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A first look at the BBC's new period drama Cranford

Last night More4 broadcast The Trial of Tony Blair, Alistair Beaton's satirical follow up to Blunkett comedy drama A Very Social Secretary. Did it tell us anything we don't already know about our soon to depart PM?

In a studio in Doha, garishly illuminated in all the colours of the rainbow. two presenters, male and female (no sign of hijab), promised us stories from Russia, Jerusalem and Afghanistan, plus "an exclusive report from Iraq on the daily battle to bury the victims of sectarian conflict".

Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood begins this weekend on BBC3. Is it any good?

This review was first posted on 12 September:

When you have the writer of Shameless and State of Play and the producer of Cracker and Red Dwarf launching a new production company, the expectations for their first drama series are high.

There's no accusing this Cracker of avoiding the big questions of modern geopolitics. Yes, you heard right: this is a seriously meaningful return of Robbie Coltrane's ingenious and deeply flawed criminal psychologist Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald who returns to the drama where it's all about why not who dunnit.

The new Robin Hood has a lot to live up to. Not only Robins gone by but another classic Saturday teatime drama series recently reinvented by the BBC - Doctor Who. So is BBC1's new incarnation Robin Good - or Robin Bad?