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Posted in BAFTA Television Awards Film & TV awards Last Tango in Halifax Line of Duty Mum Phoebe Waller-Bridge The Crown The Hollow Crown TV

2017 British Academy Television Awards nominations

Best Actor Adeel Akhtar – Murdered by My Father as Shahzad (BBC Three) Babou Ceesay – Damilola,…

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TV Review: Mum Series 1

“I feel as sad as the sisters of Lazarus” A number of the reviews of the first…

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TV Review: Mum, Episode 1

“Sorry if this isn’t the sort of thing to say at a funeral” In terms of the…

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Review: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bristol Old Vic

“One day I found I could no longer call my soul my own” There’s a lot of…

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2016 British Academy Television Awards nominations

Best Actor Idris Elba – Luther as DCI John Luther (BBC One) Stephen Graham – This Is…

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DVD Review: Romeo & Juliet (2013)

“For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo”  It takes…

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20 shows to look forward to in 2016

2016 is nearly upon and for once, I’ve hardly anything booked for the coming year and what…

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TV Review: River

“We’re all shattered underneath really, aren’t we” The second part of Nicola Walker’s cross-channel takeover of crime…

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Review: The Iliad Online, Almeida/Live-stream

“You can’t kill me I can’t ever die” After three weeks away, all my initial thoughts were…