Hoping for the horror to end

‘The most Christian show on TV’ is how one reviewer described this latest production from Stephen Moffat (writer of Dr Who from 2005–2008) and Mark Gatiss (creators together of the wildly successful Sherlock).

Culture watching Sarah Allen

It was much trailed over Christmas and ran through three 90-minute episodes, beginning on New Year’s Day, with an accompanying documentary about the history of Dracula productions. 1 January might seem aeons past when you read this, but Dracula is still there on iPlayer and, if you can’t be bothered to watch it, you’ll see similar patterns and ideas in many contemporary TV crime and period dramas.