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The new Masterpiece political thriller Roadkill is certainly entertaining viewing, but it often feels as though it arrived on our screens from a parallel dimension, one in which any fallout from Brexit didn’t really happen and where a pandemic isn’t dominating every conversation in the halls of government
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Hugh Laurie returns to television this Fall in political thriller Roadkill, playing a problematic politician out for his own advancement and convinced he can survive any scandal as long as he's willing to simply brazen it out. Whew. Sound familiar? According to playwright and series creator David Hare,
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The BBC and PBS have released a first look image at Hugh Laurie in upcoming political thriller Roadkill. This new four-part drama is written by British playwright David Hare, who penned the 2018 miniseries Collateral and wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s The Hours.
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Three-part drama series Quiz, which depicts the famous Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheating scandal in the U.K., will officially come to America this spring on AMC. The show retells the real-life, sensational story of Charles Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice named Tecwen Whittock, who together
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I often group Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials with George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire when discussing its impact on the fantasy landscape. That's because both play on the same stereotype of the genre — the heroic white male whose plot
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Critics have complained that His Dark Materials has failed so far in its ability to emphasize the importance of the daemon-human bond in Lyra's world. Up until this week, I was inclined to argue with them. Though Lyra and Pan are not in constant contact in quite the
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Last week's His Dark Materials picked up steam with the addition of Will Parry and a second storyline on our Earth. This week, Will is mostly benched. Despite Boreal's orders to search the house, his minions are perfectly happy to sit outside watching, unnerving Elaine and
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We all have those actors whose work we’d watch, no matter what it was. Powerful prestige drama? Scary supernatural tale? Super dated period piece? Random episode of some show you’ve never heard of before, just because they have a bit part in it? Check, check and check. We’
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One could argue that the problem with His Dark Materials so far is that it insists on staying slavishly faithful to the source material. It's an understandable decision, especially in light of the 2005 film, which excised all of the religious overtones to reduce it to a story
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Peaky Blinders star Helen McCrory has officially joined Hugh Laurie in the cast of Roadkill, a four-part political thriller penned by British playwright David Hare, who penned the 2018 miniseries Collateral and wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s The Hours. PBS Masterpiece also announced that
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Lin-Manuel Miranda arrives as Lee Scoresby in this week's His Dark Materials cold open, floating along in his hot air balloon and singing. It's the first time the show has seemed, if not cheerful, at least as if it has sprung into full color. It helps
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Last week's His Dark Materials ended with Lyra's capture by the gobbler goons, unaware the child they collected was the last one Mrs. Coulter ever wanted to see go North for experimentation. In other circumstances, this might have been the worst thing to happen. Since these