James Walton

A solid costume drama but Dame Helen has been miscast: Catherine the Great reviewed

Plus: World on Fire has so much going on that you will forgive its broad-brush characterisation

issue 05 October 2019

It’s possibly not a great sign of a Britain at ease with itself that the historical character most likely to show up in a TV drama now seems to be Oswald Mosley. But the week after his starring role in Peaky Blinders ended, there he was again, right at the beginning of BBC1’s next Sunday-night drama.

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