November 6th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: ITV2, Trinity
It’s the final episode of the series and Maltravers has to face the consequences of his actions as Lord Ravensbury comes back to clear up the matter of Maltravers’ murder of the Envoy.
Lord Ravensbury checks in with the Project to discover the verdict of Maltravers’ fate and he reveals he is deemed more important to them alive than dead.
Last night’s TV was a tad scant on new offerings, but I tuned in to Trinity on ITV2 hoping that this new series would live up to its promise. Said promise was made by the show’s executive producer, Ash Atalla, who described the show as “high-octane, ball-breaking drama”.
Well, if there was any high-octane or ball-breaking, I missed it. What I did find however was a show that, yet again, tried to sample bits of previously successful shows and roll them into a ‘new’ format. And it didn’t work. Not even a little bit.
The concept of the show is that at a posh college, there’s something sinister afoot. The show centred around the new term starting and immediately lobbed a ton of back-stories at us to establish the sinister subtext. But it was done with a heavy hand and they may as well have put up subtitles or flashed the point of the scene up on a big board. Read more & comment »
September 15th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: ITV, Trinity
Trinity is a brand new drama for ITV2. Set in the gothic, oak panelled halls of residence and lecture theatres of the fictional Bridgeford University, Trinity College. For over 900 years, Trinity has been an elite playground solely for the über rich and powerful. However for the first time in its long and illustrious history, Trinity is about to throw open its doors to students from, well, the lower social classes.
From Roughcut TV, Ash Atalla’s (The Office, The IT Crowd ) new production company, comes Trinity, a brand new drama for ITV2. Set in the gothic, oak panelled halls of residence and lecture theatres of the fictional Bridgeford University, Trinity College, the 8 part series will bring a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘first term nerves.’ Read more & comment »