Tag Archives: Paul Kennedy

House Of The Dragon. Series Two. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, Ewan Mitchell, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Glynn-Carney, Fabian Frankel, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Sonya Mizuno, Matthew Needham, Jefferson Hall, kurt Egyiawan, Eve Best, Paddy Considine, Paul Kennedy, Phil Daniels, Harry Collett, Max Wrottesley, Bethany Antonia, Anthony Flanagan, Phia Saban, Phoebe Campbell, Nicholas Jones, Vincent Regan, Freddie Fox.

It’s never what was is in the presentation, it is always what is excluded that leaves the viewer, the expectant fan aghast at the omission of what could have been, and the counter narrative that suggests a different conclusion to those paid, employed to deliver the freedom of the story in the best way they see fit.

House Of The Dragon. Series Two. Television Review. full post

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

Miss Scarlet And The Duke. Series 4. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Evan McCabe, Cathy Belton, Simon Ludders, Felix Scott, Paul Bazely, Tim Chipping, Stephen Boxer, Tim Downie, Matija Zivkovic, Florence Roberts, Lu Corfield, Igor Borojevic, Al Weaver, Rachel Dale, Ognjen Nikola Radulovic, Curtis Kantsa, Oliver Chris, Katherine Manners, Jonathan Rhodes, Laura Marcus, Antonio Scarpa, Ivan Tomic, Paul Kennedy, Matthew Steer, Alexandra Hannant.

Miss Scarlet And The Duke. Series 4. Television Review. full post

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

Death And Nightingales. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Matthew Rhys, Ann Skelly, Jamie Dornan, Valene Kane, Charlene McKenna, Martin McCann, Sean McGinley, Michael Smiley, Francis Magee, Des McAleer, Ciaran Flynn, Aoibheann Mullan, Paul Kennedy, Eugene O’Hare, Pip Torrens, Conor MacNeill, Frankie McCafferty.

Against the backdrop of the fight for radical Irish independence from Britain in the 19th Century, a story of corruption, betrayal and tragedy is neatly interwoven through a 24 hour period in the life of Beth Winters, a condensed down reflection of what was happening across the Irish Sea, the pride of individuality and freedom from what was arguably seen as a distant master, one who made all the rules but wanted to keep the people in chains, if not physically, then at least metaphorically.

Death And Nightingales. Television Review. full post

(422 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Come Home. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Paula Malcomson, Anthony Boyle, Brandon Brownlee, Darcy McNeeley, Lola Pettigrew, Kerri Quinn, Rhys Dunlop, Patrick O’Kane, Susan Ateh, Brid Brennan, Seainin Brennan, Joanne Crawford, Derbhie Crotty, Daryl Foster, Roisin Gallagher, Perveen Hussain, Grainne Keenan, Rory Keenan, Paul Kennedy, Edward MacLiam, Eleanor Methven, Clara Onyemere, Shashi Rami, Sean Sloan, Abe Smyth.

Come Home. Television Review. full post

(552 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Sean McGinley, Donal Gallery, Ryan Donaldson, Iara McGowan, Chris McCurry, Marcus Lamb, Jonny Holden, Andy Kellegher, Paul Kennedy.

The lies and propaganda that was used to call up millions of men during World War One never seems to be anything but staggering, almost contemptible and yet those millions took the call to arms against people they had never met in a battle to preserve the status quo; as each county in the United Kingdom offered up more and more men to the front line, so too did the sense of belonging and camaraderie take hold in the trenches.

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(394 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Wodehouse In Exile, Television Review. B.B.C.4.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Tim Pigott-Smith, Zoe Wanamaker, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Curran McKay, Simon Coury, Robert Cooper, Paul Ritter, Flora Montgomery, Paul Mallon, Niall Cusack, Kevin Trainor, Conor Grimes, Richard Dormer, Ian McElhinney, Paul Kennedy.

Wodehouse In Exile, Television Review. B.B.C.4. full post

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