The Thorn Birds TV Review: In the sweeping backdrop of the Australian outback, Thorn Birds tells of the taboo romance between a beautiful woman, Meggie (Rachel Ward), and an ambitious priest, Ralph de Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain), whose dedication to the church is greater than his desire for young Meggie but barely. Spanning five decades, from […]
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Love and Marriage TV Review: The series follows a mother who retires from her job and sets out in search of a different way of life. Pauline Paradise (Alison Steadman) decides that she has had enough of her immediate family. This includes her self-contained husband Ken (Duncan Preston) and their demanding children and grandchildren. So […]
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Shakespeare & Hathaway TV Review: Private inspector Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton) always works alone. Only Frank isn’t doing so well. He might have a brilliant instinct when it comes to solving crime, but he’s also out of shape and low on cash. Frank needs a partner. Frank needs ex-hairdresser and people-person Lu (Jo Joyner). He […]
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Agatha Raisin TV Review: Agatha Raisin (Ashley Jensen), a PR whizz, retires to a sleepy Cotswold village of Carsely. Desperate to fit in and wanting the locals to accept her, she enters a local competition and somehow finds herself the prime murder suspect. In order to clear her name she launches her own investigation, recruiting […]
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Party of Five TV Review: The Salinger offspring are 24-year-old Charlie (Matthew Fox), high schoolers Bailey (Scott Wolf) and Julia (Neve Campbell), 11-year-old Claudia (Lacey Chabert), and baby Owen. They have to cope with the recent deaths of their parents in an automobile accident. They are now aware of the fragility of ordinary life and […]
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Dawson’s Creek TV Review: Dawson’s Creek chronicles a close group of friends’ passage from adolescence to adulthood in their small coastal town and a rapidly changing world. The first season marks the beginning of an unforgettable journey for Dawson (James Van Der Beek), Joey (Katie Holmes), Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and Jen (Michelle Williams) as they […]
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Foyle’s War TV Review: Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) longs to join the war effort. But he is left frustrated when his application for transfer doesn’t go through. To his surprise however, he finds the turmoil of conflict means his skills are in demand on the home front. As WW2 rages over Europe, […]
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Gilmore Girls TV Review: Welcome to quaint Stars Hollow, Connecticut. People often mistake Independence Inn’s manager, headstrong single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), and her equally willful teenage daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), for sisters. Lorelai and Rory cope with the same emotional ups and downs, including Lorelai’s overbearing, old-money parents (Edward Herrmann) and the joys […]
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Holden Matthews wakes up from a 12 year coma and discovers that he now has supernatural abilities. Soon they propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. Now that he is out of his coma, Holden wants to figure out what happened to him during the past dozen years and how to live in […]
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The Cylons have not been around for over 40 years since their last brush with humanity. But now they have come back with a vengeance, and are on a mission to wipe out their creators. Using their new technology, they start to disable human ships, kill their pilots and lay waste to the Twelve Colonies […]
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