Episode 11: The Tunnel, Slow Horses, Inside Man
THE TUNNEL, ( France/England) pairs a quirky French detective and well-worn English detective who must solve a mystery which involves a politician’s body left in the Eurotunnel. Split in half, part remains in France and part remains in England.
SLOW HORSES ( England ) features a group of misfit MI5 would-be spies who must save a kidnapped student from being beheaded while also battling the politicians and their own superiors, in whose best interests it is to thwart them.
INSIDE MAN ( England) juxtaposes the live of two men, one a criminologist on a Texas death row for gruesomely murdering his wife and the other, a popular young English vicar facing an ethical dilemma, either kill someone or see his family ruined.
Episode 10: Pachinko, The English, Home for Christmas
Hear about HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, a darkly funny look at love and family as a 30 something nurse seeks to fulfill her family’s wish that she find a boyfriend to share in their Christmas dinner.
PACHINKO (South Korea) chronicles four generations of a Korean family who endure and overcome the difficulties faced by Koreans who were forced to live under Japanese occupation.
THE ENGLISH-( USA, England ) In the American West in the late 1890s an English noblewoman seeks to exact revenge on the man who's killed her son. She soon meets a world-weary member of the Pawnee nation and ex-Cavalry scout who is on a mission of his own.
Episode 9: Gloria, The Empress, A Place to Call Home
Hear about GLORIA, THE EMPRESS and A PLACE TO CALL HOME
Episode 8:Bad Sisters, Tehran, Prisoners of War
Hear about political thriller, TEHRAN, Irish black comedy BAD SISTERS and PRISONERS OF WAR, on which HOMELAND was based
Episode 7: The Miracle, Who Killed Sara, Dark Winds
Reviews here of DARK WINDS, THE MIRACLE and WHO KILLED SARA
Episode 2: Stay Close, Losing Alice, Sex Education
Stay Close; Losing Alice; Sex Education
Episode 1: Sky Rojo, Sisyphus, Bordertown
Hear about SKY ROJO, the hot Spanish series, then a futuristic thriller from South Korea, SISYPHUS and finally BORDERTOWN, a Finnish police drama.