Friday 23 January 2009

TV

Cracker
1x01 The Mad Woman in the Attic Part 1
I never really thought I'd be grateful for the existence of ITV3, but, thanks to them, I'm finally getting to see Cracker (having only previously caught the 2006 special).
Directed by Michael Winterbottom -- he who would go on to make the likes of Jude, 24 Hour Party People and 9 Songs -- it starts off looking much more like a film than a TV drama, which is especially exceptional for 1993. It's also engrossingly written, justifying all the praise that surrounds it, though in an age where every TV cop has some kind of emotional/home life issue, the amount of time spent focussing on Fitz's gambling/drinking/marriage is a bit irritating at times.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

Gilmore Girls
5x17 Pulp Friction

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