by Paul Bradley The BBC publicity department might need a little retraining on tone and mood: the posed still they use for the new drama Waiting For The Out looks like a reject from a sitcom about a quirky young man. Honestly it made me assume that the series would be routine, predictable, and easy […]
Channel Hopper: Ten years on, The Night Manager returns
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One of the biggest problems with big TV shows these days is that they take so long to make: you wait for two years between seasons, and by the time the new one starts you can’t remember what was happening anyway. But even two years is nothing compared to the nearly-ten-years BBC have left between […]
CHANNEL HOPPER: Christmas telly – the good, the bad and the cringeworthy
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So that was Christmas, and what have we done? Well, hopefully we went for a frosty wander or two, because that was a fine crisp spell of seasonal weather. It was, let’s face it, more tempting to be out and about than to be inside trying to keep up to date with everything happening on […]
Channel Hopper: Obituary returns somewhat unexpectedly for a second season
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By Paul Bradley Monster: The Ed Gein Story Netflix Woody Allen used to talk about an old joke: two elderly women are at a holiday resort, and one of them says, “Boy, the food at this place is really terrible”, and the other one replies “Oh, I know; and such small portions.” As if the […]
Channel Hopper: Untamed could have been better
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By Paul Bradley Untamed is Netflix’s new crime drama, and although it’s another murdered-girl mystery, there are a few things that set it apart: firstly, it has two impressive leads in Sam Neill and Eric Bana, and secondly, it’s set in the truly epic and underused Yosemite National Park. I have a sneaking suspicion Netflix […]
Channel Hopper: The Veil proves dull and shallow
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By Paul Bradley Ballard Amazon Prime It’s not long since the last season of Bosch: Legacy ended, but Amazon are still interested in the character and his milieu (all of which come from author Michael Connelly): we’re back in it again with a new spinoff following Los Angeles detective Renee Ballard, who was briefly introduced […]