• “The High Of The First Episode Was Not To Last”- TV Review: The Control Room

    The Control Room is a three-part drama that arrived on BBC Two, starting on 17th July 2022. It follows emergency call operator, Gabriel, who receives a call from a distressed woman who seems to know him. She claims to have killed somebody, but doesn’t give her name or location....
  • BBC’s ‘Showtrial’ – Do Fair Trials Exist In The Age Of Social Media?

    Talia Krais In the lead up to Ghislaine Maxwell’s long-awaited sex-trafficking trial, the BBC grace our screens with the whodunnit courtroom drama ‘Showtrial’. This occurs under the scrutinising spotlight of public opinion paralleling the salacious Maxwell trial that has gripped the world through multimedia platforms. Both serve to highlight...
  • TV Review: Bodyguard

    The BBC’s drama resurgence has kept the spines of the nation well and truly tingling this Autumn, and blockbuster thriller Bodyguard has only upped the ante. Whilst Line of Duty fans in particular were marking off the calendar days in advance, not many could have preempted the richness of...