Tag Archives: Sara Powell

Dalgliesh: Cover Her Face. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Bertie Carvel, Allegra Marland, Sam Swainsbury, Parth Thakerar, Holly Castle, Ellora Torchia, Josie Walker, Soni Razdan, Jack Myers, Richard Doubleday, Oliver Woollford, Sara Powell, Allison Harding, Anne Bird, Andrew Tiernan, Alistair Brammer.

The country house murder, a staple of the detective writer’s handbook, no intriguing mind can resist, it seems setting at least one novel within the confines of the manor house and amongst the beating hearts of the rich and self-made and those that are required to serve them, are de rigueur for the armchair fans to tease out the insight to what makes the two classes mix with each other, despise one another, and ultimately it could be argued, protect one another when the time comes to draw forces against the police.

Midsomer Murders: Crime And Punishment. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Fiona Dolman, Nick Hendrix, James Atherton, Frances Barber, Neil Morrissey, Sam Troughton, Manjinder Virk, Philip Bird, Phoebe Campbell, Marty Cruikshank, Emilio Doorgasingh, Susan Fordham, Ty Hurley, Vicki Pepperdine, Sara Powell, Katy Cavanagh, Joe Sims, Clive Swift.

When those who watch become all powerful, is it any wonder that those under the microscope start to wreck a little havoc of their own, to tip the balance back in the favour of common sense rather than authoritarianism, the pettiness of the small minded that can lead to people in rural villages falling out with each other.