Last night’s opening episode of ITV’s three-part psychological thriller, Too Close, was criticised in some quarters for being clichéd. Psychologist meets dangerous and enigmatic patient and the two form an unlikely bond, both getting uncomfortably close until the case is solved. A moth to a flame scenario. And I could see it – Dr Emma…
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Lupin on Netflix: Streaming giant releases new trailer
Lupin on Netflix has captivated Netflix viewers with its fun heist storyline, and now the streaming giant has released a trailer for the second part of series one, out in the summer. Omar Sy will return for part two of the first series to play Assane Diop who uses the world-famous gentleman thief and master…
Line Of Duty series six: When is it on BBC One?
It’s the one many crime drama fans had been waiting for. BBC One has confirmed the transmission date for series six of Line Of Duty, and it’s sooner than you think. So mark that in your diaries – Sunday 21st March at 9pm on BBC One. In this new series, Kelly Macdonald guests stars as…
Channel 5 and Acorn TV announces new Sally Lindsay crime drama
Channel 5 and Acorn TV are joining up for a new French-set crime drama, The Reluctant Madame Blanc. The new six-part series follows Jean White (played by Sally Lindsay, who also co-wrote the series), a renowned and respected antiques dealer, running a successful business in leafy Cheshire with her husband, Rory. Jean learns that Rory…
REVIEW Spiral (S8 E3&4/10)
With Gilou still in the chokey, and Laure’s murder case going nowhere fast, this season hasn’t got off to a stellar start – can the Parisian po-po pull something out of their hats for this final season of Spiral? When last seen, Gilou was cosying up to killer Cisco, when he should have been thinking more…
REVIEW DNA (S1 E3&4/8)
Danish series DNA continued apace tonight, with two new episodes that really bedded in and provided some intense procedural thrills and spills. As we suspected at the end of episode two, in Poland Julia’s boyfriend Tadek was indeed killed in a motorcycle accident. Back in Copenhagen, there was chaos. It was established that items of…
BBC orders Jimmy McGovern prison drama with Sean Bean and Stephen Graham
Sean Bean and Stephen Graham are to reunite onscreen in a new prison drama from Jimmy McGovern for BBC One. Time is a three-part series and will be produced by BBC Studios Production. It begins filming in Liverpool this autumn. Seen through the eyes of two very different men, Time is described as “a visceral…
New Life On Mars series gets title
A few weeks ago we brought you news that the creators of Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes – Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah – had revealed that they were working on the third iteration of beloved supernatural-tinged procedural. During a live watch-along of Life On Mars, Graham issued a number of tweets that revealed…
Agatha Raisin renewed for a fourth series
There’s a flurry of activity circling around Acorn TV and Sky’s cosy crime drama, Agatha Raisin. The series, which stars Ashley Jensen as a high-flying London PR woman who relocates to a sleepy Cotswolds village, has been renewed for a fourth series. The British Comedy Guide quotes a Sky source, who says: “Series four is…
Vicky McClure to star in the new ITV thriller from Line Of Duty creator’s production company
Production for series six of Line Of Duty is well underway, but news reaches us that Jed Mercurio’s production company HTM Television has been greenlit by ITV to produce a new high-octane thriller. Counter terrorism policing and the terrifying work of the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad are the breath-taking backdrop for Trigger Point, starring…
Netflix releases first trailer for series two of Altered Carbon
Series one of Altered Carbon was an in an interesting addition to the crime drama genre, and mixed Blade Runner-style sci-fi with traditional noir. Based on the classic cyberpunk noir novel by Richard K. Morgan, the series is an intriguing story of murder, love, sex, and betrayal, set more than 300 years in the future. Society…
REVIEW: The Outsider (S1 E1&2/10)
Stephen King has had something of a television renaissance in recent years, after a somewhat middling patch of mini-series duds in the late 80s and early 90s (The Langoliers, anybody?). Hot on the heels of the critical success around Mr Mercedes comes The Outsider, another twisting tale of murder and mystery which kicks off with…
