Articles written by Robin Jarossi
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Identity on ITV1 with Keeley Hawes and Aidan Gillen, Review
New six-part crime series about identity theft, false personas and digital fraud is a fresh and sometimes unsettling drama.
Jul 1, 2010
- Robin Jarossi
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Father & Son ITV1 Crime Drama with Dougray Scott
The Hollywood actor plays a former gangster going straight in Ireland who is drawn back to Manchester's crime scene to save his son.
May 29, 2010
- Robin Jarossi
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Idris Elba in BBC Crime Drama Luther
From The Wire's Stringer Bell to London cop - the Hackney-born star shows a new side of his acting range with another powerhouse performance.
Apr 28, 2010
- Robin Jarossi
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Inspector Cataldo's Criminal Summer – Review
The first of Luigi Guicciardi's popular Inspector Cataldo crime novels has been translated into English by Hersilia Press.
Apr 21, 2010
- Robin Jarossi
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The Prisoner Returns to ITV1
James Caviezel, Ian McKellen and Ruth Wilson Star In AMC-ITV's Lavish Update of Patrick McGoohan's 1960s Cult Classic.
Apr 15, 2010
- Robin Jarossi
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Spartacus Blood and Sand – Review
All the hype and anticipation for Sartacus: Blood and Sand salivated with the amount of nudity and violence rumoured to be on offer.
Jan 25, 2010
- Robin Jarossi
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Law & Order UK 2010 – New Series Review
A murdered constable, Brooks and Devlin investigating uniformed officers and Alesha recovering from her rape ordeal make it a hard-hitting return for the London spin-off.
Jan 4, 2010
- Robin Jarossi
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2010 Crime Dramas on British TV – Preview
Idris Elba, Kenneth Branagh, Brenda Blethyn and Benedict Cumberbatch in a great acting line-up as gangsters, stalkers and a modern-day Sherlock Holmes hit UK television.
Dec 26, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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The Fattest Man in Britain ITV1 – Review
Caroline Aherne and Jeff Pope have created a touching, bittersweet fairytale about a very, very fat man.
Dec 18, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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An Englishman in New York on ITV – Review
Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon joins John Hurt in a drama about Quentin Crisp's later years of celebrity as a 'resident alien' in New York.
Dec 7, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Lizzie Mickery on Writing Paradox for BBC1
Lizzie Mickery talks about how she created Paradox, the high-concept thriller series about future crimes, and why she had to give up acting to write her own dramas.
Nov 30, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Target by Simon Kernick – Review
One of Britain's hottest new crime writers delivers another blast of relentless action in his eighth novel.
Nov 11, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Paradox – Tamzin Outhwaite Thriller BBC1 Preview
The BBC's five-part, high-concept thriller pits incredulous detectives against images that seem to foretell future mayhem and death.
Nov 9, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind – Review
Goodkind's latest novel is a thriller-fantasy that may please die-hard fans but won't delight mainstream thriller devotees.
Nov 2, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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NCIS: Los Angeles on Sky1 – Review
High-gloss new crime spin-off from the NCIS franchise hits Sky1 screens.
Oct 24, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Jack the Ripper Identified? Discovery Channel
Documentary by historian Mei Trow places local man at the heart of London's notorious Whitechapel murders.
Oct 22, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Murderland with Robbie Coltrane ITV1 – Preview
Robbie Coltrane gives the kid's roles a rest to play a tormented detective in a twisting, suspenseful new three-part drama.
Oct 15, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Pixar Animation on The South Bank Show – Preview
John Lasseter and his creative team talk about story, creating animation magic and being inspired by Disney on ITV1's The South Bank Show.
Oct 8, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards 2009
ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards and the Crime Writers' Association join forces to honour Lynda La Plante, Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and others.
Oct 4, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Merlin Cast Discuss Filming Hit BBC Series
Merlin's stars and creators talk about the international success of the BBC series and the challenges of filming it.
Sep 8, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Agatha Christie's Marple on ITV1 – Review
The Queen of Crime is unfashionable but her popularity never dims, which is why ITV1 has lavished a stellar cast on Jane Marple's return in A Pocket Full of Rye.
Aug 31, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Kolymsky Heights – Lost Classic Thriller
Lionel Davidson's unforgettable 1994 spy adventure set in Siberia comes in from the cold thanks to Faber Finds and Philip Pullman.
Aug 18, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Ian Rankin's Doors Open – Review
With his new paperback delving into the fearful fallout from an art heist, Ian Rankin shows he's still in the frame as Britain's leading crime author.
Aug 1, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Palace Council by Stephen L Carter – Review
Palace Council is a 20-year trip through dirty, violent post-war American politics. Stephen L Carter's novel weaves fiction into history to create a sprawling mystery.
Jul 13, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Occupation – BBC Drama with James Nesbitt
James Nesbitt plays one of three British soldiers whose lives detonate after experiencing the vicious chaos and human waste of the Iraq invasion during 2003.
Jun 10, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Martina Cole's The Take – on Sky1
Just when it looks like British TV has lost its bottle making crime dramas, Sky1 strolls onto the manor and shows everyone who's guvnor.
Jun 3, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Gutted by Tony Black – Book Review
You have to fear for author Tony Black's wreck of a hero, Gus Dury.
Apr 24, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Authonomy Online Writers' Community
Three schemes for new writers offer genuine, publisher-backed routes to a book deal. This article looks at how one, Authonomy, is backing upcoming novelists...
Mar 31, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Romantic Novelists' Association Writers' Scheme
Three schemes for new writers offer genuine, publisher-backed routes to success. This article looks at how one of them, run by the RNA, is backing upcoming novelists...
Mar 31, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Macmillan New Writing Cultivates Fresh Talent
Three schemes for new writers offer genuine, publisher-backed routes to a book deal. This article looks at how one, MNW, is successfully backing aspiring novelists...
Mar 31, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Gallows Lane by Brian McGilloway – Review
For a population of around 1500, Lifford in Ireland has inspired a terrifying level of murder and blood feuds in Brian McGilloway's evolving Insp Devlin crime series.
Mar 29, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Brian McGilloway Interview
McGilloway reveals how he nearly gave up trying to get his debut novel, Borderlands, published and how he created Irish border detective Inspector Ben Devlin...
Mar 19, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Whitechapel: Jack the Ripper Resurrected by ITV
Jack the Ripper may have escaped into the fogs of time and controversy since 1888, but he seems to be stalking East London once again in ITV1's Whitechapel
Jan 31, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Bolt: Disney Revival with John Lasseter
The release of Bolt is the first sign that animator John Lasseter is successfully transferring the creativity and perfectionism of his Pixar studio to that of Disney.
Jan 17, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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Review of BBC1's The Diary of Anne Frank
Ellie Kendrick puts in a compelling performance, capturing Anne's rebelliousness as well as her humour and sensitivity.
Jan 9, 2009
- Robin Jarossi
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ITV's Supernatural Drama Demons
A new supernatural thriller comes to UK network ITV1 on Saturday 3 January, conjuring the legacy of Bram Stoker's Dracula above and below the streets of modern-day London
Dec 13, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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Lynda La Plante's Above Suspicion on ITV
Crime writer Lynda La Plante has developed a new female TV detective to battle crime and male cynicism following the retirement of Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison.
Dec 6, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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Review of BBC's Survivors Remake 2008
The BBC's keenly awaited remake of Survivors, the classic TV drama in which society collapses after a super-virus wipes most of the population, is a ratings hit.
Nov 25, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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The BBC Is Filming Small Island for 2009
Small Island, the multi-awarding-winning novel by Andrea Levy, is being filmed by the BBC for transmission in autumn 2009. Naomie Harris will play the leading role.
Nov 23, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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Survivors Returns to BBC
BBC1 is reviving one of its most disturbing and ground-breaking dramas in November 2008.
Oct 28, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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Prisoner Remake: Caviezel, McKellen in Africa
Filming the updated version of classic TV show The Prisoner is finishing in the Namibian seaside resort of Swakopmund.
Oct 16, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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ITV3 Crime Thriller Winners
The top criminal minds working in television, film and novels have been celebrated at the first ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards.
Oct 6, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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Arnaldur Indridason's Arctic Chill – Review
Icelandic crime-novelist Indridason's fifth book translated into English gives heart-rending glimpses into the haunted life of his recurring hero, Erlendur.
Oct 2, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards
The inaugural ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards are about to celebrate the genre's great novels, films and television dramas of 2008.
Sep 25, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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London's Best Winter Visits
These spots are known to many locals but will delight visitors from outside the capital, offering something historic, something tasty or something fun for curious kids...
Sep 19, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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Branagh Is Swedish Cop Wallander
Kenneth Branagh is starring in one of the BBC's most keenly awaited major series this November as brooding Swedish detective Kurt Wallander.
Sep 15, 2008
- Robin Jarossi
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