The Night Manager – episode 5
Many's the slip twixt the cup and the lip is the moral we can take from this week's gripping episode of The Night Manager.
The Night Manager – episode 6
The Night Manager reaches its thrilling finale but who will emerge intact after so many bodies along the way?
Royal Marines: Fighting in the Freezer
This BBC Newsbeat documentary follows the Royal Marines Mountain Leader Training Cadre as they school members of the US Marines in survival techniques and mountain and arctic warfare.
Stag: Episode 3
As we reach the bloody conclusion of the stag party from Hell, it is probably safe to say that no-one will guess who the killer is.
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Line of Duty
Jed Mercurio’s Line of Duty is one of the best dramas produced by the BBC in recent years and its welcome third season has proven to be as cold and complex as its predecessors. Last week’s opener focused on the complicity, and coercion into a lie, of a team of police firearms officers after their bullying sergeant, Danny Waldron (Daniel... [Read more of this review]
The Night Manager – episode 6
The Night Manager reached its thrilling denouement on Sunday night as the iniquitous business empire of illegal arms trader Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) came tumbling down. And yet, the episode started off so well for him. Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) is carpeted in front of a committee and has her operation shut down in the fallout of the failed arms... [Read more of this review]
The Night Manager – episode 5
Many’s the slip twixt the cup and the lip is the moral we can take from this week’s gripping episode of The Night Manager. Poor old Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) thinks she has finally nailed slippery arms dealer Richard Roper, after her man on the inside, Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddlestone), is able to leak details of a weapons cache heading... [Read more of this review]
Heston’s Dinner in Space
When British astronaut Tim Peake was being shot into space, someone thought that it’d be nice for him to take some fancy food. That way, when floating above earth, he can think of home, even though it’ll literally be right outside his window. Creating these meals is gastronaut Heston Blumenthal, who learns about the restrictions placed... [Read more of this review]
The Art of Scandinavia: Dark Night of the Soul
Often overlooked in the annals of European art, Scandinavia has a wealth of hidden riches, which are revealed in this major new 3-part series, looking at Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Andrew Graham-Dixon presents, and brings a real storyteller’s ear to the narrative, picking disparate works of art, from paintings to novels, scattered with snatches... [Read more of this review]
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