The Pembrokeshire Murders TV Review: A true crime mini series about two unsolved double murders from the 1980s. In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins (Luke Evans) decided to reopen both cases. Employing pioneering forensic methods, Wilkins and his handpicked team found microscopic DNA and fibres that potentially linked the murders to a string […]
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The Summer Seaside Kitchen Book Review: Flora is definitely, absolutely sure that escaping from the quiet Scottish island where she grew up to the noise and hustle of the big city was the right choice. What was there for her on Mure? It’s a place where everyone has known her all her life, and no […]
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The Durrells TV Review: The tv series is about a family’s adventures on a gorgeous Greek island when they uproot from their English home in the hope of a better life. Impoverished but sparky widow Louisa Durrell (Keeley Hawes) make the radical decision to seek out a new destiny for her family when she relocates […]
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Whitechapel TV Review: The streets of London’s East End are awash with blood. A murderer stalks the night, picking off vulnerable women and leaving them brutally butchered. For fast-tracked, media savvy DI Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones) it’s his first big murder case; for front-line, hard-bitten DS Miles (Phil Davis), he’s now saddled with a boss who […]
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Inside No. 9 TV Review: An anthology of tales of the genuinely unexpected, all involving the number 9. What really goes on behind closed doors? From the creators of The League of Gentleman and Psychoville. Where to watch – Click here -> Amazon 8/10 An enjoyable anthology series starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. […]
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Top of the Lake TV Review: Detective Robin Griffin (Elisabeth Moss) looks into the attempted suicide and then disappearance of a pregnant 12 year old in New Zealand. Where to watch – Click here -> Amazon & Netflix 8/10 The acting is good from the young cast and Elisabeth Moss. Also some of the […]
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Sherlock TV Review: John Watson (Martin Freeman): doctor, soldier, war hero, lost soul. Fresh from fighting the war in Afghanistan, a chance encounter brings him into the world of Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch): loner, detective, genius. A woman in pink lies murdered in an abandoned house. The fifth victim of a seemingly motiveless killer. Inspector […]
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Sealed With A Kiss Book Review: Kate is dumped on her best friend’s wedding day by her boyfriend, Ian. She’s mostly cross because he got in first until she remembers she’s now homeless as well as jobless. Rather than move back home to her ultra-bossy mother, Kate takes a job on the remote Scottish island […]
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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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