February 16, 2012 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Every year there is one big US TV show that everyone must watch. You know, like The Sopranos or Nurse Jackie or Mad Men or 24 or Rhoda. This year it is Homeland, which has the distinct advantage of starring the delicious ginger actor Damian Lewis as an American Marine who has been held captive for eight years by al-Qaeda. Released to a hero’s welcome, he returns to his – wait for it – homeland and tries to get on with his life, the only fly in his oinkment being that a certain lady from the CIA, played by Claire Danes, thinks he’s a terrorist. Which is not only an irony but a darned shame. Landing on UK televisions with the highest of plaudits from our American friends, it starts on Channel 4 this Sunday at 9.30pm. The end.