Category Archives: Television

TV REVIEW: Ray Winstone in ‘All In the Game’

Posted on May 11, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Ray Winstone at full throttle is like a force of nature and he’s firing on all cylinders as a passionate but corrupt English Premier League soccer manager in the scalding sports drama ‘All In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'All in the Game', Danny Dyer, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Roy Marsden, Tony Grounds | Comments Off

TV REVIEW: Sean Bean in ‘Sharpe’s Challenge’

Posted on April 23, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Bernard Cornwell’s terrific creation Richard Sharpe, loyal soldier in the battles of the Duke of Wellington, hasn’t been seen in anything new on British television for eight years but he returns in great form Sunday … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'Sharpe's Challenge', Bernard Cornwell, Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser, ITV, Malcolm Craddock, Padma Lakshmi, Sean Bean, Toby Stephens, Tom Clegg | Comments Off

TV REVIEW: Jimmy McGovern’s ‘The Street’

Posted on April 12, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Marital strife fierce and unsettling comes flying in the opening scene of the first episode of Jimmy McGovern’s new BBC series “The Street,” and it sets the tone for a show that brings fresh imagination … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'The Street', BBC1, Christine Bottomley, Daniel Ryan, ITV Productions, Jane Horrocks, Jim Broadbent, Jimmy McGovern, Lee Ingleby, Liz White, Neil Dudgeon, Shaun Dooley, Timothy Spall | Comments Off

TV REVIEW: Tom Hardy, Kelly Reilly in ‘A for Andromeda’

Posted on March 27, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – ‘A for Andromeda’ is a tidy little science fiction picture starring Tom Hardy and Kelly Reilly (above) with a reach well within its grasp that is likely to please both sci-fi fans and those who … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'A for Andromeda', Jane Asher, Kelly Reilly, Nina Humphreys, Richard Fell, Tom Hardy | Comments Off

TV REVIEW: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt in ‘Gideon’s Daughter’

Posted on March 23, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – No one does preoccupied better than Bill Nighy and playing to his strength as a serenely detached public relations guru just about saves writer/director Stephen Poliakoff’s ponderous story of family alienation, “Gideon’s Daughter.” The film … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'Gideon's Daughter', BBC, BBC America, Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Miranda Richardson, Robert Lindsay, Ronny Ancona, Stephen Poliakoff, Tom Hardy | Comments Off

TV REVIEW: John Simm, Philip Glenister in ‘Life on Mars’

Posted on January 9, 2006 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Taking its title from the David Bowie song, the BBC’s intriguing new sci-fi police series “Life on Mars” pitches a sophisticated 21st century police detective back 30 years to a time when policing relied on … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'Life on Mars', BBC1, John Simm, Kudos, Liz White, Philip Glenister | Comments Off

TV REVIEW: Thomas Hardy’s ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’

Posted on December 20, 2005 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – ITV’s screen adaptation of “Under the Greenwood Tree” misses the point of Thomas Hardy’s slim but evocative novel by a country mile so that if it was a bland and predictable rural English tale they … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'Under the Greenwood Tree', Ben Miles, Ecosse Films, ITV1, James Murray, Keeley Hawes, Steve Pemberton, Thomas Hardy | Comments Off

Mark Hollis, Stevie Winwood win BMI London honours

Posted on November 30, 2005 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Mark Hollis’s “It’s My Life”, recorded originally by the band Talk Talk in the 1980s and a recent hit for No Doubt, was named song of the year at the Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) 2005 … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, News, Television | Tagged 'It's My Life', BMI, Del Bryant, Elton John, Mark Hollis, Phil Graham, Sarah Leber, Stevie Winwood, Sting, Talk Talk, Universal Music Publishing | 1 Comment

TV REVIEW: ‘Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Body in the Library’

Posted on December 7, 2004 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – One of the great legacies of the Agatha Christie mystery canon is the rich vein of weird and wonderful characters she left for Britain’s vast array of character actors to mine. The new film series … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Comments Off

TV REVIEW: ‘Sex Traffic’

Posted on October 12, 2004 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – The men who trade in women that are bought and sold into prostitution have a simple way to distract the police when they ship them between countries. They throw one of them overboard. When the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged 'Sex Traffic', Abi Morgan, Anamaria Marinca, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 4, David Yates, John Simm, Len Cariou, Luke Kirby, Maria Popistasu, Wendy Crewson | Comments Off