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More web-series reviews… The Midwich Cuckoos – Came in 2022.  Midwich, a small English commuter town, is liberal and aspirational, populated by families and affluent streets. A place where nothing much happens - that is until the twilight hours of a summer's day when a sleepy corner of Midwich is plunged into panic. People pass out on their feet without warning, without reason. Anyone who tries to enter meets the same fate. And nobody can understand why. When the mysterious blackout is lifted, life for those affected returns to apparent normality - except every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. As news spreads and tensions simmer, it is up to gifted psychotherapist Dr Susannah Zellaby (Keeley Hawes) to help support those affected. Susannah's own daughter, Cassie (Synnøve Karlsen), has fallen pregnant and Susannah harbours deep concerns about who, or what, is behind this phenomenon. Local officer DCI Paul Haynes (Max Bee...

More web-series reviews… Midsomer Murders – Running from 1997 till now 😊 !  The British detective drama revolves around Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby's efforts to solve numerous murders that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer. The current lead character is Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon), who is the younger cousin of former lead character Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (John Nettles). The Barnabys have worked with several different Sergeants throughout the run of the show, including Sergeant Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey), Sergeant Dan Scott (John Hopkins), Detective Sergeant Ben Jones (Jason Hughes), Detective Sergeant Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee), and Sergeant Jamie Winter (Nick Hendrix). A review from IMDB... I've been binge-watching (unintentionally--I accidentally got hooked) on N*tfl*x and am now on season 12. My appreciation for this show has only grown; which lea...

More web-series reviews… A Man on the Inside – Came in 2024.  Charles, a retired man, gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a private investigator and becomes a mole in a secret investigation in a nursing home. A review from IMDB... Just watched the first episode. To be honest, I didn't like the trailer much but decided to watch it because of the creators of the show and the cast: Ted Danson (favorite shows: Cheers and The Good Place), Mary Elizabeth (favorite shows: Santa Clarita Diet and It's Always Sunny...), Stephanie (favorite show: Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Lilah, and the rest of the cast. The first episode has a good storyline. It's about an old, lonely man who is retired and bored. His daughter suggests he try something exciting, so he takes a job doing secret investigation in a nursing home. His amateurish way and carefree attitude in doing things make it really entertaining. Overall, I enjoyed the first episode - short runtime of less than 30 m...

More web-series reviews… Broadmoor: For the Criminally Insane – Came in 2024.  Former patients and staff reveal insights and stories about Broadmoor hospital. From untold secrets, to historic accounts of staff brutality, and first-hand testimony from former staff on patient violence, and even murder within its high walls. A review of one episode from gazette live... A new Channel 5 documentary called Broadmoor - For The Criminally Insane - sheds new light on one of the UK's most notorious killers. Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital houses some of the UK's most dangerously disturbed individuals, including serial killers, rapists and terrorists. However, one former inmate instilled fear even in experienced Broadmoor staff and veterans. In new programme, Broadmoor, which started at 10pm on Monday, October 21 on Channel 5 and My5, Neil Wheatcroft, a nursing assistant at the Berkshire high security hospital fo...

More web-series reviews… Freedom at Midnight – Came in 2024.  Is the electrifying story of India's struggle for independence. Based on the bestselling book of the same name, it recounts the partition of India and Pakistan, and the religious and socio-political dynamics of the era. A review from IMDB... What if Jinha's health condition was known to all???? Nice adaption of a great book by my fav authors duo... "Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself." Freedom at Midnight is a series based on Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre's gigantic bestseller of the same name. Given the piercingly researched, strikingly visual source-material, it was always meant to be. Collins and Lapierre finished the book in 1975, just 25 years after India gained independence. Starting in the early 1970s, the authors had unprecedented personal access to Lord Mountbatten, who was a fan of their book ...

More web-series reviews… Poirot – Ran from 1989 to 2013. 70 episodes in total.  This whodunit series based on Dame Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories, was named after its star sleuth, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet), a famous former Belgian Policeman, who settled for good in London after the war, soon so famous as an infallible private detective that he becomes a society figure in his own right. In each episode, Poirot gets to solve a crime mystery, mostly murder(s), for a paying client or otherwise catching his attention, generally along with his faithful English sidekick Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) and/or his Scotland yard "friendly rival" Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson). A review from IMDB... I literally grew up with Poirot, Sunday nights as a nine and ten year old were all about Poirot, Pistachio nuts, Terry's Pyramint. The productions evolved over time, the early hour long format episodes were much lighter viewing, over time they bec...