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Line of Duty: season two, episode five

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 18th March 2014

Yes, that six-minute long shot at the end of True Detective's fourth episode was amazing. But in episode five of Line of Duty, there was something just as groundbreaking.

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Line of Duty US remake scuppered by immaturity

TV News | Ed Williamson | 14th March 2014

"Tee-hee!" confirmed a source close to the network executives considering the remake. "Tee-hee, 'Line of Doody'! Ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha, 'doody'!"

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DVD weekly: mods, paramedics and alcoholics

TV Feature | Ed Williamson, Kirsty Harrison | 12th March 2012

In summary: it's OK for dramas and even stand-up comedians to be bleak, but it's not OK for comedies to be unfunny. Even if they would rather call themselves 'dramedies'.

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This is England '88 looks like wonderful misery-fest again

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 3rd December 2011

Remember This is England '86? Well it turns out that, two years on, this was still England. Despite the widespread calls at the time to change the country's name to 'Diego Maradona Must Die'.

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