The Salisbury Poisonings plays like one of those high-octane crime thrillers where you turn to your other half and say, “Well that would never happen”. Except, of course, it did happen, in March 2018, when Sergei Skripal – a former Russian intelligence officer who had worked as a double agent for the British – and hisContinue reading “The Salisbury Poisonings”
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My Brilliant Friend (S2)
SKY ATLANTIC My Brilliant Friend might just be the best TV series you’ve never heard of. Though critically lauded when it launched in 2018, HBO’s adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s 10-million-selling ‘Neaopolitan’ novels didn’t quite have the cut-through of a Chernobyl or Succession. That’s possibly because it’s in a foreign language, but might equally be because, unusually for a TV blockbuster,Continue reading “My Brilliant Friend (S2)”
Alex Rider
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO Having lost the distribution rights to the James Bond films a couple of years ago, Sony must be rubbing their hands at the 007-shaped hole that’s suddenly opened up in the schedules – especially when they’ve got their own superspy replacement already revved up on the starting grid. Of course, Alex RiderContinue reading “Alex Rider”
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