They’re back! The vampire/ghost/werewolf flatshare drama Being Human is on BBC Three again, but a lot has changed. Well, not for Annie the ghost, she’s still dead, but everything else OH MY GOD. Like many British dramas before them, Being Human are throwing out the baby, the bathwater, the bath and … [Read more...]
Sherlock: The Hounds Of Baskerville – Dork Review
The second episode of new Sherlock! This time, The Hound Of The Baskervilles gets the treatment, as Moffat and Gatiss pound through Conan Doyle’s most famous stories. There’s also a guest shot from Russell Tovey, who has now shown up in almost every famous geek show of our time, not to mention … [Read more...]
Becoming Human – Dork Review
Being Human is now a genuine smash hit for the BBC. It’s been renewed for a fourth series, adapted into a US version and even had a guest appearance from Robson Green. So it’s time for the next consequence of telly success: the spin-off show. Namely Becoming Human, featuring teen vampire Adam, … [Read more...]
Being Human: Series 3, Episode 8 – Dork Review
I'll admit that I failed to watch last week's episode of Being Human. Life, and my recent addiction to BBC4's The Killing, took precedence. Big mistake. Tuning in on Sunday evening I was caught in a traffic jam of surprises: Mitchell was in the clink, Nina was as good as dead and Herrick was back in … [Read more...]
Being Human: Russell Tovey’s “Wall of Tovey”
Russell Tovey content will follow this brief intro: While Toby's busy working on a review of Daddy Ghoul, the most recent episode of Being Human, we've been wandering around the Beeb's official Being Human website, and it seems there is much additional Tovey face-time to be had. In this video, … [Read more...]
Being Human: Series 3, Episode 5 – Dork Review
Over the past year there have been some excellent new comedy series on the BBC. First there was the gentle Rev, then Alan Davies' boisterous Whites, and more recently, Episodes. I'm just on iPlayer, flicking through them now. What's this programme at the top of the comedy listings, positioned just … [Read more...]
Being Human: Series 3, Episode 4 – Dork Review
Barging in with the force and velocity of a season finale, Episode 4, The Pack, was one of the most exhilarating Being Human episodes to date, rapidly weaving several plot lines and characters together, before spinning unsentimentally towards a tense and bloody climax. An episode of this quality … [Read more...]
Being Human: Series 3, Episode 3 – Dork Review
Do you remember The Sixth Sense? I'll never forget the indignity I suffered at the final dénouement, as it transpired, shockingly, that Bruce Willis had spent the entire film with a gunshot wound the size of a teacup in his lower back. I had been too engrossed (or dim) to spot the silent treatment … [Read more...]
Being Human: Series 3, Episode 2 – Dork Review
Viewers of last week's Being Human will be well aware that our four leads -- Mitchell the vampire, Annie the ghost and werewolf couple George and Nina -- were forced to leave Bristol after Mitchell issued a chilling complaint to South West Trains by savagely murdering a carriage-load of commuters on … [Read more...]
Being Human: Series 3, Episode 1 – Dork Adore
The third series of Being Human, the BBC’s #1 supernatural houseshare comedy-drama, begins. And they’ve got a cliffhanger to follow up from last year, a new setting to launch and more werewolves than a whole shop full of cheap horror DVDs. Suddenly, the series has also started attracting a much … [Read more...]
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