Too bad BBC canceled it less than a month after it aired earlier this year. The reason? “Too much crime,” which is a terrible excuse when the programming is par excellence. Zen — “It’s Venetian,” he says — is played by Rufus Sewell (TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”); his love interest is the seemingly […]
Michael Dibdin
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Dirty Tricks
This 2000 British series is nothing if not dirty, in language, sex and above all, deeds. (Read: good!) Based on a Michael Dibdin novel, the two-episode crime comedy focuses on a sad-sack tutor Edward (Martin Clunes), who stumbles into the big time and the high life once he kills his friend. But let me back […]