Tag: Five Star TV Review

  • TV REVIEW |“It’s A Sin” – Boys Go Home To Die “It’s A Sin”

    (No spoilers included in this review) Get your Sinitta and 5 Star albums of feel-good music at the ready because if you haven’t already binged watched Russell T Davies new Channel 4 drama, It’s A Sin, then brace yourselves for grim viewing.  Having seen the advert teasers and the first show on Friday 22nd January […]

  • TV REVIEW | Against The Law

    As part of their Gay Britannia season, the BBC commissioned Against The Law, a docudrama of some of the events leading up the Wolfenden report, which paved the way to the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK. Against The Law is a docudrama by filmmaker Fergus O’Brien, based on the true story of Peter […]

  • TV | Red Dwarf XI Episode 4: Officer Rimmer

    TV | Red Dwarf XI Episode 4: Officer Rimmer

    One moment there is no Chris Barrie on our screens for years next thing you know more than a hundred come along at once … ★★★★★ This week’s Red Dwarf sees a return to the classic Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie) has illusions of grandeur setting of old. Though this time it’s no illusion as Rimmer […]

  • TV REVIEW | London Spy

    Ben Whishaw in a gay spy thriller? What’s not to like? CREDIT: (C) WTTV Limited – Photographer: Joss Barratt The cute and slightly broody looking Q from the Bond franchise in a new 5 part programme, in part inspired by the Gareth Williams case of the body in the bag, and in part by a […]

  • TV REVIEW | American Horror Story

    ★★★★★ | American Horror Story American Horror Story, or AHS as it is abbreviated to, is a four season (soon to be five) long delve into the creative mind of Ryan Murphy, the creator. In case anyone hasn’t watched AHS yet, please do. I mean genuinely it is such a deep and intense show you […]

  • W1A Series 2 Returns Roaring Its Timid BBC Head

    W1A roars back onto our screens with a laugh a minute. Okay, cool, yeah. Life it seems, goes on – at a snails pace sometimes at the BBC. BBC 2’s hit comedy, W1A triumphantly returned to our screens last night in a laugh a minute episode, which saw the ‘way ahead taskforce’ and a clueless […]

  • REVIEW | Transparent

    ★★★★★ | Transparent After Netflix’s phenomenal success creating original content for its streaming service with two Award winning television series, now Amazon has also stepped into the area which was once the sole territory of network and cable television with the launch of Transparent its very first own series. If you haven’t caught it yet […]

  • TV REVIEW | Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves

    TV REVIEW | Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves

    ★★★★★  Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves | A man lies dying alone in a solitary hospital room. Two nurses, wearing protective clothing from head to foot are dressing his sores and wounds.

  • TV REVIEW | American Horror Story

    Horror doesn’t get much more terrifying and much gayer than “American Horror Story”. Last year’s runaway success from FX is now available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray and is the perfect viewing for dark October nights.