ITV announces drama on contaminated blood scandal after Post Office series success
Peter Moffat will write show about what is considered one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in NHS history
February 2023
Rufus Sewell and Gillian Anderson to star in film about Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview
Billie Piper and Keeley Hawes will also star in Netflix drama Scoop, which will fictionalise the royal’s infamous BBC interview with Emily Maitlis
July 2022
Prince Andrew’s Newsnight interview to be the subject of a new film
Scoop to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the extraordinary BBC encounter which saw the Duke of York discuss his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
March 2021
TV review
Your Honor review: perfectly fine – if you can forget about Breaking Bad
Bryan Cranston is sublime, but this tale of a good man uncovering dark truths – a la Walter White – struggles to match up to his defining work
February 2021
'No parent can send their child off to die' – Peter Moffat on his searing new thriller
In Your Honor, Bryan Cranston plays a judge trying to cover up his son’s crime. Its writer thought he was unshockable – until he went to America to research its justice system
April 2018
Bard example: can Shakespeare translate to the small screen?
Television history is littered with sub-par adaptations, but with some big name numbers coming soon – including King Lear and Hamlet – the material is still too attractive to ignore
October 2017
TV tonight
Sunday’s best TV: The Last Post; Electric Dreams – The Commuter
Peter Moffat’s soapy new period drama explores the British military police in Aden in 1965, while this week’s Electric Dreams stars Timothy Spall as an anguished station attendant
September 2016
TV review
The Night Of review: a frightened young man is caught in the headlights on the road to hell
This HBO murder drama slides into something deeper about the randomness of justice, with Riz Ahmed a hypnotic lead character
May 2016
Undercover recap: episode five – Maya, some decorum, please
Thanks to a raving racist and a retired police officer armed with a VHS player, we established a fair bit of intel in the penultimate episode. But is it enough?
April 2016
I lived with an undercover officer – this BBC series gets it all wrong
Alison
Woman who lived with police spy criticises BBC drama Undercover
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Undercover; Marcella; Workers or Shirkers? Ian Hislop’s Victorian Benefits; Vinyl – review
TV tonight
Sunday's best TV: 11.22.63; Hidden Britain By Drone; Undercover
March 2016
BBC thriller probes family betrayals of police who go undercover
Primetime milestone as two black actors star in BBC1's Undercover
July 2015
Peter Moffat’s new BBC1 drama to star Sophie Okonedo and Adrian Lester
Undercover, which focuses on a high-flying lawyer and her policeman husband, is a rarity in BBC1 primetime for having two black actors in lead roles
August 2014
Observer TV reviews
The Village; Kate Adie's Women of World War One; Scotland Votes; Boomers – TV review
The return of Sunday-night flagship show The Village sees BBC1 making a move for Downton Abbey territory, writes Euan Ferguson
April 2013
BBC's The Village to get second series as it draws 5m viewers
Peter Moffat drama starring Maxine Peake and John Simm will return with another six episodes set in the 20s. By John Plunkett
March 2013
Shortcuts
The Village: the whole 20th century as seen from the Peak District
Maxine Peake: 'People go to therapy. I've got a hoover' – interview
