DEBORAH ROSS: If you like violence, you’ll love this. Me? No thanks… By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 Gangs Of London Thursday, Sky Atlantic Rating: Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Monday, Channel 4 Rating: The gangster drama Gangs Of London opens audaciously … Read more
DEBORAH ROSS: People coughed and no one scarpered. Imagine that! By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 18 April 2020 Quiz Monday-Wednesday, ITV Rating: Killing Eve Monday, BBC iPlayer Rating: Oh Lord, just what we needed right now: a three-parter over three nights with the focus … Read more
The Pale Horse BBC1, Sunday Rating: Home Channel 4, Wednesday Rating: The screenwriter Sarah Phelps has been taking liberties with Agatha Christie murder mysteries for quite some time. Plots are revised. Characters are redrawn or may be ejected. Language is updated – here we had one ‘raddled arse’ and also one ‘F*** off!’ – and … Read more
The Pale Horse Sunday, BBC1 Rating: (but could be five stars if you can tell me what happened) This Country Monday, BBC1 Rating: Dear Readers, I know we haven’t always got along. I know you would prefer it if I liked Endeavour more, and also Call The Midwife. But I still hope that in my hour … Read more
Flesh And Blood Monday-Thursday, ITV Rating: Murder 24/7 Monday-Wednesday, BBC2 Rating: The latest domestic thriller is Flesh And Blood, and already it’s getting mixed up in my head with Liar, Cheat, Trust Me, Trauma, Gold Digger, etc. Their formats are so similar – whom should we trust? – that I’m beginning to wonder if they … Read more
Noughts + Crosses Thursday, BBC1 Rating: The Trouble With Maggie Cole Wednesday, ITV Rating: Noughts + Crosses is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s novel for young adults, so why it’s being shown on a Thursday at 9pm rather than in the Doctor Who slot, I cannot say. All I can say is that the conceit, which … Read more
Miriam’s Big Fat Adventure Monday & Tuesday, BBC2 Rating: Breeders Thursday, Sky One Rating: I had always thought Miriam Margolyes was one of those (rare, very rare) women who are perfectly fine with the way they look. I certainly remember one episode of The Real Marigold Hotel where she declined a makeover offered by some Russian … Read more
Belgravia Sunday, ITV Rating: The English Game Netflix Rating: This week not one but two new series from Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, and you do wonder if he can be stopped. I’m not prepared to come out of self-isolation to do it, but maybe you have a strong immune system and … Read more
Jamie Oliver’s Keep Cooking And Carry On is a concept that was turned around in record time, specifically for the Covid-19 era, but even so, we’re all watching in a new way. Aren’t we?