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Outlaws: good telly

I caught the first episode of Outlaws, a BBC Three series which has come to BBC 2. I caught it again on Sunday night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Centred around a pair of solicitors, Phil Daniel's cynical, desensitised Dunbar, and Ray Emmett-Brown's young, idealistic, Gulliver. The writing's sharp, and the comedy is black, but the series tackles hard issues (domestic violence, mental health) with subtlety and heart. It also has fantastic titles.

Prince of Persia, Big Brother, Solaris

I've just finished playing Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. I bought it six months ago, and it's lain around waiting for me to finish other games. I remember the warm reception it received in Edge on its release two-odd years ago, and I remember the subsequent laments about its poor sales, and the frequent references to its fluidity in reviews of similar games (in which the comparisons were usually in favour of POP).

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