“In the five episodes since its patchy pilot back in February, Babylon has happily transformed into one of the most thrilling and original series on television.”
“In the five episodes since its patchy pilot back in February, Babylon has happily transformed into one of the most thrilling and original series on television. Now the only potential impediment to total triumph is Liz Garvey and just how teeth grindingly irritating she is in every scene in which she appears. The effect is at least mitigated when other characters knock her down a peg.”
Ellen E Jones, Independent
“The story of Edward’s demise, via a red hot poker, was probably made up but that, too, had a certain ugly edge to it. In this account, we had a true glimpse of the people behind the dates and the facts. They were all awful.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express
Glimpses of characters like LLywelyn [ap Gruffudd] and Isabella de Fortibus, the unofficial “Queen of the Isle of Wight”, helped liven up a programme that also included extended tuition on medieval stonemasonry – particularly dull, since we’d already seen something very similar on BBC2’s Secrets of the Castle. “
Ellen E Jones, Independent
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