First of all, I am happy enough to admit I am a bit late to the ‘Only Murders in the Building‘ party, as I think we are now into series 3 of the Disney+ show. But I always believe in the mantra ‘better late than ever’ and have spent this week binge watching on series 1 and have to say I am totally hooked. This may just be my favourite series, a cross between an Agatha Christie novel and Murder She Wrote, funny, clever and twisty in equal parts. Add in the incredible cast of leads, the brilliant supporting roles, and an hilarious cameo from Sting and you have…

Funny Woman, which is currently available on demand on Sky Showcase, is one of the best and most enjoyable programmes I have watched this year. Based on the book Funny Girl by Nick Hornby, and telling the story of a working class girl from Blackpool who becomes a big comedy actress during the heady days of the Swingin’ sixties, Funny Woman is bright and witty, but also has the edge of showing the sorts of double standards that existed then when it comes to the treatment of women in the media, and, if we’re honest, still exist now. The Funny Woman in question is Barbara Parker, aka Sohie Straw. After…

Have to say that I am super excited that the dramatisation of one of my fave ever books, Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz, has finally reached BBC One after what seems like an age on Britbox. This superb murder mystery is a dream to read, a book within a book that is almost a homage to Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot, but is also modern, and, at times, irreverent of the very genre it so wonderfully represents. I’m pretty sure that the Detection Club of the Golden age of Crime fiction would’ve been appalled at the anagram at the heart of the story, but Agatha herself would definitely have raised…

Last week Sky Max launched a new series, the much anticipated 1980s Crime drama, ‘A Town Called Malice‘. Set sometime in the early 1980s, it is the story of a London Crime Family, the Lord’s, who were formally top dogs in their area, but who now are threatened by newcomers. The youngest member of the family is Gene isn’t really involved in the family business, and is loved up, having met a beautiful bartender,  Cindy Carter, and fell hook, line and sinker for her. Unfortunately, the night he decides to introduce her to his family, and announce his engagement, is the night that the turf way again rears its head,…