2 February 2015
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I’ve been quite enjoying the current series of Silent Witness via iPlayer. I suppose it could be billed as CSI London but, unlike the American shows, the lab technology is almost believable. Typically an episode, each one shown in two … Continue reading
24 March 2014
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I’ve just watched the final episode of the BBC drama series Line of Duty. My verdict? Six hours I won’t get back and I shan’t be eagerly awaiting the next series. The story was harrowing and the telling of it … Continue reading
10 February 2014
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If you aren’t too squeamish, then the recent Pain, Pus and Poison series on BBC4 receives my commendation as worth a watch. Michael Mosley does various self-experimentation but, although it sometimes looks shocking (like poking a needle through his hand … Continue reading
18 May 2013
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What a gripping episode of Doctor Who. It was one of those episodes where they seem to have written themselves into a hole with a story having ramifications for all of time and space; now we have to wait until … Continue reading
17 April 2013
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ITV is showing a new series of Endeavour, the story of Dexter’s Inspector Morse as he solves cases in the Oxford of 1965 and lays the foundations of his canonical career. I was impressed when I wrote about the pilot … Continue reading
4 April 2013
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Jane and I recently caught up with the Easter special edition of Jonathan Creek. This detective drama, featuring Alan Davies as the eponymous hero, began in 1997 but has subsisted with occasional programmes in recent years and I think it … Continue reading
18 March 2013
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It is really a bit late to recommend the BBC’s crime drama Shetland, based on one of the books in Ann Cleeves’ Shetland Quartet, as it will disappear off the iPlayer this evening. I only recently became aware of it … Continue reading
10 March 2013
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I watched an interesting programme this afternoon about the power of the English longbow in the late medieval period. I don’t think it added much to my stock of longbow facts but there was also the overall look and feel … Continue reading
29 December 2012
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Safely back from Devon yesterday evening but feeling pretty exhausted after a relatively gruelling journey (Christmas traffic around Bristol as well as some earlier roadworks) I wasn’t feeling up to anything too energetic. Instead we watched the latest Doctor Who … Continue reading
28 May 2012
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On reflection, staying up to watch a second episode of ITV’s Vera (based on the Vera Stanhope novels by Ann Cleeves) was not a particularly bright move. Jane had found a recently broadcast episode, which we enjoyed, but we then … Continue reading