Troy: Fall of a City; Hold the Sunset; Mosaic

“A fresh, psychologically knotty take on one of the greatest tales of them all.”
Rupert Hawksley, The Daily Telegraph

From the opening flashback, Troy: Fall of a City hammers home the fact that we know how this is going to end; by the end credits, it remains uncertain whether the series needs eight episodes to show it.”
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent

“Superbly acted with some fantastic visuals, but the pacing might feel a little off to some. However, Rome, or Troy, was not built in a day, so those hoping to see some death and decapitation may have to hold onto their Trojan horses for a while longer.””
Amy Johnson, The Daily Express

“From the bloody Caesarean birth at the start of the story, to the vivid depiction of ancient sports, this is a respectful, grown-up retelling of the myth. The pace dragged occasionally, but the most famous war in ancient history is about to start, which ought to speed things up.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail 

“One of those wonderful programmes about everything and nothing – love, getting on with getting on, and simply taking a deep breath and adjusting as best you can when things don’t quite turn out the way you’d hoped. Who can’t relate to that?”
Rupert Hawksley, The Daily Telegraph

“It is hardly firecracker stuff. But I quite like the show, mainly because of the chemistry of the leads and because theirs is a stage of life that feels underexplored.”
Emine Saner, The Guardian

“An old-fashioned sitcom, a cross between One Foot In The Grave and Ronnie Corbett’s Sorry. It remains to be seen whether audiences still have an appetite for laboured slapstick where ageing men get into scrapes and women cluck over them.”
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail

”None of the characters are remotely likable, which might grate across six episodes. But it is intriguing, the setting is compelling and Stone is excellent, doing her thing – charismatic, sexually confident, icy.”
Emine Saner, The Guardian