The Dabbler reviews new seven-part conspiracy drama The Shadow Line (BBC Two, Thursday, 9pm). The Shadow Line starts beautifully. We are in pitch darkness and then two pale lights (fireflies? flares?) trickle down the screen, eventually revealing themselves to be torches borne by policemen, viewed from directly overhead, as they approach ... Read More...

Richard Taylor’s programme Churches: How to Read Them  is showing on BBC4 (let’s face it, BBC4 is currently justifying the license fee on its own, with precious little help from elsewhere) and, a few episodes behind, on BBC2 on Friday evenings. Despite our supposed national Godlessness, countless people visit Britain’s churches every day, but how many of us ... Read More...