Easter is just a few days away not that you’d know it from the cold and bitter weather we are experiencing, after a day being battered around by the elements a hearty laugh is needed to warm the cockles. Whilst it may not be a Murder Mystery in the traditional sense as it’s more a [...]
Having just finished broadcasting on BBC One the second series of Robert Thorogood’s comedy murder mystery is just the antidote for the Monday blues and is out now on DVD. Series one was an unexpected ratings winner when it was broadcast in 2011, over six million of us tuned in every week to see Ben Miller [...]
Many actors have played the legendary sleuth over the years, Basil Rathbone, Christopher Lee, Peter Cook, Rupert Everett, Tom Baker, Robert Downey Jr, even Roger Moore has had a go (although nobody likes to talk about that one). The enduring love for the work of Sir Arthur Cohan Doyle can withstand numerous incarnations, and it [...]
A couple of decades before Scary Movie and its subsequent incarnations there came Murder by Death a spoof on the detective show with an A List cast. Written by Neil Simon, this Golden Globe nominated film was sadly lost in the mists of cinematic time and forced to the wilderness which is ITV3 daytime. The [...]
Unlike the previous choices so far in this feature, this week I fancied something from the world of TV and something of a different flavour. The last couple of years has seen a huge surge in the popularity of foreign TV shows, from Wallander, The Bridge, The Killing and Borgen we just can’t seem to [...]
