Well, I come at last to the final “bonus episode” of Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge and I’m actually a little sorry to finish it. Whilst watching and writing about the five part (plus one) miniseries, I really came to enjoy the characters, the mystery and the style of the drama, and there was just enough loose ends left dangling to keep ( Read more... )

Right, I’d better get the rest of this done before my memories of it start to fade. I’ve commented on the first three episodes of Dancing on the Edge in this post, which (if you’re not in the mood to read) can be broken down into seven main points ( Read more... )

So thanks to a bonus episode (or something, I'm not quite sure what it's meant to be or how it fits into the original mini-series) of Dancing on the Edge we get some supplementary Angel material. Ironically, we learn more about her character in this brief interview than we did in the entirety of the actual show, and though the dialogue is unwieldy ( Read more... )

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Wow, I'm just speechless at Angel's talent. And the way she does that little dance on stage is the most adorable thing I've ever seen. And is anyone else amazed by the fact that she gets more focus in this short preview than she got in FIVE YEARS worth of promotional material for Merlin? Even though I know her character's fate, just by watching ( Read more... )

Yay! It looks so good!

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And one of the first reviews (of the first episode) is out: here. And it singles out Angel's singing talent!

"Musically, the real revelation here is Angel Coulby who not only looks stunning as the shy vocalist Jessie, but dominates with her frankly amazing voice."

She does sound good, especially since she actually sounds ( Read more... )

My Christmas shopping is officially complete! Oh how I love this feeling. I’m totally done and completely guilt-free. All the gifts are wrapped and sitting demurely on my coffee table, ready for pick-up (some wrapped a bit better than others depending on where I bought them and whether the stores provided a gift-wrapping service). And I think I did ( Read more... )

I have trailers for Dancing on the Edge AND Labyrinth! And no, I can't wait until Thursday to post them. Obviously the television gods decided to smile upon this auspicious day...

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It's been a good week for getting stuff done. Maybe it's just me, but when you have a pile of stuff to do, it usually seems to build-up over the course of a few weeks and then suddenly all go away at approximately the same time...

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