Category: Television
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YEAR OF THE RABBIT vs RIPPER STREET, February 2020
First aired in the UK on the 30th December 2012 on the BBC, Ripper Street was created and written by Richard Warlow (Waking the Dead). Initially set in 1889 and then progressing through the subsequent decade until 1900 where the drama ended in 2016, Ripper Street focuses on Whitechapel in the wake of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders…
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REVIEW: SCOTLAND YARD The Complete Series, May 2019
Nowadays we’re accustomed to seeing (at least) 30 minutes of adverts (aka commercials) for products and other movies when we go to the cinema. In the early to mid-twentieth century though cinema goers would be treated to a “B feature” in addition to the top billed film. They may have also seen a news reel…
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ANALYSIS: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, January 2019
Starring the late great Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe this series originally aired on the 22nd April 2001 in the USA and ran until 2002. It was also directed and produced by Maury Chaykin’s co-star Timothy Hutton who played Nero Wolfe’s street wise assistant Archie Goodwin. Those who have been watching the Netflix series The Haunting…