Waldemar Januszczak is my favourite TV art critic (James Fox is second in case anyone cares). In The Art Mysteries, Januszczak showed just how much can be done in a 30-minute documentary. Each of the four episodes featured a painting by a giant of post impressionism: Van Gogh, Seurat, Gauguin and Cezanne. Januszczak delved into… Read More
Tag: BBC
War is horrific, but hard to make shocking on a small screen these days. Yet the random and rapid loss of life in World of Fire, the BBC’s hyped primetime WW2 drama, still jolts. Writer Peter Bowker (Blackpool) focuses on life in Warsaw, Berlin and Paris in the first years of the war. Three A-listers… Read More
Clever BBC police drama in the vein of Bodyguard/Line of Duty (though with no connection to either). Much smarter than Bodyguard, less procedural than LoD, but didn’t get the publicity of either. Asks challenging relevant ethical questions about truth, evidence and the greater good and, at just six episodes, it’s tightly plotted. Hope there’s a… Read More