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‘The Night Manager’ Season 2 Review – Something Doesn’t Feel Right

January 4 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

There is no more damning indictment of the state of contemporary media than The Night Manager being back on our screens a decade after contentedly...

‘The Night Manager’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – A Location Change Brings New Vibes

January 4 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

The Night Manager has never been a particularly vibes-heavy show, unless, of course, the vibes you’re looking for are rather grounded and intense ones. But...

‘The Night Manager’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – An Explosive Start (Literally)

January 4 2026, by Jonathon Wilson

Mental health seems to be a growing concern in the espionage business. The Agency was almost entirely about the psychological toll of being a spy,...

The Woman in the Wall Season 1 Ending Explained – Does Lorna Get To Meet Her Daughter?

September 25 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

The Woman in the Wall has been a big hit for the BBC, delivering at once both a scathing indictment of religious corruption and abuses...

The Woman in the Wall Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Who is Ignatius McCullen?

September 18 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 5 of The Woman in the Wall is, I think, the best in the series. It’s packed with the biggest reveals – including an...

The Woman in the Wall Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – How Was Colman Adopted?

September 18 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

In The Woman in the Wall Episode 3, Lorna finally confessed to murdering Aoife Cassidy and hiding her body behind her living room wall. But...

The Woman in the Wall Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – What happened to Lorna’s baby?

September 4 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Woman in the Wall Season 1 Episode 3 contains spoilers.  The Woman in the Wall is about an unstable woman nursing...

The Woman in the Wall Season 1 Episode 2 Recap – Who was driving Father Percy’s car?

August 29 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Woman in the Wall Season 1 Episode 2 contains spoilers. Coming right on the heels of the premiere, the second episode...

The Woman in the Wall Season 1 Episode 1 Recap – What does Lorna find in her house?

August 28 2023, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Woman in the Wall Season 1 Episode 1 contains spoilers. You can say something about The Woman in the Wall that...

‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3 Ending Explained – How Is Metatron Defeated?

December 27 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

Despite being released before Christmas for fans in the UK thanks to BBC iPlayer refusing to play by the rules, U.S. audiences have had to...

‘His Dark Materials’ Season 3, Episodes 5 & 6 Recap – How Do the Kids Escape?

December 21 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s a pretty commonly accepted sentiment that screen adaptations are never quite as good as the books, and while that stands true more often than...

Four Lives review – damning true-crime with a profound sense of humanity

January 4 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of Four Lives is spoiler-free. “To protect and to serve” has been the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department since 1963, and...

A Perfect Planet review – another can’t-miss David Attenborough series

January 4 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

There are so many David Attenborough documentaries that keeping track of them is almost impossible – but it’s impossible to get sick of them. That’s...

Denmark aka One Way to Denmark review – sad and gently hopeful comic drama about changing one’s life

July 13 2020, by Alix Turner

In One Way to Denmark (also simply known as Denmark) Rafe Spall plays Herb, who has had enough of his life in small-town Wales. Most...

‘Troy: Fall of a City’ Review – BBC’s Epic Take on the Iliad Legends

April 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Troy: Fall of a City is the latest attempt to bring Homer’s (not that one) Illiad tales of legend to life. Life in Troy seems like...