Posts Tagged ‘British Television’
Shaun the Sheep: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Cracking Collection of Agricultural Mayhem
Just in time for the holidays, Shout! Factory has released a new Blu-ray box set of the entire series of the beloved animated show, Shaun the Sheep.
Read MoreSpace: 1999: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Ahead of Its Time in More Ways Than One
Watching the episodes now, I appreciate the science fiction and find that the series does hold up.
Read MoreBancroft: Season One DVD Review: Completely Bonkers
Sometimes you need to take a break from all the prestige television demanding your attention and watch something completely ridiculous.
Read MoreHumans 3.0 Blu-ray Review: Third Time Is the Charm
The third season succeeds by totally resetting the premise of the show for the better.
Read MoreHappy Valley: Season One DVD Review: Terrific Crime Drama from Across the Atlantic
Who says there’s nothing good on Netflix?
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Daleks (2015) DVD Review: Purchase It Just for the Tom Baker Story
BBC Entertainment releases a recent Daleks Greatest Hits but the real gem is a 1975 classic hidden on Disc 2.
Read MoreMidsomer Murders: Set 25 Blu-ray Review: Deadly Doings in Midsomer
The 25th Midsomer Murders set celebrates such events as the birth of Betty Barnaby, and the 100th episode of the series.
Read MoreLillies DVD Review: A Bittersweet Post-war Drama
With but one season in existence, Lillies makes a nice snack between larger television meals.
Read MoreLovejoy: Series 3 DVD Review: Is Lovejoy Looking for Love?
A great edition in the series, with lots of the usual fun that Ian McShane’s Lovejoy brings.
Read MoreAgatha Christie’s Poirot: Series 13 DVD Review: The Very End of Poirot
With these five movies David Suchet has now played the detective in every Poirot story Agatha Christie ever wrote.
Read MoreSilent Witness: The Complete Season One and Seventeen DVDs Review: Ch-ch-ch-changes
BBC Video releases the earliest and latest seasons of the long-running crime drama series.
Read MoreFather Brown: Season One DVD Review: Uninspired Priest Detective Series
Catholic priest detective isn’t particularly Catholic, nor much of a detective, in this BBC series.
Read MoreIn the Flesh: The Complete Season Two DVD Review: The Undead Return. Again.
Because who doesn’t long for a BBC drama that includes gay zombie love?
Read MoreDeath in Paradise: Season Two DVD Review: Conventional Murder Mysteries, Unconventional Setting
Second season of this tropical murder series flirts with interdepartmental romance but otherwise maintains staid formula.
Read MoreLine of Duty: Series 2 DVD Review: A Tired Genre Made Good
Series 2 doesn’t stray too far from the premise it set up in Series One, but that’s not a bad thing, not a bad thing at all.
Read MoreChiller: The Complete Television Series DVD Review: Not Worth Your Time
Mostly, it’s completely forgettable.
Read MoreMidsomer Murders: Village Case Files DVD Review: Probably the Greatest Current British Mystery Series
If you enjoy a good British mystery, here are 16 of them in a very reasonably-priced package.
Read MoreMapp & Lucia: The Complete Collection DVD Review: Slow and Delightful British Comedy
For those who enjoy jolly good British comedies and something a little more slow paced, this is a rare delight.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Moonbase DVD Review: An Important Release
The Second Doctor encounters the Cybermen for his first time but that’s not his only problem.
Read MoreMidsomer Murders: Set 23 DVD Review: Britain’s Finest Mystery Series
Midsomer Murders is as good as it gets for television mystery programs.
Read MoreThe Agatha Christie Hour: Complete Collection DVD Review: Agatha Christie’s Also-Rans
The Agatha Christie Hour adapted 10 short stories featuring lesser-known characters from Christie’s canon
Read MoreThe Lady Vanishes (2013) DVD Review: A Moody and Sensual Take on White’s Novel
The 90-minute movie passes quickly because the director is fully in charge of the elements and confidently knows the story inside and out.
Read MoreVera: Set 3 DVD Review: Great Scenery, Plenty of Murders
Vera: Set 3 is a well-made, well-drawn series that would make an excellent part of anyone’s mystery set.
Read MoreAgatha Christie’s The Queen of Crime Collection DVD Review: No Poirot, but Plenty of Madcap Amateur Sleuths in this Fun Set
These films should keep Christie and British mystery fans entertained, too.
Read MoreThe Paradise: Series One DVD Review: Love, Silk, and the Big Sell
A good-looking and sharp television series that features plenty of entanglements and goings-on.
Read MoreDoctor Who: Terror of the Zygons DVD Review: The Doctor and the Loch Ness Monster
A straight-up classic Tom Baker-era Who.
Read MorePoirot: Series 9 Blu-ray Review: Well-made Mysteries
A pretty grand thing when you get down to it.
Read MoreThe Secret of Crickley Hall DVD Review: Two Interesting Stories Marred by Their Own Connections
It’s good, but not nearly good enough.
Read MoreThe Doctor Prepares for War in “The Night of the Doctor”
This mini-episode presents an important bit of Who history.
Read MoreSilk: Series One DVD Review: A Capable British Courtroom Drama
A compact procedural that draws on the sorts of moral quandaries barristers find themselves in as part of the job.
Read MoreWaking the Dead: Season Eight DVD Review: Forensic Cop Show, Overwrought and Desperate
In its eighth season, Waking the Dead is a perfect example of a show that has outworn its welcome.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Complete Seventh Series DVD Review: Lots of Changes Make for a Less Than Steller Doctor
I liked the first half of Series 7 much more than the latter half.
Read MoreSinbad: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Harmless Fun on the Well-dressed Seas
It’s more reminiscent of Xena: Warrior Princess than any modern fare.
Read MoreBlandings: Series 1 DVD Review: The Great Wodehouse (Somewhat) Well Adapted
Blandings, adapted from the stories by P.G. Wodehouse, wonderfully performed, but deviates somewhat from Woderhouse’s innocent spirit.
Read MorePrime Suspect: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: An Excellent Series
Ought to be seen by anyone who is interested in what the medium can do and certainly is a must-see for all mystery fans.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Green Death: Special Edition DVD Review: Hello, Giant Maggots; Goodbye, Jo Grant
Katy Manning went out on a high note with The Green Death.
Read MoreDoctor Who: Spearhead From Space Blu-ray Review: New Doctor, New Everything Really
A great introduction to Pertwee’s Doctor.
Read MoreThe Thick of It: Seasons 1-4 DVD Review: More Than Just Creative Swearing
If nothing else, you will probably pick up a few new insults to hurl at people when the time comes.
Read MoreSmiley’s People Blu-ray Review: The Man with the Olden Gun
Alec Guinness is just so, so impressive in the role, offering a master class in both subtlety and directness as he contributes a reserved and yet passionately intelligent take on le Carre’s classic character.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Mind of Evil DVD Review: A Curiosity Piece
The Doctor and Jo battle the Master in a story that tells us more about the latter than the former.
Read MoreDoctor Who: Inferno: Special Edition DVD Review: Murdering Radioactive Mutants Unite!
Inferno is definitely one of the better ones, and with all of the extras, this package is a sweet one.
Read MoreDoctor Who: Series Seven, Part Two Blu-ray Review: The Doctor Returns with a New Companion and a New Attitude
This half of the seventh series is well done and the interaction between the two main characters adds a breath of fresh air to the franchise.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Snowmen Blu-ray Review: This Year The Doctor’s Christmas Gift Is a New Companion
It’s entertaining, but difficult to understand why it needed to be released separately from Series Seven, Part Two.
Read MoreGeorge Gently: Series 5 DVD Review: The Most Intriguing and Intense So Far
An excellent mystery/police drama, all set to the fascinating backdrop of England in 1968.
Read MoreGeorge Gently Collection: Series 1-4 DVD Review: A Hidden Treasure
The first four series of this British gem are now available in a box set.
Read MoreGeorge Gently: Series 5 Blu-ray Review: Murder Most Groovy
Standalone movie format makes latest series of ’60s-set British mystery show accessible to all viewers.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Visitation Special Edition Review: Rubber Reptiles and Disco Androids Bring the Plague
A visit to London with the Fifth Doctor and his companions.
Read MoreParade’s End (1964) DVD Review: A Very Impressive Period Drama
This miniseries remains as impressive a production as ever.
Read MoreSpies of Warsaw DVD Review: A Rare Misstep for the BBC
A distinctly average tale of espionage.
Read MoreThe Syndicate: Series 1 DVD Review: Mo Money Mo Problems
British TV import follows a group of five lottery winners from poverty to riches
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Reign of Terror DVD Review: Re-Animating the Doctor
The First Doctor lands the TARDIS in the middle of the French Revolution.
Read MoreMidsomer Murders: Set 21 DVD Review: The Fictional British County of Midsomer Is Beautiful and Deadly
Four new murder mysteries from the long-running English series.
Read MoreTV Review: Doctor Who: The Snowmen
This year’s Christmas episode has a disappointingly lame villain but an extremely effective setup for the Doctor’s newest companion.
Read MoreDoctor Who: Spearhead From Space (Special Edition) DVD Review: One of the Franchise’s Very Best
The introduction of the Third Doctor, in living color.
Read MoreTop Gear: The Complete Season 18 DVD Review: The Best Car Show in the World
The gang go to India, Italy, and the U.S.
Read MoreThe Code DVD Review: An Intriguing Educational Journey
Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy explores mathematical “codes” that appear in nature with such frequency that it is hard to believe they are truly random.
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