Category Archives: TV

Vigil. Series Two. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Gary Lewis, Orla Russell, Dougray Scott, Romola Garai, Chris Jenks, Oscar Salem, Dominic Mafham, Nebras Jamali, Amir El-Masry, Steven Elder, Kim Allan, Rebecca Banatvala, Naomi Stirrat, Kamal Mustaffai, Anders Hayward, Armin Karima, Khalid Laith, Alastair Mackenzie, Martin Bell, Tania Rodrigues.

From death under water, to death from the skies, the second series of the initial smash hit Vigil once more hits the ground running as it pushes Detectives Amy Silva and Kirsten Longacre to the limit of their emotions and deductive powers as a routine demonstration of military hardwire suddenly turns into an horrendous murder scene and slaughter.

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(467 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: Time War 2. Big Finish Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Paul McGann, Rakhee Thakrar, Jaqueline Pearce, Nicholas Briggs, Guy Adams, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Anya Ayola, Jon Culshaw, Victor McGuire, Julia McKenzie, Tania Rodrigues, Amanda Root, Simon Slater.

The Time War rages on, and The Doctor, free of being pressed into Galactic Service as a recruit, still finds his freedom to help where he can, the reluctant warrior in a senseless never-ending war, curtailed by the machinations of the evil on both sides; be it the Daleks or the Timelords, the war between them is bringing destruction to a wider scope of existence…and at the very basis of life they both show how little they care for the innocent casualty, for the races that scream in horror as they are erased or slaughtered in the name of victory.

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(643 words, estimated 2:34 mins reading time)

Mayfair Witches. Televvision Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin, Hannah Alline, Beth Grant, Annabeth Gish, Ravi Naidu, Ian Hoch, Jen Richards, Suleka Mathew, Geraldine Singer, Charlayne Woodward, Emma Rose Smith, Dennis Boitsikaris, Madison Wolfe, Keyara Milliner, Deneen Tyler, Leslie Castay, Nadine Lewington, Melissa Chambers, Jay Thames, Erica Gimpel, Chris Coy, Tobias Jelinek, Cameron Inman, Joshua Mikel, Billy Slaughter.

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(598 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

The War Doctor Begins: Enemy Mine. Big Finish Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jonathan Carley, Ajjaz Awad, Paul McGann, Adèle Anderson, Nicholas Briggs, Tiegan Byrne, Beth Chamers, Louise Faulkner, Davi Monteith, Becky Wright.

Every beginning must lead to an end; a story after all, unlike a legend, must have the courage to understand that what lays ahead after the initial introductions must be resolute to revealing the finish, the culmination in what the hero or the villain has been leading to before they take the next step on in the universes’ great adventure.

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(660 words, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)

The Lovecraft Investigations: The Haunter Of The Dark. Audio Drama Series Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jana Carpenter, Barnaby Kay, Nicola Walker, Kate Isitt, Ben Crowe, Laura Gibson, Michael Maloney, Abigail Thaw, Rufus Wright, Catherine Kanter, Ferdinand Kingsley.

The period dominated by pandemic was without doubt a trial fuelled by exhaustion and fear, of the great unknown in terms of human life. In one corner conspiracy reigned, and in the other ignorance and apathy were kings of the internet, driven by horrific stories on both sides that would sit and dwell in the minds of the populace as if some terrifically upsetting and devious horror was about to unleash itself upon the cinema screen and all who watched would eventually succumb to nightmares.

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(573 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

The Lovecraft Investigations: The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Barnaby Kay, Jana Carpenter, Kyle Soller, Steven Mackintosh, Mark Bazeley, Samuel Barnett, Nicola Walker, Karla Crome, Jennifer Armour, Ferdinand Kingsley, David Calder, Walles Hamonde, Michael Maloney, Phoebe Fox.

One of the most interesting and intense dramas to have found its way to the listener’s appreciation of late is the adaption of H.P. Lovecraft’s dark and frequently disturbing tales that were set in and around his native New England. Julian Simpson’s superb reading and amendments to bring it to a more British viewpoint and understanding of how such a sense of enormity and mystery could begin and take hold in the country.

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(521 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: 2023 60th Anniversary Specials. The Star Beast/Wild Blue Yonder/ The Giggle Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Cast: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Neil Patrick Harris, Ncuti Gatwa, Bernard Cribbins, Jemma Redgrave, Bonnie Langford, John Mackay, Jacqueline King, Yasmin Finney, Karl Collins, Ruth Madeley, Miriam Margolyes, Indira Varma, Matt Green, Jamie Cho, Dara Lall, Ronak Patani, Ned Porteous, Archie Backhouse, John Hopkinson, Matt Green, Jamie Cho, Charlie de Melo, Alexander Devrient.

There have been fine speeches, tales of intrigue, moments of forgotten lore, and new ways to divide the fandom in the years since David Tennant looked into the camera lens and uttered the heartbreaking words, “I don’t want to go”.

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(570 words, estimated 2:17 mins reading time)

Shetland (Series Eight). Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Ashley Jensen, Alison O’Donnell, Steven Robertson, Jamie Sives,  Nina Tousaint-White, Dawn Steele, Phyllis Logan, Lorraine McIntosh, Maisie Norma Seaton, Natasha Cottriall, Joseph Thompson, Joe Bolland, Arnas Fedaravicius, Karl Collins, Don Gilet, Annie Louise Ross, Lewis Howden, Ian Bustard, Conor McCarry, Eubha Akilade, Tibu Fortes, Jakub Bednarcyyk, Barry O’Connor, Russ Bain, Neil Pendelton, Ross Allan, Gemma Laurie, Ian Dunnett Jnr, Simon Tait, Francesco Piacentini-Smith, Jo Cameron-Brown, Steven Miller, Sandy Grierson, Sean Brown, Kevan Mackenzie, Anne Kidd, Manjinder Virk. 

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(516 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

The Couple Next Door. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Sam Heughan, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jessica De Gouw, Alfred Enoch, Hugh Dennis, Kate Robbins, Joel Morris, Janine Duvitski, Ionna Kimbrook, Daniel Bell, Deirdre Mullins, Mark Frost, Andrew Woodall, Anastasia Hille, Katie-Clarkson-Hill, Noah Holdsworth, Stephanie Street, Clare Burt, Ellie Lucia Mcardle, James Doherty, Aimé Claeys, Ali Ariaie, Dario Coates, Paul Dunphy, Geoffrey Breton, Lauren Douglin, Teli Jalloh, James Burrows, Kate Anthony, Sarah Gallagher, Leila Mimmack, Robert Whitelock, Emma Moortgat, Henry Regan, Helene Maksoud, Elise van Lil, Jade Greyul, Andrew Sheridan, Rob Oldfield, Ace Bhatti.

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(500 words, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Dark Winds. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison, Elva Guerra, Natalie Benally, DezBaa’, Ryan Begay, Rainn Wilson, Nicholas Loga, Jeremiah Bitsui, A Martinez, Eugene Brave Rock, John Diehl, Noah Emmerich, Betty Ann Tsosie, Jonathan Adams, Amelia Rico, Rob Tepper, Julian Bonfiglio, Quenton Yazzie, Kate Bergeron, Julianne Frick, Sophie Jane Frick, Ryffin Phoenix, Stafford Douglas, Shawnee Pourier.

One of the greatest insults that we have by proxy of cinema and television delivered on the Native American people is that which in which generations passed looked upon the tribes as the perpetual bad guys of the western invader outlook.

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(448 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)