I didn’t do a lot of reviews this past year. Fifty three in all. It was an election year and I write mostly about politics, and I have a backlog going into 2025. Also, if I think something is rubbish, I’m very unlikely to review it. And there was a fair old bit of rubbish that came out last year.
Secrets of the Octopus Created by Adam Geiger & Alex Schnell Written by Patrick Makin Directed by Adam Geiger Presented by Alex Scnhell Narrated by Paul Rudd Composer Raphael May Original language English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 3 3 “Social Networkers” Adam Geiger Patrick Makin April 21, 2024 Created by Adam Geiger & Alex …
Kennedy Created by Ashton Gleckman Narrated by Peter Coyote History Channel No. of episodes 8 Production Executive producers Jon Kamen, Dave Sirulnick, Ashton Gleckman, Eli Lehrer, Mary E. Donahue, Zachary G. Behr Production company RadicalMedia When I noticed the History Channel had another documentary about the life of John F. Kennedy, I decided to watch …
A Year in review: a review of 2023 2023 was another great year for television. Among other great shows we watched (and I reviewed) this year were Gen V (outrageous spin-off of The Boys), One Piece (excellent live-action version of a rather dumb anime), a new BBC remake of War of the Worlds, an engaging …
Presented by Tim Dunn & Siddy Holloway Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 3 No. of episodes 26 Production Executive producer Rob Dersley Running time 44 minutes Production company Brown Bob Productions Original release Network Yesterday / UKTV Release 19 July 2021 – present Neil Gaiman has amassed a huge body of work …
Ice Age-A Frozen World Premiere Date: July 16, 2023 Genres: Nature, History Casts: Steve Backshall, Michaela Strachan, Chris Jackson The UK’s Channel 5 aired a brief but highly informative documentary about the ice age this past summer. Next to the Jurassic period, it’s probably the most popular ancient era amongst the public. If asked, paleontologists …
The Sixth Commandment Created and written by Sarah Phelps Directed by Saul Dibb Starring Timothy Spall Anne Reid Sheila Hancock Éanna Hardwicke Annabel Scholey Ben Bailey Smith Executive producers Lucy Richter, Derek Wax, Sarah Phelps, Brian Woods Producer Frances du Pille Cinematography Rik Zang Editors Sarah Peczek, Steven Worsley Production companies Wild Mercury Productions, True …
A Year on Planet Earth Narration … Stephen Fry Series Produced by Martha Holmes … executive producer (6 episodes, 2022) Tom Hugh-Jones … executive producer (6 episodes, 2022) Sebastian Illis … series producer (6 episodes, 2022) Doing a parody of Attenborough narration is pretty easy. You just intone, using a dulcet and authoritative voice much …
Prehistoric Planet Apple + TV Series Directed by Andrew R. Jones & Adam Valdez Series Writing Credits Amber Cherry Eames, Paul Stewart, Dom Walter, Matthew Wright Series Cast David Attenborough Series Produced by Jon Favreau, Mike Gunton Given how long David Attenborough has has been involved with broadcast documentaries, one might suspect that when he …
Abraham Lincoln Directed by Malcolm Venville Produced by The History Channel Executive Producer Doris Kearns Goodwin Historians Edna Greene Medford, Dr. Caroline Janney Other narrators: Barack Obama and Gen. Stanley McChrystal Starring Graham Sibley as Abraham Lincoln Justin Salinger as Ulysses S. Grant Colin Moss as William H. Seward Jenny Stead as Mary Todd Lincoln …