True Detective

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Six things that might actually be bloody going on in True Detective

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 31st July 2015

Yeah no, the bit where he gets shot by a crow? That's a metaphor for ... I want to say the war in Iraq? Don't worry, I'm all over this.

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Top 10 TV shows of 2014

TV Feature | Ed Williamson, Rob Young, Christopher Ratcliff, Iain Robertson, Ali Gray, Luke Whiston | 31st December 2014

What's that? No, there never used to be 20 shows in our end-of-year lists. You're imagining things. OK, maybe that's partially true. Fine, it's entirely true. But trust me, this is a bold new way of doing the traditional yearly round-up, and in no sense a way for me to spend more time eating cake and less time writing over Christmas.

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True Detective poster validates my entire reason for being, probably

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 9th December 2013

Another year draws to a close, and I hunch over the laptop and begin to put together the top 20 list. It strikes me that I have watched every episode of at least 25 shows, and I stop short of totalling up the number of hours' viewing for fear the self-analysis will leave me howling into the abyss. Have ... have I wasted my life? Then I see this poster, and watch these promos, and know beyond doubt that this is my life's work. Which is handy, because watching TV's not all that hard.

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Harrelson, McConaughey, seemingly not stoned, to be on telly

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 27th November 2013

I don't know what's more surprising: the fact that two of my favourite actors are in an upcoming HBO series or that it appears they managed to hang out together for long enough to film it without ripping enough bongloads to stun a bison.

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