by Iain | Feb 2, 2021 | Film & TV, Reviews
Ostensibly this is the story of the excavation of the Sutton Hoo Anglo Saxon burials in Suffolk in 1939. Adapted from the novel by John Preston, who also penned the excellent A Very English Scandal. The Dig could hardly be set at a more pivotal and ominous time, the...
by ra120118 | Oct 12, 2020 | Film & TV, News
Gloriously anarchic, informative and moving – the Young’uns find their place in the COVID world After taking the day off during lock up whilst watching past episodes of Tiswas and Multi Coloured Swap Shop The Young’uns, to a man, said ‘we could do better than...
by Iain | Dec 3, 2015 | Film & TV, News
I Saw The Light is based on Colin Escott’s biography of Hank Williams, who died in 1953 at the age of 29. Williams is widely regarded as one of the great country music artists, having hits with Your Cheatin’ Heart, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry and Lovesick Blues...
by Iain | Nov 30, 2015 | Film & TV
Golden Globe winning actor Idris Elba reprises his iconic role as DCI John Luther in a new 2 part BBC special. ‘Pitted against his most chilling adversary yet, haunted by the ghosts of his past and hell-bent on retribution, he’s drawn into a terrifyingly complex...
by Iain | Nov 24, 2015 | Film & TV, News
ITV’s epic drama, Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, has been filmed on location in the North East of Britain, Kieran Bew takes the lead in the mini series that takes its inspiration from the mythic Old English poem. Set in the mythical Shieldlands, a place of...
by Iain | Nov 24, 2015 | Film & TV, News
Taboo is a forthcoming drama created by Steven Knight and Tom Hardy, based on an idea by Hardy and his father Chips. The eight-episode miniseries is about James Keziah Delaney, a rogue adventurer, who returns to Britain from Africa along with fourteen stolen diamonds...
