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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...

Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20241 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...

Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20242 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...

Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20242 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...

Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20242 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...

Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20243 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...

Paul Gainey
Feb 23, 20243 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...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20241 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...

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 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...

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
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