The British television serial about the final days of the British Raj in India during World War II, The Jewel In The Crown, first aired in the UK 1984. It’s hard to believe that 31 years have passed since this...
Category - Television
Ash Revell
“Anno 1790” – DVD review
It is the Age of Enlightenment, even in monarchy-bound Sweden, and the police force there is essentially honest, but hemmed-in by royal connections. But the new district police commissioner in Stockholm, just back from...
“The Johnny Worricker Trilogy” – DVD review
Critically acclaimed English playwright, screenwriter and theatre & film director Sir David Hare has also written extensively for television. His sensational trilogy about ex-spy Johnny Worricker (starring the...
“Spiral (aka Engregages)” – DVD review
The fourth season of Spiral (aka Engregages) – a remarkable French television cop and legal drama set in Paris – is as superbly plot-heavy and character-sized as the previous three. The writing, direction, videography...
“The Almighty Johnsons” – DVD review
The Almighty Johnsons is an entertaining, if preposterous, New Zealand-produced TV series (it lasted three seasons) that is skewed towards the young and impressionable. Expect a lot of frank sexuality, nudity, swearing...
