TV
The Bob’s Burgers Movie Review: Amusing, If Not Hilarious
★★★☆☆
The Bob's Burgers Movie is definitely more for the fans of the TV show, but there's plenty here to enjoy for everyone.
Derry Girls – Peace, Out
Derry Girls, the much loved comedy series, has now come to an end. Sarah Kennedy takes a look at the emotional goodbye.
Actually, Bisexuality Is Thriving On TV
Bisexuality is famously difficult to portray, but it seems that 2022 is the year of the bisexuals. At least on TV.
First Look At Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson in This England
The actor dons fake hair and some uncanny prosthetics to portray the prime minister in the new series which covers the disastrous times of Covid-19 and Brexit.
Work On Black Mirror Season 6 Underway At Netflix
Three years after Season 5, Variety reports that a new series of Netflix’s dystopian hit Black Mirror is in the works.
The Essex Serpent: Ambitious, Beautiful, if Slow and Stately
It’s a known fact that gothic tales are meant for winter nights. AppleTV begs to differ with their new offering.
Behind The Gnarliness of Conversations with Friends
We chatted to lead actress Alison Oliver and the production team behind the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends.
Conversations With Friends Review: Morally Ambiguous But Empathetic Adaptation
★★★★☆
Team Normal People are here to break your heart again with an adaptation of Sally Rooney’s first novel, Conversations with Friends.
BAFTA TV Awards 2022: The Full List of Winners
The 2022 BAFTA TV Awards have been revealed with Big Zuu and the BBC prison drama Time being among the big winners at the ceremony held in Royal Festival Hall.
Matthew Graham Confirms Life on Mars Sequel Script is Finished
Creator Matthew Graham took to social media to tease the new sequel to the cult favourite series, starring John Simm.
7 TV Shows You Might Have Missed in April 2022
Looking for some television to catch up on? Sarah Kennedy rounds up the best TV shows you might have missed from April 2022.
The Staircase Review: Intriguing Exploration of Truth
★★★★☆
Led by an excellent Colin Firth, The Staircase is telly at its best. It’s addictive, intriguing and never less than gripping.
Stranger Things Is Heading To London Next Week
You can sort of take part in an episode of Stranger Things from next week - and there's unlimited time for shopping!
James Corden To Exit The Late Late Show Next Year
James Corden has hosted the popular late night talk show since 2015, but it’s time for him to move on, it seems.
Streaming Services To Face Tighter Regulations In The UK
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ among other streaming services will face new regulations by Ofcom.
ITV Removes a Homophobic Joke from Spider-Man
Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man makes a homophobic joke about another man’s wrestling costume and ITV wanted nothing to do with the line.
Downton Abbey: A New Era Review: Fails To Justify Its Existence
★★☆☆☆
It's worth saying right off the bat that, if you love Downton Abbey, then its latest film outing is exactly what you want it to be.
Spin-offs: Will you be watching?
From the upcoming Game of Thrones reboot, to new Peaky Blinders while the original corpse is still warm, the spin-offs keep getting spun out. They'll need to be able to stand alone, however, Sarah Kennedy writes.
Marc Quinn
Contemporary artist and visionary Marc Quinn has, quite literally, shed blood for his art. Perhaps his most well-known work, Self, creates a cast of his head with ten pints of his own blood, and is remade every five years. Discussing his entrance into the world of art, permanence and impermanence in his work, and his interest in how ‘art makes itself’, Quinn looks over the years 1981-91 for our ‘Decades’ series.
