Paul Gainey
The English
The English (BBC Two), written and directed by Hugo Blick, is a revisionist western further revised. A beautifully shot exercise that’s...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 233 min read
Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre
Okay, let’s just get this out of the way. The musical ‘Hamilton’ is stupendously good. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s show about Alexander...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 231 min read
Happy Valley
The mind-blowingly good BBC One drama "Happy Valley" comes to an end next week. But the penultimate episode has left us with an agonising...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 232 min read
Silent Witness
The 26th series of Silent Witness came to a conclusion on Tuesday night and the instalment saw the team continue their high-stakes...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 232 min read
Robert Jon and The Wreck, Earl Haig Club
From Southern California, but with a sound evoking the Deep South, Robert Jon & The Wreck had flown under the radar for a decade until...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 232 min read
Happy Valley
After spending six weeks glued to the TV every Sunday night as Sarah Lancashire's stunning performance made us both cry and crack up in...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 233 min read
The Gold
The Brink’s-Mat robbery legend only grows in a diverting retelling "The Gold" (BBC One), a six-part series from Neil Forsyth, creator and...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 233 min read
Better
The new BBC One crime drama "Better" is the latest in a long line to grapple with ideas of redemption, depicting a police officer long...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 221 min read
Willie and Bandits, Thekla Bristol
I have seen Willie and Bandits live before mostly recently supporting Samantha Fish in Cardiff and they were great and last nights...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 222 min read
Charlotte and Theodore, Ustinov Studio
Think male-female two-hander in academia and a pair of plays leap to mind: Oleanna and Educating Rita. Combining the lacerating fury of...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 222 min read
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...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 223 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...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 224 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...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 222 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...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 224 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...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 223 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...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 222 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...
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Paul Gainey
Feb 222 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...
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