Previews
Horses for Courses
Things can only get better for Dustin Hoffman, as in episode one he’s clearly the least frightening gangster since Fat Sam in Bugsy Malone. His character in Marathon Man was more intimidating than Chester Bernstein. Chester Tate from Soap was a darker character.
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The Flying Pie
Depending on the outcome, these type of unusual commissions could be seen as either a justified desire to let exciting artists follow their instincts, or a shameless way of keeping the talent sweet by supporting a vanity project which might just lead to a series.
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Don't Make a Drama Out of a Crisis
Frances Barber as Diana Vreeland is indistinguishable from her role as Madame Kovarian in Doctor Who
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Do Not Resuscitate
There was a time not so long ago where many people would react to the prospect of a certain type of Channel 4/E4 programme with horror, a knee-jerk reaction predicated on the notion that it was bound to be moronic, aimed at undiscerning people in their 20s and made entirely by “we’re so good at telly” media monsters.
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The Time of Big Lean Brodie
From its description, Case Histories could be mistaken for just another of the seemingly endless parade of Sunday night crime series that do so much to make modern life rubbish. It features a troubled former policeman working as a private detective in picturesque Edinburgh and charts the various investigations that come his way because of a weakness for women and waifs with hard-luck stories.
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