The CultBox Podcast Roundup – February 2024

Here’s our February 2024 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, the picks this month are… Young Again – Peter Capaldi Kirsty Young kicks of a second run of her podcast which asks sees guests reflect on life lessons and asks the question: If you knew then, what … >

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‘Remember Me’ Episode 3 review

It might make it easier to sleep at night, to be less afraid of dripping taps in the kitchen or the ceaseless drumming of rain on the window, reflecting the blackness outside back in, but dammit, it’s still a shame to reach the end of Remember Me. It’s rare enough to find such an exquisitely … >

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‘Remember Me’ episode guide

Michael Palin takes the lead role in BBC One’s new mystery drama, Remember Me. Written by Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Five Days), the three-part series stars Palin as Tom Parfitt, a frail, old Yorkshireman seemingly alone in the world, whose admittance to a nursing home triggers a series of inexplicable events. > Order Remember Me … >

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‘Remember Me’ Episode 2 review

Although there aren’t quite as many jump-out-of-your-seat-screaming-for-mummy moments as last week, the second part of this surprisingly creepy drama by Gwyneth Hughes maintains the incessant sense of claustrophobic dread that haunted its predecessor. While detective Rob Fairholme (Mark Addy) begins the search for Tom Parfitt (Michael Palin), the missing pensioner’s former care worker Hannah Ward (Jodie … >

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‘Remember Me’ Episode 1 review

23 years have passed since Michael Palin’s last leading dramatic role – in Alan Bleasdale’s celebrated G.B.H. as harassed headmaster Jim Nelson – but it doesn’t show. Two decades of travelogues, voiceovers and, most recently, the reunion of the Monty Python team has neither blunted the sensibilities required to carry off a convincing serious performance … >

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‘Remember Me’ trailer: Michael Palin’s new BBC One drama

BBC One has released a trailer for Remember Me, a new mystery drama starring Michael Palin. Written by Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Five Days), the three-part series stars Palin as Tom Parfitt, a frail, old Yorkshireman seemingly alone in the world, whose admittance to a nursing home triggers a series of inexplicable events. > Order Remember … >

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‘Playhouse Presents…’ episode guide

An all-star cast of acclaimed talent are set to appear in Sky Arts’ new and exclusive comedy and drama strand, Playhouse Presents…, beginning this month. Starring Brenda Blethyn, Trevor Eve, Stephen Fry, Richard E. Grant, Sheila Hancock, John Hurt, Tom Jones, Eddie Marsan, Gina McKee, Paul O’Grady, Martin Shaw, Stellan Skarsgård, David Tennant, Emma Thompson, … >

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