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Rewind: ‘The Avengers’ revisited
One elegant spy. Three femme fatales. A dash of diabolical masterminds. Nineteen gallons of Champagne. What was it about? When Dr David Keel’s fiancée is murdered, Keel teams up with the mysterious...
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Rewind: ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ revisited
Starting in March 1979, and running for almost ten years, Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected quickly became one of Anglia Television’s most successful and widely seen exports. It holds a very special...
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James Bond rewatch: ‘Casino Royale’
Nearly a decade on from its release, and with Daniel Craig’s fourth 007 adventure currently filming across the globe, we take a look back at the movie that relaunched the James Bond franchise in 2006,...
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Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 revisited: ‘Iron Man 3′
Ahead of the release of the much-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron in cinemas on 23 April, we’re taking a look back at Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with 2013’s Iron Man 3....
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Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 revisited: ‘Thor: The Dark World’
Ahead of the release of the much-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron in cinemas on 23 April, we’re taking a look back at Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Next up, 2013’s Thor: The Dark World!...
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Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 revisited: ‘Captain America: The Winter...
Ahead of the release of the much-anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron in cinemas on 23 April, we’re taking a look back at Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This week, it’s 2014’s Captain...
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Rewind: ‘Moondial’ revisited
One thing that characterises the greatest British children’s television dramas of the 1980s is fear. Without ever crossing the line into the kind of adult shockers that were popular in the cinema at...
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James Bond rewatch: ‘GoldenEye’ at 20
It’s 20 years since the release of Pierce Brosnan’s debut appearance as James Bond in 1995’s GoldenEye! 001. The story At a secret space testing centre in Siberia, the titular nuclear EMP weapon is...
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James Bond rewatch: ‘Thunderball’ at 50
It’s 50 years since the release of Sean Connery’s fourth appearance as James Bond in 1965’s Thunderball! 001. The story A Vulcan bomber has gone off radar with a couple of nuclear bombs on board....
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James Bond rewatch: ‘A View to a Kill’ at 30
It’s 30 years since the release of Roger Moore’s seventh and final appearance as James Bond in 1985’s A View to A Kill! 001. The story Veteran (and that’s putting it mildly; Roger Moore turned 57...
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James Bond rewatch: ‘Diamonds Are Forever’
001. The story After killing arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld in a puddle of mud, James Bond heads off to infiltrate an international diamond-smuggling ring and uncovers a deadly scheme to ransom the...
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‘Sapphire and Steel’ rewind: A look back at the ’70s British sci-fi fantasy...
“All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper,...
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Rewind: ‘Bugs’ revisited
If you’re a kid of the ‘90s you may remember that Saturday evenings were all about Bugs, a sci-fi action show that ran for 40 episodes over four years on BBC One in the midst of Doctor Who‘s...
View ArticleRewind: ‘Mission: Impossible’ (1988) revisited
Although it now languishes in the wilderness of television history, this intelligent, hi-tech and resolutely of-its-time reboot of Mission: Impossible provides a glossy missing link between the...
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Rewind: ‘Quatermass’ (1979) revisited
Huffity, puffity, Ringstone Round If you lose your hat it will never be found So pull your britches right up to your chin And fasten your cloak with a bright new pin And when you are ready, then we can...
View ArticleRewind: ‘The Prisoner’ revisited
50% spy show. 50% social satire. 100% great telly. No. 1: What is it about? A British secret agent resigns from his job for unknown reasons. Shortly afterwards, he is kidnapped and taken to the...
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‘Blackpool’ rewind: A look back at David Morrissey’s musical drama
Long before British star David Morrissey donned his eye patch and was terrifying audiences in AMC’s hit horror series The Walking Dead, and even before David Tennant landed his career-defining job in...
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‘Casino’ at 20: Martin Scorsese’s Mafia classic revisited
Can you believe it’s 20 years since Casino was released? Based on American author Nicholas Pileggi’s book of the same name, the movie’s thrill and appeal stems from the knowledge that it has its origin...
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James Bond retrospective 021: ‘Casino Royale’ (2006)
Serving as a quasi-reboot in 2006, this 21st entry in the franchise presents James Bond as a reaction to the glitzy excess of 2002’s Die Another Day and the gritty success of Jason Bourne, and it...
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James Bond retrospective 022: ‘Quantum of Solace’ (2008)
Casino Royale was considered a gamble in 2006 because it was the first (quasi) reboot – and with a blond Bond, no less. So they followed it up with… another gamble. 2008’s Quantum of Solace is the...
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