th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Kevin Whatley, Diana Quick, Ralf Brown, Morgan Watkins, Katie Anderson, Nigel Lindsay, Simon Hubbard, Tom Hutch.

The final episode of the series of Inspector George Gently is perhaps one that will have the thoughts of the last week kept firmly in the mind of its viewers as it dealt with the insidious and detestable world of police corruption.

Inspector George Gently: Gently In The Cathedral. B.B.C. Television Review. full post

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

Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound And Vision Rating *****

Cast: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Alex Kingston, Mike McShane, Rob David, Ozzie Yue, Bentley Kalu.

The hype surrounding the final episode of the mini-like series of the seventh new outing of Doctor Who has had the plethora of fan sites working themselves into frenzy since it was announced that one of the best companions, the red-haired and forthright Amy Pond, was going to leave at some point during the current season. The reason is simple, not every-one leaves the Tardis in good circumstances; sometimes they don’t come back at all.

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

The Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Oliver Lansley, Katherine Kelly, Angela Lonsdale, Tony Pitts, James Wilby, Don Gallagher, Adam Garcia, Simon Callow, James McArdle, James Floyd, Jonathon Kerrigan, Perry Millward.

The lives of those that make us laugh are often beset by some inner lingering sadness or conflicting turmoil. So it seems is the absolute truth to the life of Kenny Everett, a man who had his fingers on the pulse of a nation before they realised he had whipped out his musical comedy stethoscope and asked them to giggle.

The Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story. Television Review. full post

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

The Secret Of Crickley Hall. B.B.C. Television. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Suranne Jones, Tom Ellis, Douglas Henshall, David Warner, Sarah Smart, Iain De Caestecker, Olivia Cooke, Maise Williams, Bill Milner, Kian Parsiani, Pixie Davies.

It seems odd that the premier 20th century British horror writer, James Herbert, has never had many adaptations of his copious amount and in most cases prestigious work. What has been filmed has been woeful at best and an affront to British Horror at its seedy worst. For the B.B.C. to pick up the option to one of the great writer’s latter works, the sadistic and suspenseful The Secret of Crickley Hall is a coup for both writer and television viewer.

The Secret Of Crickley Hall. B.B.C. Television. Television Review. full post

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