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Tag: Downton Abbey

End of an Era: Downton Abbey

Posted on 1st January 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

I can’t imagine there are many TV programmes that would have three generations of my family eagerly anticipating Christmas day. Admittedly, it’s not one of my most shouted about guilty pleasures, because at what point […]

In the Middle’s Cracking Christmas Specials

Posted on 24th December 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

It’s cold outside, so better stay inside with a mince pie, a glass of mulled wine (or three) and reacquaint yourself with your old friend: the sofa. Across Christmas and New Year, there is some […]

TV | Downton Abbey predictably popular, but delightfully good

Posted on 5th October 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Forget Freshers’ welcome parties. We all know that the first two weeks of the academic year are dedicated to a single task: the race to watch as many television series as physically possible before the […]

TV | Crimson Field – WWI period drama at its best

Posted on 22nd April 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

In recent years, Sunday evenings have become renowned as prime television real-estate for period dramas, with shows such as Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife providing the perfect end to the weekend in a wave […]

TV | 37 Days – A wonderfully witty docu-drama

Posted on 16th March 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

With Downton Abbey going from strength to strength, this drama about the period between Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination and the declaration of war is quite like a costume drama mixed with politics. War buffs will enjoy this […]

TV | BBC vs ITV – The big debate

Posted on 11th March 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Late in 2013, a Chinese newspaper, the Global Times, ran an editorial saying that Britain was “no longer any kind of ‘big country’, but merely a country of old Europe suitable for tourism and overseas […]

TV | Mr Selfridge – Excluding the ludicrous plot twists that Downton is forever pulling out of a dusty closet

Posted on 5th February 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Mr Selfridge will forever fall into the same category as Downton Abbey, and as such, it has a lot to live up to. As glossy and well loved as Downton undoubtedly is, Mr Selfridge certainly […]

TV | The Dangers of Downton Abbey

Posted on 3rd January 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Christmas is a time for peace, love and difficult conversations with family about why you’re still single, or your decision to pursue a degree in the arts. Yet spare a thought for our friends the […]

TV | Death Comes to Pemberley – Did it live up to Austen lovers' expectations?

Posted on 30th December 2013 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Upon hearing that part one of a sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was being aired on Boxing Day, my immediate thought was that the author had taken a bit of a risk. Continuing the lives […]

What's On: Parade's End

Posted on 12th October 2012 by The Gryphon Web Editor

  Parade’s End was one of the most moving and accomplished pieces of television Jennie Pritchard has ever watched; full to the brim of Britain’s finest acting talent and adapted from one of the finest […]

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