REVIEW
NYPD Blue Channel 4, Thu I8 Mar
Eyer srnte Steven B()(II(() treated the Ear‘.dn‘rar'r< \.'.orI\ of IOIUVIStuII gen.t.s that v. as Hr/r’ Street Bra/es, the .anedu es have been. peppered \.‘.!t't ensemble dramas adherrhg to its ground-l)real<rng formula The blueprrnt rs as follows a group of tough, world weary, (ulturaIIy drye'se rndrvrduals Juggle (ornplex persona (rrses surrth the demands of ther' Ir.g?‘ pressure professrons
Steven Sp-eiher'g ar‘d Inlrt'natn Crrtnton adapted the protedure to er't the medr<al nrrrret. for t"e' phenomenal suttess HQ, nahrle ‘e' o‘~.'. I-IoIva./o()d r‘ea‘r.ry\.'.'erget Ba'ry leti'rso" stark to (rrnre to" Horn/(rde [r‘e On
The Streets I\e." Bot'tto reairset: was onto a good thrng, l)"()(llr(r"tl regal drama [A /_a.'./ and, e'\.en.t_.ar*., another (op shout, NYPD 8/ue
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PREVIEW Every Woman Knows A
Secret Scottish, starts Thu I8 Ir/Iar, 9pm.
If you taught PauI Bettan.‘ .n Iy'rda Ia Plante's K///er ’Vet, you may ' ‘(dII n")- as a (It()l.".-S.'".()'r\'r",(;, tortured, murderer In [‘I/(‘/)/ Woman Knows A Serret, a three-part adaptatron ot' the Rosre Thomas novel, not one "uhrg'a'" of tar rs allowed to pass rrito Irs Iangs "That's the may IV ‘.'.o"r<s,' ne oeireues 'If you're a goodre, you don't S"I()K(" Yet, from tne early nto'r‘rerrts, '. appears he I be granted a IF(("'I((‘ to pull hrs way through the senes As Rot) IZIIrs, he rs hrarned for the (I'r'tK—(Ifr‘.rrr(; death of nrs frrend Danny Bat as the truth strrrotrndrng the tragedy oegrns
to s:rr"a(e, he ‘)r()‘.‘.'l‘,/ t'r'tds h s may rr‘to the alfe<trons 'and' oed ot' the grrex'r'rg mother Jess, olayed oy Stolria" Redn‘ond
The age gap rs one thrng, hat the iatt that Rob ‘.'-.as oehrnd the wheel nhen Danny nret nrs death means that 2"er' love mll never be artepted by farmly ant" t'raends 'She Iras so math for nothrng as an at tr‘ess,‘ notes Bettany o‘ Srol)han Redmond ‘She's aIrIe to a((ess he." ernot'ons and It rrra'rtes Me so easy at trng wrt'n someone who's so or'rlirarrt And there's a lot of Ired stenes and they s‘xere huger rrrrpor‘ta'rt '
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NYPD Blue: top of the cops
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Paul Bettany and Siobhan Redmond: secret heaven
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PREVIEW Hunting Venus Scottish, Wed 31 Mar, 9pm.
Wrth the Irkes of Human league, (ustu'e (iul) and Howard Jones I()."(r'1(] thenrsehres hatk -nto our psyt‘nes sarth ."eg'ettaole (ornehatxs, the |II()I()I'!()LIS 80s has slowly usurped the prexrous detad‘e as the one that detr'nated taste The one-off T\«’ Irlrrr fr’urrtrng Venus syrl‘ eyoke yet more oest-Io'gotte". Hremones of that tune ‘.‘.rt.". t're retor'natrorr of a 'rar‘rd, not thrt ugh any sad attempt at relrvrng the past, but as a means to fend off ozar KII‘.(‘rII(‘I‘S and polrr e
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TV
Martin Clunes: after 805
Jane IIorr‘otks plays the band's oosessrve fan and there are guest aopear'antes from (rary Nurnan, Srmon Le Bon and Tony Hadley ‘Nerl and l were on Chr'dr‘en In Need olayrng tne Ugly Srsters,’ re<aIIs Clunes 'We were done Lil) Irke dogs" drn'ters and that remrnded NKIs (Vryran, the fslm's wr'ter‘ of the Nev. Rt)".‘.d"’.1( era trwotrgh the ext essne dresszrrg ' Who needs panto when you'.e got the 8(Is’
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FILM OF THE EORTNIGHT La Haine
880, Sat 20 LIar, I I.25pnr.
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La Haine: daft punks
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REVIEW
Queer As Folk Channel 4, Tue 16 Mar, IO.30pm
Just when you thotrght Channel .1's (ont'ove'sra. Or/eer As /()/A was shaprng or) to he one Iong party, I s'r‘atks you w: the got) \‘.'=th sorrre serroasiy gut-tarent "'ng (rr'a'na I‘prsode three oroaght the nedo'rrst 'oIIertoaster to a smsernng halt, when the preyrousry drug-free l’hr! \‘.as fed a Ietha| (lose heto'e I)(‘i".(; 'ol)l)ed Sudden‘y the Intessa'rt (rul)l)rng and puIIrng hfestvie of this unrt’or'rrly nandsorr‘re, hut .rItrrr‘ater I)e|re\.rat)le group of gay pals seems less (iIII'(I(Ir‘./t‘, and the (riaratter's too were to get a sooerntg shot rn the arrr‘ [)ornrnated Iry I’rirl's funeral and garrma Nathan's rrrtreasrng ohsessron \‘.'rtlH se'ra? shagger Stuart, eprsode ‘otrr reathed unexperted veyels oT' pathos
As Stuart and sheet Vrr‘te's \.\.r'rI'-they-
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Queer As Folk: gay dead
\.\.'on't-tney lrre'rdshrp rs ielt ra\.‘. and exposed by I’IrrI's SL.‘(I(I("‘. deat't, ,ts t we
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