The BAFTA Television Awards were last night, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might have been, as usually there isn’t the glitz and glamour that the movie version has. Alan Cummings was the host and apart from a hilarious skit reading from a baby book stating the house rules, his four extravagant…
There are a lot of WW2 documentaries out there that seem to be airing every day on multiple channels, so there is an audience out there. The question is, is there anything new to be said about WW2 and the Blitz in particular? With this new NETFLIX documentary that uses testimony from those who were…
Jamie Ward has shone in Film, Television and Theatre and is now poised for heartthrob status as Romeo in the musical re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet. Jamie finished drama school in Perth, Australia and his drive and passion for acting led him to London in 2013, where he secured a leading role in “Les Mis”…
It feels like Gabriel Hinchcliffe has just started his career and yet he has already impressed audiences in shows such as BE MORE CHILL at The Other Palace Theatre in London. Now he is back at the same theatre in the new musical, THE MAD ONES, that will be entertaining everyone from the 7th May…
These shows are an eclectic bunch, but what they all have in common is they have made a huge impact on me. I can rewatch them endlessly without them becoming stale. So, here they are in no particular order OUTNUMBERED This is a British sitcom classic. I loved this show when I was younger, and…
The tragic story of John Merrick, who became a “penny gaff” exhibit for people to gawp at in Victorian Britain is perhaps best known from David Lynch’s 1980 version starring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft and John Gielgud. The classic Oscar winning black and white movie is not the only version of the man…
“Do you think I invited you to get revenge, for stealing my life… Do you think I want to make you pay.” I loved the first movie when it came out in 2018, well before I knew about the Blake Lively drama with Justin Baldoni. Another Simple Favour was filmed before the controversy surrounding Blake…
This ITV show is compulsive and moving viewing and with more episodes to come, it’s clear this original series is going to be massive. So, what is it all about? It is a celebrity interview show where the interviewers have autism, other forms of neurodivergence and learning disabilities. BEST YET, NO QUESTIONS IS OFF LIMITS…
WARFARE is a nail biting true story written and directed by ex navy seal Ray Mendoza alongside filmmaker Alex Garland. This action packed drama tells the true story of a US special forces surveillance mission gone wrong in enemy territory in Iraq. Set in 2006 and using testimony from the real life Platoon members it…
I wouldn’t say that there is a bad Harry Potter film as it is one of my favourite franchises and I grew up watching and loving them. I am also evaluating them purely on how much I enjoyed them and not how much they stack up to the books. So here is my countdown of…
