Summer’s not quite over yet (despite what the weather might think) but the first of the big Autumn shows goes into previews in the West End today. Ira Levin’s comic thriller Deathtrap is about an established playwright who hasn’t had a hit in far too long, and is seeing the money run out. When an [...]
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Everything has its time, and everything must die… but when I saw the promos for series four of Ugly Betty, which begins on E4 tonight, I was surprised as I’d forgotten we still had another series to go before it ended. I suspect I can’t be the only one, which is surely a sign of [...]
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Although its scheduling opposite Big Brother isn’t promising, new sitcom Roger and Val Have Just Got In still looks like it might be worth a watch (and there’s always the iPlayer, right?). Written by twin sisters Emma and Beth Kilcoyne (who also wrote BBC Three’s Dogtown), it stars Alfred Molina and Dawn French, which should [...]
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Tonight sees the third (and apparently final) series of Mistresses arrive on our screens. As with the previous two series, its arrival has been heralded with discussion of it being a ‘guilty pleasure’ – i.e. because it’s a bit daft and has four female leads, you can only like it in a somewhat shameful or [...]
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An idea hatched during Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ many Doctor Who-related train journeys to Cardiff, the two writers wondered why nobody had ever updated Sherlock Holmes to the present day. Well, someone sort of did, and it’s called House and is one of America’s biggest shows, but never mind that for now. Sherlock is [...]
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A apparently tonight’s series finale of Waterloo Road is only the last episode of series five, not the last episode for ever. This may come as some surprise, given the erratic scheduling of this series, which is usually a sign that a series is being given the push. After all, an unannounced mid-series break and [...]
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Possibly not the most obvious subject for a musical, this adaptation of Brad Fraser’s play is about two disturbed teenagers, one of whom thinks he’s a werewolf, who strike up a friendship in a mental institution. But you know, with jazz hands! (NB jazz hands may not be guaranteed.) Wolfboy: The Musical has been hovering [...]
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ITV dramas are always so full of promise, but rarely fulfil that promise. However, every once in a while one turns up that is really bloody good, and maybe Identity could be that one. A drama set in the world of identity fraud doesn’t sound all that thrilling, granted, but there’s a great cast, including [...]
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So that’s that then. The Pandorica opened and closed, trapping the Doctor within it. Rory’s an Auton, Amy’s dead, River and the TARDIS have gone boom, and all universes have ceased to exist. Bugger. Steven Moffat has said in interviews this week that tonight’s episode will simply be light music and a note of apology [...]
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