The Northern Echo | In The Picture

Sky’s the limit

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:03:17 +0000

I WONDER how Dr Gregory House is these days? Is he as grumpy as ever and still solving a seemingly-impossible medical malady each week in US series House? Was Wentworth Miller able to stage a Prison Break and stay a free man? And did anyone find the answer when Lost ended?

New Faces

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:43:06 +0000

TEEN drama Skins returned to E4 this week. But for the second time followers would be hard pushed to recognise any of the regular characters. Once again there’s been a clearout of the cast.

British exports

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:56:38 +0000

THIS week I saw a preview of ITV’s new supernatural drama series Marchlands.

Storyline shockers

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:27:01 +0000

"YOU buried my son under a knicker factory,” said Mrs Fishwick after hearing John Stape’s confession in Coronation Street.

Christmas TV: Old favourites

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:02:45 +0000

THREE days of Christmas TV – and the schedules have an eerie feel of this time last year. Nothing much changes. A Doctor Who Christmas special along with seasonal episodes of The Royle Family, Strictly Come Dancing. A new Poirot whodunit and a ghost story.

12 Show of Christmas

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:52:27 +0000

Steve Pratt selects the 12 shows of Christmas that you’d can’t afford to miss (or at least record for when you’ve recovered from too much turkey and Christmas pud).

Only a Rose

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:48:42 +0000

WHILE the new series of Seventies hit Upstairs Downstairs introduces many new faces, there is one very special one from the past. Jean Marsh, who co-created the series with fellow actor Eileen Atkins, returns to the role of housemaid Rose.

They shall die . . .

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:28:14 +0000

DEATH stalks the Street. Weatherfield residents fight for their lives after this week’s terrible events in ITV1’s Coronation Street – the explosion at the new bar and that tram toppling off the viaduct and onto the cobbles, demolishing a few shops along the way.

On the loose in NY

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:54:08 +0000

The fearless females on Loose Women have made a huge impact since its launch 11 years ago. Now they talk about being brutally honest – and why male guests are terrified of making an appearance.

Cast in a new role

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:51:25 +0000

IT’S good to know that the art of film criticism is not dead. “I couldn’t agree more. I want to kiss you on the forehead,” Claudia Winkleman told her fellow reviewer Danny Leigh on this week’s Film 2010.