Author: Barnaby Walter


  • Review: Silent Witness: In a Lonely Place, Part 2

    Dark green forests, death amongst nature, achingly beautiful handheld photography….I kept thinking I’d wandered into a Lars Von Trier movie. Perhaps it’s best it was just Silent Witness, and not some weird Scottish-set sequel to Antichrist, as I have no wish to see Emilia Fox taking a pair of rusty scissors to her privates (don’t […]

  • Review: Silent Witness: In a Lonely Place Part 1

    The show moves to Scotland to unearth some dark and disturbing crimes.

  • Review: Silent Witness: Coup de Grace, Part 2

    The story concludes with a disappointingly predictable revelation, writes Barnaby Walter.

  • Watch the trailer for incest drama Flowers in the Attic

    A new adaptation of Virginia Andrews’s shocking bestseller is coming soon.

  • Review: Silent Witness: Coup de Grace, Part 1

    As a new two-part story begins, Nikki’s professionalism is thrown into question (again) when her evidence sets a convicted murderer free.

  • Philippa Gregory TV drama The White Queen will return

    With The White Queen a big success in the US, the American cable channel Starz decides to continue adapting the works of Philippa Gregory without the BBC.

  • Downton Abbey may not last more than one more series

    The creator and writer of Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes, has implied that the days of the series may be numbered.

  • Review: Silent Witness: Commodity, Part 2

    As this week’s complicated case concludes, Barnaby Walter wonders if audiences were left satisfied and why nobody ever turns the bloody lights on.

  • Review: Silent Witness: Commodity, Part 1

    The seventeenth series of the long-running crime drama begins with a dark and moody story about a murdered family and an obnoxious footballer.

  • First look review: The Lifeguard ★★★☆☆

    Kristen Bell impresses in this adult drama about a woman trying to rediscover herself.

  • The Best Films of 2013

    As we reach the new year, we look back at the movies that made 2013 a great year for cinema.

  • BBC considering reversing decision to axe Ripper Street

    After sparking outrage from viewers, the BBC are looking at the chances of enabling the show to return “but at better value to licence fee-payers”.

  • BBC releases series 17 trailer for Silent Witness

    The video offers viewers the chance to see what is coming up in the new series which begins in 2014.

  • The Best TV Drama Moments of 2013

    This year has brought as loads of great TV dramas. Let’s take a look at some of the most memorable moments!