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Dickensian–A Twist on Sherlock Holmes?

Written by Diana Paul on December 14, 2025. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on Dickensian–A Twist on Sherlock Holmes?

Dickensian is a 2016 BBC historical drama mini-series that borrows from several of Charles Dickens’ novels to present his characters’ personalities in a murder mystery, Sherlock Holmes style. The creator, Tony Jordan, repositions some of the most well-known characters from The Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great...

Doctor Foster–”Fatal Attraction” or, A Woman Scorned

Written by Diana Paul on October 5, 2025. Posted in Television reviews. 1 Comment on Doctor Foster–”Fatal Attraction” or, A Woman Scorned

Doctor Foster (season 1) opens with a loving scene of husband and wife enjoying a routine morning with their teenage son, Tom (Tom Taylor). Seems like the perfect life… until it isn’t. A trusted GP in London, Dr. Gemma Foster (Suranne Jones of “Hostage”) starts to wonder why her husband, Simon (Bertie Carvel), a real-estate...

Code of Silence– Read My Lips

Written by Diana Paul on September 1, 2025. Posted in Television reviews.

Alison Brooks (Rose Ayling-Ellis) is a low-paid cafeteria worker in the London police station. One day Detective Sergeant Ashleigh Francis ( Charlotte Ritchie) watches Alison’s remarkable lip reading skills watching two police officers talk about their impending divorce in the cafeteria. Perhaps she could help in...

I, Jack Wright– ”Succession” British-style?

Written by Diana Paul on June 16, 2025. Posted in Television reviews, Travel (Domestic).

This Netflix six-episode British thriller I, Jack Wright (2025) unravels a highly dysfunctional family’s secrets and betrayals. Each member of a multi-millionaire’s overly privileged family has motivation to murder the aging septuagenarian patriarch and business tycoon, Jack Wright (Trevor Eve), found dead in the opening scene. ...

Tag: BritBox

Dickensian–A Twist on Sherlock Holmes?

Doctor Foster–”Fatal Attraction” or, A Woman Scorned

Code of Silence– Read My Lips

I, Jack Wright– ”Succession” British-style?

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