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BBC Two’s Motherland has returned for a second season and shows the struggles of middle-class parenthood. A new school year has started. Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) continue struggling to balance childcare and work, Kevin (Paul Ready) has joined the workforce, and Liz (Diane Morgan) is well, Liz. A new mum who seems to have it […]
Within the UK there is a lucrative subgenre of films that appeals to middle-class, middle-England audiences. The film story about the Military Wives choir easily fits in that category. At a military base, the soldiers are deployed to Afghanistan for a six-month tour. Whilst their families at home the wives have to find things to […]
After a wait of just over a year Disenchantment is back for a second part and shows that the series has matured – along with its characters. Dreamland has fallen: King Zøg (John DiMaggio) has been betrayed by his resurrected wife, Dagmar (Sharon Horgan), and the citizens have been turned to stone. Dagmar has taken her daughter, Princess Tiabeanie, AKA Bean (Abbi Jacobson) […]
After six episodes the storylines of This Way Up culminate for the season finale and the show’s strongest entry. A day approaches for both Aine (Aisling Bea) and Shona (Sharon Horgan). It’s Richard’s (Tobias Menzies) birthday which Aine believes to be the perfect time to make her move. Sharon is set to launch her female networking group […]
After the story-lite Episode 3, This Way Up returns to form with the fourth episode. Aine (Aisling Bea) and Shona (Sharon Horgan) are set to attend a birthday party for Vish’s father (Jeff Mirza). Their mother (Sorcha Cusack) has also been invited which is awkward for Aine since it’s the first time the two have seen each […]
After two strong episodes, the third episode of This Way Up seemed more like a filler episode in the series. Aine (Aisling Bea) has to stay with her sister, Shona (Sharon Horgan), and Shona’s partner, Vish (Aasif Mandvi) due to rats being found in Aine’s flat. During her stay, Shona plans to set her younger sister up […]
Following on from the strong opening This Way Up continues in that vein with Aine trying to take too much at once. In this episode Aine has agreed to tutor a French boy who has recently moved to London. But the commitment to the boy is tested when one of her EFL student, Victor (Todor Jordanov), has […]
This Way Up is a new comedy created by Irish comedian Aisling Bea and it has been heavily promoted by Channel 4 as a part of their Summer of Comedy. Aine (Bea) is a young woman who has spent time at a rehab facility after succumbing to a nervous breakdown. Four months after leaving the facility she’s […]
Matt Groening took us to the future with Futurama, he explores the present with The Simpsons, now he takes us back to the past with his highly anticipated Netflix show Disenchantment. In the kingdom of Dreamland Princess Tiabeanie AKA Bean (Abbi Jacobson) is the unruly teenage daughter of King Zøg (John DiMaggio). She likes to spend her time going to the […]