Category Archives: Set your Sky+ for this
Lie To Me: How to spot a bank robber
I think I may have a new favourite programme. I can’t think how Lie To Me has escaped my attention so far, considering it stars Tim Roth, who is one of my all-time favourite actors, but I’m glad I’ve belatedly found it (I might have to hunt down DVDs of the first two series now as well). Continue reading
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Lustbox: The very versatile Steven Mackintosh
He’s not a very bulky bloke, but he has an amazing physicality – his characters are often at least a bit on the dark side, and he’s brilliant at understated menace and pent-up tension. He did a show-stopping turn in Prime Suspect 5, as Manc gangster The Street, all arrogant swagger and completely immoral. Continue reading
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Waterloo Road: look who’s the new headmaster!
No wonder he didn’t rush back to Maria’s bedside when she had her accident – he was busy retraining to become a teacher. Continue reading
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Set the Sky+: Richard Armitage in new Sky drama
Oh thrills! Not only do we have a new series of Spooks to look forward to in the autumn (just one more reason to love autumn), but there’s news today of another series for Richard Armitage. Continue reading
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I’ll be setting my Sky+ box for this…
Apparently he’s in The Wire (I’m one of the 6 people who’s never seen it), but I’ll always love Aidan Gillen for his star turn in Queer as Folk. And now he’s about to star in a new BBC2 drama called Freefall. Continue reading
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