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Review: No Offence, season 3

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / January 16, 2019 / Alexandra Roach, Claire Rushbrook, Darren Connolly, Elaine Cassidy, foreign tv series, Joanna Scanlan, Neil Maskell, Nigel Lindsay, No offence, Paul Ritter, Saira Choudhry, season 3, Sharon Rooney, Tamara Lawrance, Tom Varey, trailers, Will Mellor

No Offence, the British series about a group of Manchester police, has the police facing the loss of one of their own in season3. She was a favorite of mine as well. Big spoiler ahead.

Poppy Lee Friar and Amy-Leigh Hickman in Ackley Bridge

Review: Ackley Bridge, season 2

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / November 15, 2018 / Ackley Bridge, Adam Fielding, Adil Ray, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Arsher Ali, Ayub Khan-Din, Cody Ryan, Fern Deacon, foreign tv series, Gurjeet Singh, Jo Joyner, Kevin Erlis, Liz White, Lorraine Cheshire, Maariah Hussain, Malcolm Campbell, Megan Parkinson, Nazmeen Kauser, Paul Nicholls, Poppy Lee Friar, Sam Retford, Samuel Bottomley, season 2, Sunetra Sarker, Tom Varey, Tony Jayawardena, trailers

Ackley Bridge, season 2, with its big cast and 12 episodes was even more interesting than season 1. The UK’s Channel 4 must agree with me because they’ve commissioned a third season of 8 episodes for 2019. This British drama about an integrated school filled with both white and Asian kids and teachers is a great setting for multiple storylines. …

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Joanna Scanlan, Alexandra Roach and Elaine Cassidy in No Offence

Review: No Offence

1 Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 23, 2018 / Alexandra Roach, Catherine Morshead, Charlie May-Clark, Elaine Cassidy, foreign tv series, Hanna Bieniuszewicz, Joanna Scanlan, Mia Blakeley, Misha Manson-Smith, Neet Mohan, No offence, Paul Abbott, Risteard Cooper, Sacha Dhawan, Saira Choudhry, Samira Radsi, Sarah O'Gorman, season 1, Ste Johnston, Tom Varey, trailers, Will Mellor, Women Directors

No Offence is a cop drama from the UK. It features a group of Manchester police who are dedicated to the job, but have interesting and sometimes funny lives as well.