CROSSFIRE: Creator Louise Doughty gives the scoop on the new Britbox mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/06/2023
CROSSFIRE Key Art | ©2022 Britbox

In creator Louise Doughty’s CROSSFIRE miniseries, originally on BBC1 in the U.K. and now streaming in its three-part entirety on Britbox in North America, we know at the start that something terrible has happened, but at first, not what it is, or who has been lost. Keeley Hawes stars as Jo, a resident of Leicester, England. Jo currently advises on security issues at a department store. She is married to Jason (Lee Inglesby); they have two little boys together, plus Jo’s daughter Amara (Shalisha James-Davis) from a previous marriage. Jo invites her best friends Miriam (Josette Simon) and Abhi (Anneika […]Read On »


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HONOUR: Executive producer Liza Marshall on new British film – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/25/2021
Keeley Hawes in HONOUR| ©2021 Britbox

HONOUR is a fact-based drama that follows the investigation, led by British police detective Caroline Goode (played by Keeley Hawes, also one of the executive producers) into the 2006 disappearance of Banaz Mahmod (Buket Kamur). Goode’s inquiry leads her to learn about the disturbing practice of “honor killings,” which consist of men murdering women, often family members, for perceived infractions against patriarchal culture. HONOUR executive producer Liza Marshall has an extensive career in both narrative and documentary films and television. Her previous work includes the RED RIDING films, WELCOME TO THE PUNCH, SPRINGSTEEN AND I, TABOO, and RIVIERA. Speaking by […]Read On »


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TV Review: LINE OF DUTY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/11/2020
LINE OF DUTY Key Art | ©2020 Acorn TV

Stars: Martin Cumpston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Craig Parkinson, Lennie James, Keeley Hawes, Thandie Newton Writer: Jed Mercurio Directors: John Strickland, Douglas Mackinnon, David Caffrey, Daniel Nettheim, Michael Keillor, Jed Mercutio, Susan Tully Networks: AMC, Acorn TV Original Airdates: U.K., June 26, 2012; AMC, April 6, 2020 LINE OF DUTY is a British police drama unlike most. For one thing, it just won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Season 5, Episode 4. For another, LINE OF DUTY deals with a subject that U.S. police dramas so far won’t touch as a series premise: Internal Affairs. […]Read On »


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