TV: Repeat as unnecessary
Published: December 20, 2016
Written by Les Hull
Walliams and Friend BBC 1 I’ve commented before on the repetitive nature of the sketch show in modern times; how with the advent of programmes like The Fast Show, we …
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TV: Poliakoff’s dramatic dilemmas
Published: December 3, 2016
Written by Les Hull
Close to the Enemy BBC 2 I am not all that familiar with the work of writer and director Stephen Poliakoff. I know the BBC tends to trumpet his offerings …
TV: Extraordinary and truthful
Published: November 18, 2016
Written by Les Hull
Ordinary Lies ITV 1 To come up with six 30-minute episodes in the space of a year is probably about par for the course in television; it is what one …
TV: Telekinetic teen terror
Published: November 4, 2016
Written by Les Hull
Him ITV 1 As a newcomer to the “frightening teenager” story – I’ve never seen the film Carrie – Paula Milne’s three-part drama Him is engrossing. A young man (the …
TV: Talk about things you’d like to do
Published: October 25, 2016
Written by Les Hull
The Graham Norton Show BBC 1 The talk show is a curious television phenomenon. As Graham Norton settles in for his latest autumn run, it prompts childhood memories of what …
TV: Ripping yarns return with a prime cut
Published: October 11, 2016
Written by Les Hull
Ripper Street BBC 1 Ripper Street is back on mainstream television. Amazon Prime now commissions it and has the first run of each new season, but the show has …
Playing a Blinder
Published: May 28, 2016
Written by Les Hull
Peaking Blinders BBC 2
Two different families, their trials and tribulations
Published: April 30, 2016
Written by Les Hull
The Durrells ITV 1 The A Word BBC 1
Simpson on the stand
Published: April 1, 2016
Written by Les Hull
The People v OJ Simpson BBC 2
Matters of life, death, voyeurism
Published: March 18, 2016
Written by Les Hull
The BBC is guilty of sensation-seeking with a much-hyped documentary series, suggests Les Hull
A brilliant return – but a grumble about the mumble
Published: March 4, 2016
Written by Les Hull
Happy Valley BBC 1
Sketched to suit
Published: February 6, 2016
Written by Les Hull
Tracey Ullman’s Show BBC 1 The Voice BBC 1
Home Guard gold
Published: January 9, 2016
Written by Les Hull
We’re Doomed: The Dad’s Army Story BBC 2 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride BBC 1 Catherine Tate’s Nan BBC 1
Cornwell’s kingdom
Published: December 5, 2015
Written by Les Hull
The Last Kingdom BBC 2
Time and time again
Published: November 7, 2015
Written by Les Hull
Doctor Who BBC 1
Comedy contrasts
Published: October 10, 2015
Written by Les Hull
Cradle To Grave BBC 2 Boy Meets Girl BBC 2
Farewell tricksters
Published: September 12, 2015
Written by Les Hull
New Tricks BBC 1
Nordic war stories
Published: July 25, 2015
Written by Les Hull
The Saboteurs More 4
The spice of life
Published: July 2, 2015
Written by Les Hull
Les Hull looks at TV variety and the new series of Lottery-winners drama The Syndicate.
Explosive comedy
Published: May 30, 2015
Written by Les Hull
The Big Bang Theory E4
Revealed, concealed
Published: May 2, 2015
Written by Les Hull
Code of a Killer ITV1 Safe House ITV 1
Upstairs, Downton, masters and servants
Published: April 21, 2015
Written by Les Hull
Comedy can sometimes tell a more truthful tale than drama, observes Les Hull
Return of Georgians
Published: April 4, 2015
Written by Les Hull
Banished BBC 2 Poldark BBC 1