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Casino Royale. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Toby Stephens, Hugh Bonneville, Josh Stamberg, Matthew Wolf, John Standing, Lloyd Owen, Darren Richardson, Anne Mathias, Andre Sogliuzzo, Moira Quirk, Henrie Lubatti, Alan Shearman, Martin Jarvis.

The cinematic release in 2006 of Casino Royale is arguably one of the most dramatic of adaptions from any of Ian Fleming’s considerable list of tales that focus on the life of the British spy, James Bond. To capture that intensity in a radio drama could be considered a tough ask for the writer, for the director, and the consummate cast at his disposal.

Midsomer Murders: A Vintage Murder. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Gwilym Lee, Fiona Dolman, Tamzin Malleson, Sabrina Bartlett, Max Bennett, Claire Bloom, Mark Bonnar, Rosie Cavaliero, Wayne Foskett, Ruth Gemmell, Selina Griffiths, Tom Rhys Harries, Jaye Jacobs, Naoki Mori, Lloyd Owen.

There seems to be a fascination with the art of British wine making and the artistry of sensational jealous murder, it’s almost as if wine brings out the worst in those with evil nefarious intent and there is a subtle unsaid notion that the more natural drinks of the islands just leave you worse for wear, that there is no jealousy over a 40 year old Balvenie Malt apart from who gets the last amber drop.