Tag Archives: Laura Elphinstone

Grace: Want You Dead. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: John Simm, Richie Campbell, Craig Parkinson, Laura Elphinstone, Brad Morrison, Zoë Tapper, Scott Handy, Brendan Patricks, Rebecca Scroggs, Clare Calbraith, Sam Hoare, Jake Needs, Renny Krupinski, Carolina Valdes, Ray Emmet Brown, Jessica Hayles, Wendy Albiston, Nicky Goldie, Alan Wilyman, Lydia Danistan, Niall Greig Fulton, Ben Crowe, Baker Mukasa, Oisin Stack, Jan Le.

Murder can be straightforward, its often black and white, occasionally grey lines will blur within, but it always frank, sincere, almost uncomplicated; it is the action of emotions, but always without the desire to hide the reason when the culprit is identified; and whilst the response, the detection and the puzzle solved is shrouded in misdirection and distraction, murder is relatively easy to commit.

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(480 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Grace: Dead Man’s Time. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: John Simm, Richie Campbell, Robert Glenister, Craig Parkinson, Laura Elphinstone, Zoë Tapper, Clare Calbraith, Carolyn Pickles, Kem Hassan, Laura Aikman, Jennifer Macbeth, Ash Hunter, Miranda Heath, Brad Morrison, Neil Hobbs, Niall Greig Fulton, Alan Mahon, Jonny Magnanti, Sarah Leigh, Jensen Clayden, Alan Mooney, Bleu Landau, Phoebe Mulhall, Michelle Connolly, Rebecca Scroggs, Jessica Ellerby, Maria Crittell, Gordon Kennedy, Grant Burgin, Alan Turkington, David Sterne, Sam Hoare, Caroline Valdés, Henry Miller.

Grace: Dead Man’s Time. Television Drama Review. full post

(504 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Grace: Dead Like You. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: John Simm, Zoë Tapper, Craig Parkinson, Richie Campbell, Laura Elphinstone, Brad Morrison, Clare Calbraith, Boni Adeliyi, Andy Apollo, Rakie Ayola, Lizzie Back, Steve Broad, Joanna Brookes, Eliot Cable, Charlotte Christof, Alexander Cobb, Darcy Collins, Thomas Coombes, Rai Endah, Heather Ann Foster, Ernest Gromov, Darragh Hand, Robert Hands, Molly Harris, Jo Herbert, Sam Hoare, Rob Jarvis, Claudia Jolly, Max Krupski, Kiera Lester, Sibylla Meienberg, Henry Miller, Luke Norris, Jack Pierce, Tyler-Jo Richardson, Rebecca Scoggs, Nicholas Tizzard, Ben Wiggins, Charlotte Workman, Jay Oliver Yip.

Grace: Dead Like You. Television Drama Review. full post

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

Grace: Dead Tomorrow. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: John Simm, Rakie Ayola, Brad Morrison, Laura Elphinstone, Craig Parkinson, Zoë Tapper, Clare Calbraith, Seham Aar, Shamail Ali, Faith Alabi, Ellis George, Daniel Adegboyega, Richie Campbell, Lucy Phelps, Lu Corfield, Alec Newman, Joséphine de La Baume, Amina Koroma, Jayne McKenna, Antony Byrne, Carolina Valdés, Stephen Boxer, Rebecca Scroggs, Ernest Kingsley Junior.

The harvesting of human organs for profit is an abhorrence, to kill for the body piece is to desecrate the bond that civility and humanity insists upon.

Grace: Dead Tomorrow. Television Review. full post

(526 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Grace: Looking Dead Good. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: John Simm, Amit Shah, Christina Chong, Craig Parkinson, James Tarpey, Kristy Philipps, Richie Campbell, Michael D. Xavier, Mitchell Hunt, Alex Price, Cassie Clare, Rakie Ayola, Owen Roberts, Sidney Kean, Sally Edwards, Laura Elphinstone, William Andrews, Brad Morrison, Henry Miller, Callum Coates, Steven Elder, Darren Tighe, Matt Barkley, Boo Golding, Lauren O’Neil, Nicholas Khan, Adrian Rawlings, Louis Boyer, Austin Hardiman, Robyn Ashwood, Katie Brayben, James Barriscale.

Grace: Looking Dead Good. Television Review. full post

(503 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Grace: Dead Man’s Footsteps. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: John Simm, Craig Parkinson, James D’Arcy, Zoë Tapper, Richie Campbell, Laura Elphinstone, Brad Morrison, Rakie Ayola, Dave Lynn, Katie Clarkson-Hill, Caolina Valdés, Margot Leicester, Michael Bertenshaw, Jake Fairbrother, Alexander Cobb, Clare Calbraith, Steven Hartley, Elizabeth Rider, Brian Pettifer, Amy Conachan, Nick Warnford.

Grace: Dead Man’s Footsteps. Television Review. full post

(464 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Grace: Dead Simple. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: John Simm, Rakie Ayola, Alisha Bailey, Richie Campbell, Alexander Cobb, Tom Weston-Jones, Silas Carson, Matt Wakeford, Maggie O’Neill, Adrian Rawlins, Matt Stokoe, Charlie Suff, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Cian Binchy, Catherine Bailey, Tiana Khan, Brad Morrison, Laura Elphinstone, Amaka Okafor, Vinny Dhillon, Natasha Joseph, Tim Treloar, Rebecca Scroggs, Diarmaid Murtagh.

Dead Simple, life certainly isn’t; especially when there is money and power involved.

Based on the novels by Peter James, Grace is the latest detective offering by ITV to give insight to the viewers of how police investigations often need a maverick to take risks when it comes to closing a particularly distressing murder or a case that baffles the sense of order.

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(491 words, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

Peter And Wendy, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Stanley Tucci, Laura Fraser, Paloma Faith, Zak Sutcliffe, Hazel Doupe, Rasmus Hardiker, Maurice Cole, Asim Chaudhey, Bjarne Henriksen, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Natifa Mai,Patrick Williams, Stephen Agnew, Laura Elphinstone.

The Christmas schedule is such that it falls deeply into the realms of asking the viewer to remember others and the tireless work they do, it is a noble act but one in which many will find themselves just having on in the background in between munching on the last mince pie or playing a game with the children.

Peter And Wendy, Television Review. full post

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