The Guardian3 hours agoThe Undeclared War review – Enid Blyton could have written this cybersecurity dramaverified_publisherThe Guardian - Lucy ManganBe careful what you wish for, is the abiding message of the first episode of Channel 4’s new drama The Undeclared War. Be careful what you wish for if you are Saara Parvin (Hannah Khalique-Brown, doing fine work in her first major television role), a superbright graduate who begins her work …
The Guardian1 day agoJohn Frankau obituaryverified_publisherThe Guardian - Nicholas FrankauMy father, John Frankau, who has died aged 96, was a prolific theatre and television director. After rising through the ranks in the theatre, he broke into TV in the 1950s. Among his many credits were episodes of the long-running police drama No Hiding Place in 1965, and of The Main Chance (1969), …
The Guardian13 hours agoAll hail the Machiavellian man-eater! The Love Island character that guarantees dynamite TVverified_publisherThe Guardian - Yomi AdegokePraise be to the reality TV gods. It has only taken two series, a global pandemic and the nation manufacturing the initial “couplings” in the first week, but Love Island is finally back on form. The last fortnight has had more drama than the entire last two dreary series combined. And its bounce …
The Guardian13 hours agoIs Stranger Things even TV any more?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Stuart HeritageThe plot of the upcoming two-part Stranger Things finale remains a great mystery. Netflix isn’t giving away a single detail; nor, for that matter, are the cast, production team or publicity department. But nature abhors a vacuum so, in lieu of any official details, I will tell you what I want from …
The Guardian15 hours agoBest podcasts of the week: Sam Smith charts 40 years of progress on HIV and Aidsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Alexi Duggins and Hannah VerdierPicks of the week A Positive Life: HIV from Terrence Higgins to Today BBC Sounds, episodes weekly from 1 Jul Sam Smith presents this series about the legacy of Terrence Higgins, one of the first people to die of Aids in the UK. The opening episodes tell the story of Terry, “the swashbuckler of life”, …
The Guardian19 hours agoTV tonight: cyber terror in Simon Pegg drama The Undeclared Warverified_publisherThe Guardian - Hollie Richardson, Phil Harrison, Precious Adesina, Ellen E Jones and Stuart HeritageThe Undeclared War 9pm, Channel 4 If the recent publicity stunt for this thriller gave you a scare – a fake emergency news broadcast about an imminent cyber-attack, inspired by Orson Welles’s radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds – strap in for an intense series. Set in a disturbingly plausible …
