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Your Honor
As the second series of 'Your Honor' opens, Adam Desiato’s death is still raw. His father, Michael (Bryan Cranston), has been impeached...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Unforgotten
love Unforgotten wholeheartedly. It’s the meat and two veg of television crime dramas. Every one of its four series so far has served up...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20243 min read


Endeavour
Fans of a TV show always fear the finale will end with death. In the case of Endeavour, which has just bowed out after 11 years, we knew...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20244 min read


Asking For It
In her new documentary, Asking For It, the actress Emily Atack posed pertinent questions about online sexual harassment and its potential...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Marcus King, O2 Academy Bristol
I can't think of any artist today who's remotely similar to Marcus King. He has something special beyond guitar virtuosity, soulful...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20244 min read


Outer Range
"Outer Range,” a sci-fi Western from creator Brian Watkins, concerns two voids. The physical void is a smoke-filled hole in Wyoming...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20243 min read


Blue Lights
This is a busy and productive period for high-concept police dramas, but "Blue Lights", is well-crafted, fantastically tense, thrilling...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Paris Police 1905
Five years on from Paris Police 1900, the programme has returned with the not too mysterious title of Paris Police 1905. The good news is...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Grace
Grace is an odd series. Based on Peter James' best-selling series of novels, and starring John Simm as the titular detective Roy Grace,...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Unforgotten, Series 5
There’s a curious irony about whodunits that often the least interesting thing about them is finally discovering who did it. Either...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20243 min read


Death in Paradise
Sometimes all you need in TV is a simple idea, and the one behind Death in Paradise is very straightforward. Having first aired on BBC...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20243 min read


Jay Miller's Circus, Portishead
The traditional Jay Miller's Circus is back in Portishead this week and they have a completely new line-up of entertainers. I can never...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20241 min read


Redemption
Detective Inspector Colette Cunningham is excellent as what she does. She’s cut-throat, funny, and knows how to get what she needs. In...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Reacher
In crime thrillers it is usually the evil kingpin who gets nicknamed Mr Big. But it also works for Alan Ritchson, the star of Reacher,...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20243 min read


True Detective: Night Country
Liz Danvers, Chief of police in the remote Alaska town of Ennis, and heroine of True Detective: Night Country, is fond of telling other...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20243 min read
King Lear, Almeida Theatre London
Powerful, angry performances hold together Yaël Farber’s sprawling, bleak vision of a king and his country in terminal decline in King...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Elles Bailey, Trinity Centre Bristol
Elles Bailey’s voice is truly something special – it’s equal parts raw and refined, fused with a real depth and emotionality, a heady...

Paul Gainey
Feb 21, 20244 min read


Mother Goose, Bristol Hippodrome
It’s not often that a panto bags a true A-lister, but this joyous production of Mother Goose at the Bristol Hippodrome has nailed it with...

Paul Gainey
Feb 21, 20243 min read


The White Lotus
It is a measure of just how good the first series of The White Lotus was – the writing, the blending of murder mystery and sharp satire,...

Paul Gainey
Feb 21, 20243 min read


The Time Machine, Theatre Royal Bath
HG Wells’s classic sci-fi novel, The Time Machine, is reimagined in a new stage adaptation at the Theatre Royal in Bath. In this...

Paul Gainey
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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