Rupert Haines

Television Correspondent, The Continental Times

Rupert covers television for The Continental Times and has reported from more than a dozen countries.

Review: A Finnish Series Takes Nordic Noir and Removes the Murder

“Kallio,” set in a Helsinki neighborhood over one winter, has detectives, snow, and secrets, but no body. What it has instead is a city, drawn with unusual tenderness.

Oct. 11, 2026 5 MIN READ

Review: In “The Allotment,” a British Comedy Finds the Whole Country in a Vegetable Patch

Six episodes, one allotment site in Leeds, 14 plot holders, and the sharpest writing about class, age, and courgettes in years.

Oct. 9, 2026 4 MIN READ

Sheds and vegetable beds on an allotment site in northern England, the kind of place where “The Allotment” is set.

Review: “La Moncloa” Is the Smartest Political Drama on Television, and It Is in Spanish

The eight-part series, set inside a coalition government that cannot agree on a budget, has no villains, no sex scandal, and a scene about a spreadsheet that will leave you breathless.

Oct. 9, 2026 5 MIN READ