TV
Bauhaus 100, BBC Four review - a well-made film about the makersThursday, 22 August 2019
The Bauhaus school and its subsequent influence make an extraordinary story, and this film by Mat Whitecross, which has assembled a whole range of different voices and perspectives and woven them together, told it well.As a school, the Bauhaus... Read more... |
Heartbreak Holiday, BBC One review - can it match up to Love Island?Wednesday, 21 August 2019
The BBC’s version of Love Island has familiar ingredients: ten 20-somethings, many with pale manicures and hair extensions, on an island, in this case Mykanos. It’s not to everyone’s taste. “All I see is water, I don’t see no nail shops,” observes... Read more... |
Train Your Baby Like A Dog, Channel 4 review - an animal behaviourist tackles tantrumsTuesday, 20 August 2019
Animal behaviourist Jo-Rosie Haffenden, who lives in Spain, has some very good dogs (and a charming toddler, who knows how to sit). Can she transfer her training skills to three-year-old Graydon in Bristol, who has six tantrums a day, and 14-month-... Read more... |
The Day Mountbatten Died, BBC Two review - the IRA's audacious strike at the heart of the British EstablishmentTuesday, 20 August 2019
It was a lovely summer’s day in southern England, much as it was in County Sligo. I was with my parents, driving to visit a very elderly relative. We arrived not long after the news of Lord Mountbatten’s death was announced and my great aunt was... Read more... |
Kathy Burke's All Woman, Channel 4 review - warts and allWednesday, 14 August 2019
What’s the next level above national treasure? We’ll need a name for it by the end of All Woman, Kathy Burke’s new Channel 4 documentary. With a big heart and a foul mouth, she’s travelled the country trying to define 21st century womanhood – an... Read more... |
Keeping Faith, Episode 4 Series 2, BBC One review - murders aplentyWednesday, 14 August 2019
Life on the Welsh coast isn’t getting any easier: defendant Madlen was found guilty of murder, husband Evan was coming home from prison, and Faith had just given Steve Baldini a rather uncomfortable snog on the beach. She’s probably pining for that... Read more... |
This Way Up, Channel 4 review - hilarity with a dark undercurrentThursday, 08 August 2019
“Get those worksheets in by Monday or I will Brexit the lot of you,” says turbo-charged teacher Aine (Aisling Bea: The Fall, Gap Year) to her London TEFL class. Her students have just enjoyed a stimulating lesson built around the Kardashian family... Read more... |
I Am Hannah, Channel 4 review - last in trilogy leaves us danglingWednesday, 07 August 2019
In the final instalment of Dominic Savage’s trilogy of stand-alone dramas for Channel 4, Gemma Chan took the title role of a single woman in her mid-thirties, struggling with awkward choices about motherhood, relationships and settling down. Her... Read more... |
Euphoria, Sky Atlantic review - teenage nervous breakdownWednesday, 07 August 2019
Being a teenager used to be fun, allegedly, but for the young cast of HBO’s controversial new hit series Euphoria it looks more like a nightmare ride through a theme park of bad trips. Filmed in various Los Angeles locations, Euphoria (showing on... Read more... |
Inside the Secret World of Incels, BBC One review - involuntary celibacy, violence and despairThursday, 01 August 2019
A sad story of lonely men, Simon Rawles's atmospheric and beautifully shot documentary has no narration, apart from the occasional faint, off-camera question from the interviewer. This makes everything more depressing. We’re alone on a nightmare... Read more... |
The Chef's Brigade, BBC Two review - you're in the army nowWednesday, 31 July 2019
While a spot of home cooking can be a relaxing experience with a nice meal at the end of it, signing up to this culinary campaign with Michelin-starred mega-chef Jason Atherton is like being sent off to join the Foreign Legion. The plan is that... Read more... |
Manifest, Sky 1 review - late arrival causes cosmic upheavalWednesday, 31 July 2019
It’s been nearly a decade since the sixth and final series of Lost, JJ Abrams’s baffling odyssey of time-travelling air crash survivors, but judging by Manifest, its influence still hovers over TV-land. Produced by (among others) film director... Read more... |
