Warning: This review contains spoilers.
This is more like it! No, episode two of Troubled Blood wasn’t any more generous with the Robin/Strike underpants progress, but it was several times more exciting than the opener by dint of having something happen in the present day. Double points for that thing being Holliday Grainger’s Robin wearing a disguise and doing a fake accent (tick that off your Strike bingo card).
It wasn’t just one fake accent this episode, but two. First there was the welcome return of fictional toff Venetia Hall, then there was a cockney teenager in a baseball cap who infiltrated a nursing home with a chorus of innits and awrights. Robin’s Mr Ben selection of improv personas has always been one of Strike’s highlights, and this was no different. The scene in which the odious Luca Ricci was sniffing around our girl had tension,...
This is more like it! No, episode two of Troubled Blood wasn’t any more generous with the Robin/Strike underpants progress, but it was several times more exciting than the opener by dint of having something happen in the present day. Double points for that thing being Holliday Grainger’s Robin wearing a disguise and doing a fake accent (tick that off your Strike bingo card).
It wasn’t just one fake accent this episode, but two. First there was the welcome return of fictional toff Venetia Hall, then there was a cockney teenager in a baseball cap who infiltrated a nursing home with a chorus of innits and awrights. Robin’s Mr Ben selection of improv personas has always been one of Strike’s highlights, and this was no different. The scene in which the odious Luca Ricci was sniffing around our girl had tension,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Strike: Troubled Blood really is an extraordinarily fine crime drama, where a range of exceptional talents come together to create something that is actually greater than the sum of its very formidable parts. That is something rare and to be cherished. And indeed watched, and I can unreservedly commend this four-parter as a highlight of your festive viewing. It starts brilliantly, but gets better, and there are some surprising and compelling star performances to come.
It’s the latest adaptation, by Tom Edge, of the Strike detective works of Jk Rowling, and probably the best. Tom Burke is once again in the title role of Cormoran Strike, the gruff but clever private investigator. Strike is an ex-soldier with a touch of Ptsd, a bit of a drink problem, and a troubled childhood. And his affection and respect for his resourceful business partner, Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger) always threatens, or promises,...
It’s the latest adaptation, by Tom Edge, of the Strike detective works of Jk Rowling, and probably the best. Tom Burke is once again in the title role of Cormoran Strike, the gruff but clever private investigator. Strike is an ex-soldier with a touch of Ptsd, a bit of a drink problem, and a troubled childhood. And his affection and respect for his resourceful business partner, Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger) always threatens, or promises,...
- 12/11/2022
- by Sean O'Grady
- The Independent - TV
Eve Best and Stockard Channing are adding more star quality to the cast of Suranne Jones’ upcoming three-part Itvx drama Maryland.
Created by Jones and Trollied creator Anne-Marie O’Connor, Maryland focuses on the relationship between two sisters, down-to-earth mother of two Becca (Jones) and disciplined high-flyer Rosaline (Best) who have been driven apart by complex family dynamics.
They travel to the Isle of Man to repatriate the body of their mother, Mary, leaving their father Richard at home in Manchester. Confined on the island, they discover shocking information about their mother and find it impossible to escape the ripple effect of her secrets and lies.
Best is currently enjoying strong reviews for her role as dragon rider Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon.
Becca...
Created by Jones and Trollied creator Anne-Marie O’Connor, Maryland focuses on the relationship between two sisters, down-to-earth mother of two Becca (Jones) and disciplined high-flyer Rosaline (Best) who have been driven apart by complex family dynamics.
They travel to the Isle of Man to repatriate the body of their mother, Mary, leaving their father Richard at home in Manchester. Confined on the island, they discover shocking information about their mother and find it impossible to escape the ripple effect of her secrets and lies.
Best is currently enjoying strong reviews for her role as dragon rider Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon.
Becca...
- 10/18/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
TBS announced that “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” will be releasing a comedy special about gun reform called “Full Frontal Wants To Take Your Guns,” which will air on May 12 at 10:30 p.m.
The special will “explore how appalling and frankly stupid it is that we as Americans are told there’s simply nothing we can do about gun violence. Don’t even get us started on the whole “good guy with a gun” thing. It’s high time to figure out how America’s gun problem got this bad, and what we as citizens of this glorious mess can do to help fix it.”
The series is executive produced by Bee, Jason Jones, Tony Hernandez of Jax Media, Miles Kahn and Alison Camillo.
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The special will “explore how appalling and frankly stupid it is that we as Americans are told there’s simply nothing we can do about gun violence. Don’t even get us started on the whole “good guy with a gun” thing. It’s high time to figure out how America’s gun problem got this bad, and what we as citizens of this glorious mess can do to help fix it.”
The series is executive produced by Bee, Jason Jones, Tony Hernandez of Jax Media, Miles Kahn and Alison Camillo.
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Netflix and Riot Games are bringing the “League of Legends” franchise to television with the new animated series “Arcane,...
- 5/3/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
J.K. Rowling’s crime drama Strike will return to U.S. cable network Cinemax and has added a slew of actors for its next iteration.
Live By Night’s Robert Glenister and Peaky Blinders’ Natasha O’Keeffe have joined the series, which is based on Rowling’s best-selling Cormoran Strike crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
This comes after Deadline revealed that Line of Duty and Crossing Lines director Susan Tully is to direct the four-part series, known as Lethal White. Filming has begun with stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger returning.
Burke, who recently starred in The Souvenir opposite Tilda Swinton, plays Cormoran Strike, while Grainger, who also starred in Patrick Melrose, plays Robin Ellacott, team up once again to solve a crime.
Lethal White starts when Billy, a troubled young man played by Joseph Quinn, comes to Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating...
Live By Night’s Robert Glenister and Peaky Blinders’ Natasha O’Keeffe have joined the series, which is based on Rowling’s best-selling Cormoran Strike crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
This comes after Deadline revealed that Line of Duty and Crossing Lines director Susan Tully is to direct the four-part series, known as Lethal White. Filming has begun with stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger returning.
Burke, who recently starred in The Souvenir opposite Tilda Swinton, plays Cormoran Strike, while Grainger, who also starred in Patrick Melrose, plays Robin Ellacott, team up once again to solve a crime.
Lethal White starts when Billy, a troubled young man played by Joseph Quinn, comes to Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating...
- 9/17/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Line of Duty and Crossing Lines director Susan Tully is to helm the next iteration of J.K. Rowling’s BBC One crime series Strike.
Tully, who has also directed episodes of Sky Atlantic’s Tin Star, Amazon co-pro Britannia and BBC’s autism drama The A Word, will direct Lethal White, the fourth season of the drama, which once again stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger.
The four-part series will start filming later this year. Tully, who is well known in the UK as the actress who previously played Michelle Fowler in BBC soap EastEnders, takes over from The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency director Charles Sturridge, who helmed Career Evil, the two-part third run, Power director Kieron Hawkes, who helmed The Silkworm, the second iteration, and Chimerica director Michael Keillor who kicked off the franchise by directing The Cuckoo’s Calling.
Lethal White is based on the latest book...
Tully, who has also directed episodes of Sky Atlantic’s Tin Star, Amazon co-pro Britannia and BBC’s autism drama The A Word, will direct Lethal White, the fourth season of the drama, which once again stars Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger.
The four-part series will start filming later this year. Tully, who is well known in the UK as the actress who previously played Michelle Fowler in BBC soap EastEnders, takes over from The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency director Charles Sturridge, who helmed Career Evil, the two-part third run, Power director Kieron Hawkes, who helmed The Silkworm, the second iteration, and Chimerica director Michael Keillor who kicked off the franchise by directing The Cuckoo’s Calling.
Lethal White is based on the latest book...
- 7/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC cop drama Line of Duty has scored its highest ever opening ratings – was the Jed Mercurio-created series helped by the Bodyguard effect?
The fifth season launched with 7.8M overnight viewers on BBC One, scoring a 38% share. This trumped the 5M for its fourth season launch, which was its first since moving from BBC Two, as well as the 7.5M viewers that tuned in for last year’s finale. It hit a peak of 8M during its hour-long return.
The ratings mean that the World Productions drama currently sits as the highest rated programme across all channels in 2019 so far. It was also a hit for 16-34 viewers, making it the second highest rated show in that demo following an Fa Cup soccer game in January.
Season five of Line of Duty will air on Acorn TV in the U.S. Hulu previously premiered the show in the States...
The fifth season launched with 7.8M overnight viewers on BBC One, scoring a 38% share. This trumped the 5M for its fourth season launch, which was its first since moving from BBC Two, as well as the 7.5M viewers that tuned in for last year’s finale. It hit a peak of 8M during its hour-long return.
The ratings mean that the World Productions drama currently sits as the highest rated programme across all channels in 2019 so far. It was also a hit for 16-34 viewers, making it the second highest rated show in that demo following an Fa Cup soccer game in January.
Season five of Line of Duty will air on Acorn TV in the U.S. Hulu previously premiered the show in the States...
- 4/1/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. streaming service Acorn TV has nabbed the fifth season of British cop drama Line of Duty, created and written by Bodyguard’s Jed Mercurio. Previous seasons of the BBC drama have premiered on Hulu in the U.S.
The Svod platform will have the exclusive premiere of the six-part series after striking a deal with distributor Kew Media. It will air it in line with its BBC One premiere in early 2019.
Produced by Bodyguard indie World Productions, the series follows police anti-corruption division AC-12. It stars Vicky McClure, Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar, while Boardwalk Empire star Stephen Graham has joined the show for season five. Graham plays a pivotal figure in a deadly organized crime group, alongside Broken star Lisa McQueen, that is known to have links to corrupt police officers and suspected to be under direct command of the shadowy figure known only as ‘H’.
Filming is now underway in Belfast,...
The Svod platform will have the exclusive premiere of the six-part series after striking a deal with distributor Kew Media. It will air it in line with its BBC One premiere in early 2019.
Produced by Bodyguard indie World Productions, the series follows police anti-corruption division AC-12. It stars Vicky McClure, Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar, while Boardwalk Empire star Stephen Graham has joined the show for season five. Graham plays a pivotal figure in a deadly organized crime group, alongside Broken star Lisa McQueen, that is known to have links to corrupt police officers and suspected to be under direct command of the shadowy figure known only as ‘H’.
Filming is now underway in Belfast,...
- 11/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Connecticut’s NBC owned-and-operated TV station will not air Megyn Kelly’s interview with Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones Sunday, according to an internal memo, first obtained by The Hartford Courant. Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children, aged 6 and 7, as well as six adults were slaughtered by a lone gunman in 2012, was located in Newtown, Ct. The memo to Wvit staff from Gm/President Susan Tully, obtained by Deadline: Whenever there is news regarding the Sandy…...
- 6/17/2017
- Deadline TV
Rob Kemp Jul 17, 2016
The Musketeers encounter a village of war widows in this solid series three instalment...
This review contains spoilers.
3.7 Fool's Gold
Following last week’s Death Of A Hero was always going to be a tough ask.
It’s interesting to see down which route The Musketeers went – keep up and maintain the pressure until the end, or have a breather and then go all-out for the remaining three episodes. Certainly, Fool's Gold went for the latter course (presuming that the last three episodes do indeed go hell for leather!), but that’s not to say that this is lesser Musketeers – in fact it’s a highly enjoyable episode whose place in the series seems perfectly right. I’m sure not all of you will agree, as the momentum from last week was significant, but I have my reasons…
First and foremost, it’s fitting that a story...
The Musketeers encounter a village of war widows in this solid series three instalment...
This review contains spoilers.
3.7 Fool's Gold
Following last week’s Death Of A Hero was always going to be a tough ask.
It’s interesting to see down which route The Musketeers went – keep up and maintain the pressure until the end, or have a breather and then go all-out for the remaining three episodes. Certainly, Fool's Gold went for the latter course (presuming that the last three episodes do indeed go hell for leather!), but that’s not to say that this is lesser Musketeers – in fact it’s a highly enjoyable episode whose place in the series seems perfectly right. I’m sure not all of you will agree, as the momentum from last week was significant, but I have my reasons…
First and foremost, it’s fitting that a story...
- 7/17/2016
- Den of Geek
Watch three trailers and check out photos for The A Word TV series, premiering on SundanceTV, Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 10:00pm Et/Pt. The six-episode one-hour drama tells the story of a family whose son is diagnosed with Autism spectrum disorder. The A Word TV show cast includes: Max Vento, Lee Ingleby, Morven Christie, Vinette Robinson, Greg McHugh, and Christopher Eccleston.Based on the Israeli Keshet and July August Productions drama series, Yellow Peppers, created and written by Keren Margalit, the English language series, The A Word, is written by Peter Bowker. Peter Cattaneo, Dominic Leclerc, and Susan Tully direct. The series is a Fifty Fathoms and Keshet UK co-production for BBC One. Patrick Spence, Peter Bowker, and Jenny Frayn, executive produce for Fifty Fathoms. Sara Johnson and...
- 7/8/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
BBC Four has announced that Puppy Love will not return for a second season.
In a statement issued this afternoon (April 24), the channel confirmed that the sitcom - created by Getting On's Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine - had been cancelled.
"Puppy Love was a great series but won't be coming back to BBC Four as we look to bring new comedy shows through," a representative of the BBC told TVWise.
"Huge thanks to the wonderfully talented Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine and all involved in the making of the show."
Puppy Love premiered back in November 2014 and ran for just six episodes.
The show centred on dog trainer Nany V (Scanlan) and the dog training classes she ran in the Wirral.
Pepperdine co-starred as class attendee Naomi Singh, alongside Selina Borji, Simon Fisher-Becker and Aron Julius.
The show was helmed by former EastEnders star-turned-director Susan Tully, while Saurabh Kakkar...
In a statement issued this afternoon (April 24), the channel confirmed that the sitcom - created by Getting On's Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine - had been cancelled.
"Puppy Love was a great series but won't be coming back to BBC Four as we look to bring new comedy shows through," a representative of the BBC told TVWise.
"Huge thanks to the wonderfully talented Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine and all involved in the making of the show."
Puppy Love premiered back in November 2014 and ran for just six episodes.
The show centred on dog trainer Nany V (Scanlan) and the dog training classes she ran in the Wirral.
Pepperdine co-starred as class attendee Naomi Singh, alongside Selina Borji, Simon Fisher-Becker and Aron Julius.
The show was helmed by former EastEnders star-turned-director Susan Tully, while Saurabh Kakkar...
- 4/24/2015
- Digital Spy
Todd Carty has said that late EastEnders star Wendy Richard was like a second mother to him. Carty told The Mirror that the pair had struck up a 20-year friendship after they were cast as mother and son Pauline and Mark Fowler on EastEnders. Carty said: "I knew from the start that we would get along. From that day, she watched my back and fought my corner. "She quickly became a second mum to me. Together with Bill Treacher (Arthur Fowler) and Sue Tully (Michelle Fowler) we had a tight family unit, a solid chemistry, which I hope came across on screen." "When I was (more)...
- 3/2/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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