Den Of Geek Dec 22, 2017
Doctor Who, Game Of Thrones, The Handmaid’s Tale, Twin Peaks… Did your favourite TV episode of 2017 make the cut?
Earlier this month, thirty of Den Of Geek's writers nominated up to five of their favourite television episodes of the year, ranked in order of preference. Points were allocated. Favourites emerged. And the sanity of the site's TV editor was offered once again as a festive sacrifice to the God of Microsoft Excel worksheets.
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Proof if ever it was needed that there’s a great deal of excellent TV out there, over eighty individual episodes were nominated in 2017—a record high since we've een polling writers. (Anecdotally, this is also the first year not a single episode of...
Doctor Who, Game Of Thrones, The Handmaid’s Tale, Twin Peaks… Did your favourite TV episode of 2017 make the cut?
Earlier this month, thirty of Den Of Geek's writers nominated up to five of their favourite television episodes of the year, ranked in order of preference. Points were allocated. Favourites emerged. And the sanity of the site's TV editor was offered once again as a festive sacrifice to the God of Microsoft Excel worksheets.
See related The Den of Geek Christmas 2017 UK TV and radio guide Amazon Prime UK: what’s new in January 2018? New on Netflix UK: what's added in January 2018?
Proof if ever it was needed that there’s a great deal of excellent TV out there, over eighty individual episodes were nominated in 2017—a record high since we've een polling writers. (Anecdotally, this is also the first year not a single episode of...
- 12/21/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Jul 4, 2017
Broken concludes with a moving episode that takes Father Michael to his lowest point and back…
This review contains spoilers.
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If I had my druthers, Sean Bean would play Father Michael Kerrigan for the next thirty years and become as dissociable from the role as David Suchet in Poirot or Tom Baker in Doctor Who. Instead of Sharpe or Boromir or Ned Stark, the words ‘Sean Bean’ would instantly conjure up the image of a man in a cassock struggling to do good.
It won’t happen – Broken’s creator Jimmy McGovern has already suggested that it’ll be one and done for Bean, who, understandably, feels he’s gone as far as he can with the part. He is often one for an early exit, after all.
But he’ll be missed,...
Broken concludes with a moving episode that takes Father Michael to his lowest point and back…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Marvel's Cloak And Dagger sets production start date Marvel's Inhumans: first trailer arrives
If I had my druthers, Sean Bean would play Father Michael Kerrigan for the next thirty years and become as dissociable from the role as David Suchet in Poirot or Tom Baker in Doctor Who. Instead of Sharpe or Boromir or Ned Stark, the words ‘Sean Bean’ would instantly conjure up the image of a man in a cassock struggling to do good.
It won’t happen – Broken’s creator Jimmy McGovern has already suggested that it’ll be one and done for Bean, who, understandably, feels he’s gone as far as he can with the part. He is often one for an early exit, after all.
But he’ll be missed,...
- 7/4/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Jun 13, 2017
Broken continues with another sad story, but will audiences turn away from drama this bleak?
This review contains spoilers.
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Give me the child and I’ll give you the man, says an old Jesuit adage I’m paraphrasing and probably misattributing, but nonetheless the wisdom stands: what we learn in childhood forms us as adults. Of Broken’s many messages, that’s the loudest.
In childhood, Michael Kerrigan learned there was something wrong with him. He learned to keep quiet. He learned the sexual abuse he suffered was his fault. None of that’s exclusive to Catholicism – those are the lessons all abused children learn and they’re the fastest to sink in. Unlearning them can be the job of a lifetime.
It’s a job that Father Michael,...
Broken continues with another sad story, but will audiences turn away from drama this bleak?
This review contains spoilers.
See related Neill Blomkamp interview: sci-fi shorts and Oats Studios Neill Blomkamp's Oats Studios releases second teaser trailer
Give me the child and I’ll give you the man, says an old Jesuit adage I’m paraphrasing and probably misattributing, but nonetheless the wisdom stands: what we learn in childhood forms us as adults. Of Broken’s many messages, that’s the loudest.
In childhood, Michael Kerrigan learned there was something wrong with him. He learned to keep quiet. He learned the sexual abuse he suffered was his fault. None of that’s exclusive to Catholicism – those are the lessons all abused children learn and they’re the fastest to sink in. Unlearning them can be the job of a lifetime.
It’s a job that Father Michael,...
- 6/13/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor May 30, 2017
Jimmy McGovern’s moving new six-part drama starring Sean Bean and Anna Friel is anchored by excellent performances…
This review contains spoilers.
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As Christina Fitzsimmons (Anna Friel) gets her kids ready for school in episode one of Broken, she talks her son through his maths homework by breaking a complex problem into individual sums. Christina’s whole life is sums - the oppressive mental arithmetic of not-enough. Not enough time (when we meet her she’s forty minutes late for work) and not enough money (she’s borrowed sixty pounds from the till and is sacked as a result).
Halfway through the episode, Christina makes another calculation: if she waits three days to report her mother’s sudden death, she can draw on her pension and feed her family for… what?...
Jimmy McGovern’s moving new six-part drama starring Sean Bean and Anna Friel is anchored by excellent performances…
This review contains spoilers.
See related A Cure For Wellness review A Cure For Wellness: creepy international trailer lands
As Christina Fitzsimmons (Anna Friel) gets her kids ready for school in episode one of Broken, she talks her son through his maths homework by breaking a complex problem into individual sums. Christina’s whole life is sums - the oppressive mental arithmetic of not-enough. Not enough time (when we meet her she’s forty minutes late for work) and not enough money (she’s borrowed sixty pounds from the till and is sacked as a result).
Halfway through the episode, Christina makes another calculation: if she waits three days to report her mother’s sudden death, she can draw on her pension and feed her family for… what?...
- 5/23/2017
- Den of Geek
The Lords of Gondor have returned. Sean Bean has been cast as the lead character, Roman Catholic priest Father Michael Kerrigan, in the Broken TV show for BBC One. A Game of Thrones alum, Bean recently starred as Martin Odom on Legends, which was cancelled after two seasons on TNT, in December 2015. He plays John Marlott in ITV's series, The Frankenstein Chronicles, which is set to air on A&E, stateside.A six-episode drama series, Broken (working title) comes from writer Jimmy McGovern, creator of BBC One's Accused TV series, on which Bean guest-starred as Tracie Tremarco. Colin McKeown and Donna Molloy are executive producing for La Productions. Bean is also executive producing, with Ashley Pearce and Noreen Kershaw directing. Lucy Richer is executive producing for the...
- 8/5/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Sean Bean has been set to lead the cast of Broken, a six-part BBC One drama created by Jimmy McGovern. This marks a reteam for Bean and McGovern after the former starred in McGovern’s series Accused in 2012 and scored a Best Actor BAFTA TV Award nomination. In Broken, Bean will play Father Michael Kerrigan, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish. Modern and maverick, yet flawed, Father Michael, like his congretation, struggles to reconcile his beliefs…...
- 8/4/2016
- Deadline TV
Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Actor, comedian and podcaster Toby Hadoke – a man who has built relationships with Doctor Who cast and crew from across the show’s history – has produced a BAFTA-style compilation of the creative personnel who passed away in 2014. Featuring such luminaries as directors Michael Hayes, Christopher Barry and Michael Kerrigan, John Lumic actor Roger...
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Actor, comedian and podcaster Toby Hadoke – a man who has built relationships with Doctor Who cast and crew from across the show’s history – has produced a BAFTA-style compilation of the creative personnel who passed away in 2014. Featuring such luminaries as directors Michael Hayes, Christopher Barry and Michael Kerrigan, John Lumic actor Roger...
The post Toby Hadoke’s BAFTA-style Doctor Who 2014 In Memoriam Compilation appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 2/9/2015
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
Andrew Reynolds is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Today’s News Blast goodie bag contains: Lego, a triumphant Rose Tyler, Video Game woes, TV Licence dodging, monosodium glutamate, Yellow Dye number Five and a generous portion of satire. Michael Kerrigan (1952- 2014) Firstly, Kasterborous says goodbye and pays its respects to director Michael Kerrigan, who passed away at the age of 61. Kerrigan was one of only
The post Friday News: Goodbye to Michael Kerrigan appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
Today’s News Blast goodie bag contains: Lego, a triumphant Rose Tyler, Video Game woes, TV Licence dodging, monosodium glutamate, Yellow Dye number Five and a generous portion of satire. Michael Kerrigan (1952- 2014) Firstly, Kasterborous says goodbye and pays its respects to director Michael Kerrigan, who passed away at the age of 61. Kerrigan was one of only
The post Friday News: Goodbye to Michael Kerrigan appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 9/12/2014
- by Andrew Reynolds
- Kasterborous.com
Feature Alex Westthorp 19 Feb 2014 - 07:00
Nostalgia ahoy! With Sherlock Holmes more popular than ever, Alex looks back at eighties children's drama, The Baker Street Boys...
The BBC's contemporary take on Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories has made Sherlock the most popular television drama series in many years. Benedict Cumberbatch has made Sherlock his own, his approach to the role as radical for the current era as the late, great Jeremy Brett's was a generation ago. Martin Freeman has banished our memories of his role as Tim Canterbury in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office, with his wonderful re-assessment of Dr John Watson. The corporation is making the most of the Conan Doyle franchise. After from two rather lacklustre yuletide cases, firstly with Richard Roxburgh in 2002 then Rupert Everett in 2004; they finally have a hit on their hands. The benchmark hitherto has always been Granada Television...
Nostalgia ahoy! With Sherlock Holmes more popular than ever, Alex looks back at eighties children's drama, The Baker Street Boys...
The BBC's contemporary take on Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories has made Sherlock the most popular television drama series in many years. Benedict Cumberbatch has made Sherlock his own, his approach to the role as radical for the current era as the late, great Jeremy Brett's was a generation ago. Martin Freeman has banished our memories of his role as Tim Canterbury in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office, with his wonderful re-assessment of Dr John Watson. The corporation is making the most of the Conan Doyle franchise. After from two rather lacklustre yuletide cases, firstly with Richard Roxburgh in 2002 then Rupert Everett in 2004; they finally have a hit on their hands. The benchmark hitherto has always been Granada Television...
- 2/18/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Imagine if you were the lucky one to succeed in pulling the sword from the stone. You'd be revered as a hero or heroine, your name would be toasted in pubs up and down the country, you'd be a living legend.
Well, unless you pulled the sword from the stone, then toppled backwards because the sword was so heavy, then fall down the stairs behind you, hurt yourself while doing so, and then end up in a big, smelly pile of cow dung in front of a chortling crowd of millions.
That's what Battlefield feels like. It's one of those frustrating tales in which the good bits are regularly balanced out by the story's own limitations. On paper, it's got all the promise of a Who classic. Ancient knights and an evil sorceress do battle with The Doctor and also...
So all of that sounds inviting for the fans and viewers.
Well, unless you pulled the sword from the stone, then toppled backwards because the sword was so heavy, then fall down the stairs behind you, hurt yourself while doing so, and then end up in a big, smelly pile of cow dung in front of a chortling crowd of millions.
That's what Battlefield feels like. It's one of those frustrating tales in which the good bits are regularly balanced out by the story's own limitations. On paper, it's got all the promise of a Who classic. Ancient knights and an evil sorceress do battle with The Doctor and also...
So all of that sounds inviting for the fans and viewers.
- 4/8/2011
- Shadowlocked
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