It's been a cracking month tv wise. The month kicked with the excellent Louis Theroux going back to visit the vitriolic biblical buffoons known as the Phelps family on BBc2, April 3rd. The family headed by failed lawyer and misguided ranter Fred Phelps are of course more of a cult than a real church. In his second jaunt to see them called 'America's most hated family in crisis' we learn several members have left to start what I'd call real lives. Louis has such a style and approach that he manages to get the cult members to unwittingly reveal perhaps more than they'd want to, great and insightful tv.
Neil Oliver has also made a return to BBC2 (Tuesday's 9pm) with his new mini series called 'History of Celtic Britain'. Mr Oliver is always good to watch and I love his enthusiasm though during this series I found myself being critical on several points as I felt he quickly brushed past some key areas of interest, Queen Boudica not really getting the coverage she deserved really, still, another great offering from the enthusiastic Caledonian.
Next up, and keeping with the theme of history was Dan Snow and 'Filthy Cities' (BBC 2, 9pm) covering the history of London, Paris and New York in their most grimy and disgusting periods. Dan really got stuck into doing some of the horrid jobs they had to do back in the day, such as carving up animals in a back alleyway and washing their entrails into the street as well as generally shovelling raw excrement onto backs of carts. He deserves a medal for it and it provided a vivid look into how filthy our great cities used to be.
Zombies made a welcome return to our screens this month with 'Walking Dead' coming to Channel 5 (Sunday 9pm). Although only a short six or seven part series adaption of the comic I feel its very much a thinking man's zombie series with some great characterisation and acting with Andrew Lincoln playing embattled cop 'Rick Grimes' with a great supporting cast.
At last the much vaunted 'Game of Thrones' has come to Sky Atlantic (Monday 9pm). All I can say after seeing the first two episodes is a resounding wow! It's too early days to write too much about it but I suspect it is really going to be epic, HBO can certainly turn out some quality stuff and I don't think this will disappoint. Amazing cast, great actors, deep and twisty plot and the promise of lots of things to come, I can't wait.
So all in all, a great month of television.
Neil Oliver has also made a return to BBC2 (Tuesday's 9pm) with his new mini series called 'History of Celtic Britain'. Mr Oliver is always good to watch and I love his enthusiasm though during this series I found myself being critical on several points as I felt he quickly brushed past some key areas of interest, Queen Boudica not really getting the coverage she deserved really, still, another great offering from the enthusiastic Caledonian.
Next up, and keeping with the theme of history was Dan Snow and 'Filthy Cities' (BBC 2, 9pm) covering the history of London, Paris and New York in their most grimy and disgusting periods. Dan really got stuck into doing some of the horrid jobs they had to do back in the day, such as carving up animals in a back alleyway and washing their entrails into the street as well as generally shovelling raw excrement onto backs of carts. He deserves a medal for it and it provided a vivid look into how filthy our great cities used to be.
Zombies made a welcome return to our screens this month with 'Walking Dead' coming to Channel 5 (Sunday 9pm). Although only a short six or seven part series adaption of the comic I feel its very much a thinking man's zombie series with some great characterisation and acting with Andrew Lincoln playing embattled cop 'Rick Grimes' with a great supporting cast.
At last the much vaunted 'Game of Thrones' has come to Sky Atlantic (Monday 9pm). All I can say after seeing the first two episodes is a resounding wow! It's too early days to write too much about it but I suspect it is really going to be epic, HBO can certainly turn out some quality stuff and I don't think this will disappoint. Amazing cast, great actors, deep and twisty plot and the promise of lots of things to come, I can't wait.
So all in all, a great month of television.
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