UK TV review: Together

June 26, 2021 | James R

Dennis Kelly’s scathing pandemic two-hander is funny, tragic and resonant all at once.Read More

Together: James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan to star in BBC pandemic drama

May 16, 2021 | James R

James McAvoy (His Dark Materials) and Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) will star in Together, a new drama for BBC One.

Written by Dennis Kelly (Utopia, Pulling, The Third Day), the film is set in the UK from the first days of … Read More

Dennis Kelly adapts Iain M. Banks’ Consider Phlebas for Amazon

February 21, 2018 | James R

Amazon has acquired the global television rights to the Culture’s first novel, Consider Phlebas.

The famed space opera by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks features Banks’ fictional interstellar utopian society, the Culture. A kinetic, action-packed adventure on a huge … Read More

VOD film review: Black Sea

April 8, 2015 | James R

Director: Kevin Macdonald Cast: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn Certificate: 15 Watch Black Sea online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play

Last year year, it … Read More

Utopia wins International Emmy – despite Channel 4 turning down Christmas finale

November 25, 2014 | James R

Utopia won an International Emmy last night for Best Drama, just after it emerged that Channel 4 had turned down the offer to make a Christmas finale.

The series, written by Dennis Kelly, is without a doubt one of the … Read More

UK TV review: Utopia Season 2, Episode 1

July 14, 2014 | James R

This contains spoilers for Season 1 of Utopia. Not caught up? See our spoiler-free review here.

How do you follow the first season of a conspiracy thriller?

That’s the problem facing Dennis Kelly. Season 1 decoded Utopia’s central puzzle: it … Read More

Utopia Season 1: Shockingly original TV

July 13, 2014 | James R

This is a spoiler-free review of Utopia Season 1. Already seen it? Read on at the bottom for additional spoilery notes – or read our review of Season 2 here.

“It’s a graphic novel. It’s about a scientist who makes … Read More