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  • Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
    Review preview for Catherine Called Birdy

    There is a great deal to enjoy here in a fast paced, lively tale which highlights the hypocrisy of its characters without demeaning them, and which is full of heart.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A 14-year-old girl in Medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.
  • City Of Tiny Lights (2016)
    Review preview for City Of Tiny Lights

    Not a satire on the aspirations, colonial hangovers and intuitive racism of the Asian community in England's fraught and fractured land, but a detective story cluttered with high school nostalgia.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Crime thriller sees a PI from the Pakistani community of London's dark lands become embroiled in a missing person case.
  • Doctor Who: Series One (2005)
    Review preview for Doctor Who: Series One

    Yes, it’s flawed and a bit daft at times, but for transforming a show that virtually nobody thought was worth bringing back into impressive Saturday night TV, Davies deserves all the back-patting he gets.

    Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
    Russell T Davies' resurrection of the time traveller.
  • Doctor Who: Series Two (2006)
    Review preview for Doctor Who: Series Two

    Tennant’s Doc is less haunted by past events than his predecessor and more of an infectious enthusiast, but there’s no doubting the gobby Scot is very, very likeable.

    Stephen Carty · 3 out of 5
    Torchwood, Cybermen and Madame De Pompadour - oh, my! And Peter Kay running around in a fat suit.
  • Elsinore (2026)
    Review preview for Elsinore

    Scott’s beacon of light is swallowed up by Stone and Beresford’s heavy-handedness.

    Paul Risker · 3 out of 5
    Account of Ian Charleson’s life, capturing the moment when he faced his own mortality as he prepared to play Hamlet at the Royal National Theatre.
  • Eternal Beauty (2019)
    Review preview for Eternal Beauty

    There's a volatility and a sweetness at play in what is, at heart, a character study and writer/director Craig Roberts strikes an impressive balance of mood.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A schizophrenic woman finds things change when she embarks on a romance with a failed musician.
  • Two For Joy (2018)
    Review preview for Two For Joy

    Ramsey is likely to emerge as one of the standout talents of her generation.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A family struggling with bereavement try to find solace on a caravan holiday.

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