Treasure Island was yet another new show out on Sky1. Admittedly this was only a two parter, but this had Eddie Izzard in it and Philip Glenister, so at the outset things were looking good.
And it was a lot of fun. It was clearly family-fare, but was superior to Neverland, in so much as there was only really one kid in it and he wasn't that annoying. Izzard made for a charismatic Long John Silver, and Donald Sutherland and Elijah Wood gave good support in effectively cameo roles. Glenister was (of course) great, as was Daniel Mays, who seems to be in everything now. Good luck to him, especially as he's already done a great turn in the final series of Ashes to Ashes.
Despite the stellar cast, the stand out performance was Rupert Penry-Jones as the douchy Squire Trelawney (really struggled for an adjective there, and villainous seemed a bit too much). You really grew to hate the character, and when he meets his end, it's one of the most uncomfortable looking deaths I've seen in a while (not in a gory way, but if you've seen it you'll know what I mean).
Once again, good work from Sky.
I really feel like I'm giving them too many props at the moment, so will try to find something of theirs I hate so I can really slate it.
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