The first episode of this three-part history focused exclusively on Norway, and was subtitled "The Dark Night of the Soul". What was exceedingly odd about the programme was its melodramatic pessimism, ...

In Normal, under the firm directorial hand of Billericay’s own Ben Wheatley, Odenkirk deftly extends his range a little further as Sheriff Ulysses Richardson. In a story Odenkirk penned with co-writer ...

Written by sketch comedy veterans the Dawson Bros. and real-life brothers Jimmy and Patrick Carr, and directed by Jim O'Hanlon, Fackham Hall is a surprisingly lavish affair, filmed in and around ...

It’s her son Michael (Paul Ready, pictured below with Johnston) who acquires a second-hand – or, if you will, “pre-loved” – droid at a bargain price (because that’s the kind of cheapskate guy he is).

This carefully crafted mosaic of forbidden love and organised crime is atmospheric, addictive and hugely bingeworthy. The plotting is meticulous, with each of the three series building inexorably to a ...

The Oxford Song Festival, now in its 26th year, continues to develop and build on its remarkable mission to bring stellar singers and pianists – and also both familiar and sometimes very obscure and ...

Anyway, From Darkness stars Anne-Marie Duff as Claire Church, a former Manchester police officer who became demoralised by her investigations of missing prostitutes back in the late Nineties, which ...

Mt Fuji is in the distance while in the foreground there’s a smaller, cone-shaped wave that, with its foaming spray, looks just like a watery version of the snow covered peak. This is deliberate, of ...

And therein lies something of a problem for any theatre adaptation, especially one in a small venue. It is of necessity going to be a chamber piece, not a cinematic drama. Translated to a small stage ...

As a combination, it was a bit of a strange brew. The opening one-two of “The Red Ground”, all bar room twang, and “Does It Ever Cross Your Mind?” getting a hoedown ready indicated a Nashville heart, ...

Will Sharpe plays Mozart with a blend of reckless self-indulgence, sexual promiscuity and child-like enthusiasm, even if he doesn’t stretch to the manic extremes of Tom Hulce’s performance in Milos ...

Joan Sutherland in 1975: Opera gave her a glamour and status she had never imagined having Her Mad Scene had an escapist quality that I don’t remember anyone else equalling for me - the way she chased ...