BAFTA TV
Reviews of BAFTA TV nominees and award-winners, plus where you can watch them online.
UK TV review: The Enfield Haunting (Episode 2 and 3)
May 10, 2015 | David FarnorA moving finale to a scary mini-series.Read More
UK TV review: The Enfield Haunting (Episode 1)
May 3, 2015 | David FarnorPractical effects and a convincing cast make this real haunting truly scaryRead More
BBC TV review: Peter Kay’s Car Share
April 26, 2015 | David FarnorPeter Kay’s Car Share drives on to BBC iPlayer this weekend, with all six episodes available to stream at once. This is the first time a BBC One show has premiered online before its linear broadcast – a typically forward-thinking … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 6
March 1, 2015 | David FarnorOh, Anne. We knew you didn’t have the head for the job. The inevitability of history has hung over Wolf Hall from the beginning, giving everything a doomed sense of dramatic irony. Claire Foy has sunk her teeth into it, … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 5 (Crows)
February 20, 2015 | David FarnorWhoever said Wolf Hall was boring? The ratings may have dropped for the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novels, but the penultimate episode of the season is its busiest yet.
Death comes to Wolf Hall in Episode 5. It might … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 4
February 15, 2015 | David FarnorWords. Words. Just words.
If Wolf Hall could be accused of anything, it’s of being over-written. Slow-paced, stuffed with characters and told in a present tense without a name for its main character, the unwieldy trait of Hilary Mantel’s novels … Read More
BBC iPlayer review: Bitter Lake (Adam Curtis)
February 12, 2015 | David FarnorIf you’ve ever wondered why the world today is so messed up, or why the news doesn’t include random clips from Carry On Up the Khyber, then Bitter Lake is for you.
Adam Curtis’ documentary first aired in a small, … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 3
February 8, 2015 | David Farnor1531. Two years have passed since our last visit to Wolf Hall and the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel has become bolder, almost Tarantino-esque in its entertainment. Here, between all the pageantry and dresses, there is violence, there is … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 2
January 30, 2015 | David Farnor“There’s a conversation I shouldn’t have had.”
That’s Cromwell, after talking to his sister-in-law (Saskia Reeves) in a typically dark room. It’s a key turning point in the BBC’s adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel: after the first, somewhat dizzying, hour … Read More
UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 1 (Three Card Trick)
January 23, 2015 | David FarnorYou’ve either read it or you haven’t. Or, perhaps more likely, you’ve started to read it and never quite managed to finish. But now that Wolf Hall has arrived on the BBC, the question isn’t “Have you read it?” but … Read More