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Inside No.9 "Tom and Gerri" (Spoilers!)

2/24/2014

by Helen Langdon

Last week, Reece Shearsmith warned us not to get too enamoured of the twist endings in Inside No 9. And then this week’s episode came with a sting in the tail, demanding two viewings just so you can watch it knowing what’s going on, rather than presuming you do.

Teen Wolf "Letharia Vulpina" (Spoilers!)

2/24/2014

by Hayley Charlesworth

Given the sterling work on last week’s episode, Riddled, it would have been difficult for Teen Wolf to follow up with something even better. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. Although Letharia Vulpina is still an enjoyable episode with lots of great elements, it suffers in comparison to the previous three efforts, at least until the final few minutes.

Have You Seen... Sleepy Hollow?

2/24/2014

by Verushka Byrow

Forget Johnny Depp, Sleepy Hollow brings Ichabod Crane and the Four Horsemen firmly into our modern world in this tightly written, fast-paced show. In 13 episodes the writers have weaved an intricate tale, involving historic figures and events, twisting them just enough to fit their needs here in this 21st century tale of good versus evil.

Have You Seen... Almost Human?

2/21/2014

by Verushka Byrow

Executive produced by JJ Abrams, and set in the year 2048, Almost Human is, at its core, a story about a futuristic odd couple – human and robot. John Kennex (Karl Urban) is a detective who has just woken from a coma when the show opens to find himself partnered with a Ken Doll of robots, an MX.

The Following "Reflections" (Spoilers!)

2/21/2014

by Robbie Jones

The only way is up for The Following right now as each episode is better than the last. This week was the best it’s been so far, and there’s still ten episodes left, so hopefully there’s a lot more in store.

Sherlock Week: 221Beeb

2/18/2014

by Jo Johnstone

Sherlock Holmes is indeed one of the most recognisable characters of the 21st Century. The work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is still being enjoyed today for its characters, its cases and its entertainment. When the BBC announced they were doing an updated version of the great detective set in modern day London, many were skeptical. Yet in the hands of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss the show has proved to be one of the best written and frequently watched things on the box.

But just why does Sherlock work in its modern day setting?

Sherlock Week: Jeremy Brett

2/18/2014

by Helen Langdon

One TV series tried more than any other to mark itself out as the quintessential Holmes adaptation. Airing from 1984 to 1994, the Granada series is definitely the most comprehensive, adapting 42 of the original stories. But it didn’t stop there in its quest for faithfulness; it’s one of the few majorly successful versions to be set in the correct time period, a sanitised vision of the late Victorian era. And on top of that, half of the shot compositions themselves are taken from the Sidney Paget illustrations that accompanied the original stories.

Sherlock Week: Peter Cushing

2/18/2014

by Helen Langdon

Long before Benedict Cumberbatch was a twinkle in anybody’s eye, the BBC was making a Sherlock Holmes series with a screen star who was no stranger to 221B Baker Street. Buying the rights to adapt at least five stories, the BBC had started their series in 1965. After the original BBC Holmes, Douglas Wilmer, declined to make another series, they went looking for a new Sherlock and eventually found him in Peter Cushing. He’d played Sherlock Holmes in 1959, in the Hammer adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, and was more than keen to play the role again.

Sherlock Week: Sherlock House

2/18/2014

by Helen Langdon

House is perhaps not the first Sherlock Holmes adaptation that springs to mind. After all, it’s not about an English detective fighting crime. But it’s still based on Sherlock Holmes, just an alternate universe version where Holmes is a maverick doctor who solves those (medical) cases no ordinary person can.

Sherlock Week: Elementary, my dear Watson

2/18/2014

by William John

When I first heard about Elementary, CBS' own modern day Sherlock Holmes crime drama, I was, to say the least, rather uninterested. Great, they're jumping on the band wagon and doing their own version... who cares? Then Lucy Liu was cast as JOAN Watson and my disinterest turned to disgust - How dare they cast Watson as a woman?! Despite my best interests, I sat down and watched the pilot whilst in America.

Oh how wrong I was!

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