Tag Archives: BBC

Hebden Bridge is now firmly on the tourist map

Hebden Bridge is now firmly on the tourist map

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs HAPPY VALLEY SERIES 1-2 (BBC) The setting is the 500-year-old picturesque market town of Hebden Bridge in the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. Happy Valley is th ...
The incomparable Maggie Smith

The incomparable Maggie Smith

Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs THE LADY IN THE VAN (Universal). First there was the memoir. Then there was the play. Now there’s the film and Maggie Smith repeating her role and Nicholas Hytne ...
Do soaps need to clean up their act?

Do soaps need to clean up their act?

My sofa partner and I follow the continuing dramas known as soap operas.  The three main events are EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street which are the markers for the rest of our evening viewin ...