DEUTSCHLAND 83
There has always been a big market for Ostalgie. From Goodbye Lenin to The Lives of Others, life in Germany during the Cold War...
THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Winter’
Breaking up is hard to do. Or at least that’s what The Carpenters told us. And if this was the break up of the...
THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Autumn’
Sunday night, 9pm, is a TV timeslot made for the warm bubblebath that is Downton Abbey. It’s a time of the week that demands...
THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Summer’
It couldn’t last, could it? The relative breeze that was the opening episode of This is England 90 has proved, as expected, to be...
THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Spring’
Early on in the first episode of This is England ’90, Gadget (Andrew Ellis)—who might as well have been looking straight down the lens...
WITNESSES – Series One
Following their success with French supernatural drama The Returned (Les Revenants) two years ago, it’s hardly surprising that Channel 4 are keen to keep...
HUMANS – series one, episode eight
Had this been the last episode of Humans ever, it would be easier to be more vitriolic about the ways it disappointed me, but with...
HUMANS – series one, episode seven
Well, Humans certainly isn’t dragging its heels now, is it? Unsurprising, perhaps, given that this is the penultimate episode, but the level of incident...
HUMANS – series one, episode six
Where last week’s episode felt like a holding episode, part six of Humans was packed with incident, both physical and emotional, and boasted plenty...
HUMANS – series one, episode five
Week five of Humans is very much a holding episode, but that’s not to say it doesn’t boast some knock-out scenes. Principal among them...
HUMANS – series one, episode four
After last week featured a few sloppy moments creeping in, episode four tightened things up brilliantly, pulling several of the show’s strands together and...
HUMANS – series one, episode three
After two very strong openings, the third instalment of Humans sees a few cracks in the veneer, and a few contrivances starting to creep...