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... tortuous rela tionships rather than a tortuously contrived plot. What undermines it is the far too frequent lapses into sitcom speak, when authentic dialogue is sacrificed for a cheap gag or a feed line. An example: fortysomething heroine Harriet Walters, ...
... Your Hearts on the BBC Home Service. Then Paul Bown, as the hapless patrolman, and Philip Jackson as his eccentric Esperanto speaking inspector, nicely complemented each other in the principal roles. There were some amusing moments, too, like the AA patrolman's ...
... opted for blood red in every room of the castle. Holm reprised his notorious nude scene, but it was all over in a flash (so to speak) and I am unable to enter that particular debate, except to remind every one that there are no small parts in the theatre. ...
... novel, was thoroughly entertaining, although completely preposter ous. It seemed a bit strange that the Russian soldiers could speak to Harper in perfect English. But never mind, the action strung you along. Much of this could be attributed to Tompkinson, ...
... ludicrous. I feel embar rassed to be reviewing this sure-fire flop in the same week that I have agreed to be filmed by the BBC, speaking in defence of the British sitcom. In Jonathan Creek, Quentin is portrayed as slow and unattrac tive in comparison with the ...
... for me, Russell Harty, the gruff Yorkshireman thought which, from a gruff Yorkshireman, qualifies as frenzied adulation. Speak of Me As I Am (BBC2, Sunday, June 7, 10pm) was a fascinating documentary, from BBC Wales, about Paul Robeson, one of this century's ...
... one point I suffered the bizarre hallu cination of thinking that all her lines had been dubbed, although she was clearly speaking in her own voice. How she achieved this phenomenon is beyond me, but it has to be seen to be believed. But then, all the ...
... a harmless strip club inevitably extended into a global enterprise. And while the product remained the same package so to speak of pretty faces and rippling muscles, a bitter power struggle developed between Banerjee and his charismatic choreographer ...
... and abandoning them in the line of duty was stan dard behaviour for the lads in the Flying Squad, but this particular non-speaking artiste in the bed caught my attention. It couldn't be surely not God's teeth, it was true! Inspector Regan of The ...
... peculiar con cept. Its appeal lies in the hope that one of the guests will choke or, more likely with someone eat ing and speaking at the same time (very rude) spit a globule of rood across the table into Mel or Sue's face. It will happen one day, I'll ...
... was charac teristically sharp and occasionally hilarious. Of course, it does help to have such a seriously talented cast to speak your lines, but the show's strength was definitely in the script. Kiss Me Kate (BBC1) was also very promising and has deservedly ...