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‘Doctor Who’ Christmas countdown Day 11: ‘Last Christmas’
Hands up who else fully expected that ‘Last Christmas’ was at some point going to feature a certain Wham song? Instead, the Twelfth Doctor’s first seasonal outing reunites him with Clara (in Jenna...
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The legacy of ‘Little Britain’
It’s thirteen years since Little Britain hit our screens with its outrageous brand of humour. Always shocking, defiantly funny, and endlessly quotable, the BBC comedy series from David Walliams and...
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Rewind: Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade’s ‘AD/BC: A Rock Opera’ revisited
If you thought Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace was a cult comedy, just wait until you see what two of its stars did next… Before becoming known to a wider audience on The IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade and Matt...
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James Bond retrospective 004: ‘Thunderball’ (1965)
It’s the most financially successful James Bond film (adjusted for inflation), the second (after Goldfinger) to win an Oscar, this time for Best Visual Effects, and infamously remade as Never Say Never...
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Rewind: Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds’ ‘Zzzap!’ revisited
In 1989, presenter Neil Buchanan and producer Tim Edmunds created a show for Children’s ITV called Art Attack, which showed kids how to make quirky and unusual things from household objects. With Art...
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James Bond retrospective 005: ‘You Only Live Twice’ (1967)
Arguably the Bondiest of all Bond films and the prime inspiration for practically every spy spoof that has ever spoofed, You Only Live Twice is truly the epitome of the view that ‘bigger is better’....
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Rewind: Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s ‘Psychoville’ revisited
A third season of Inside No. 9 will be on our TV screens this year, so let’s take a look back at its creators’ previous comedy venture, Psychoville. Psychoville was broadcast on BBC Two from 2009 to...
View ArticleRewind: A love letter to BBC Three’s ‘Pulling’, ten years on
Sharon Horgan, recently of Catastrophe fame, is getting back together with her old writing partner Dennis Kelly (Utopia). And unlike many reunions, it’s actually a very good plan. It’s been ten years...
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‘Merlin’ best episodes countdown: ‘Lady of the Lake’ is #9
Season 2’s ninth episode, ‘Lady of the Lake’, is at number nine in our list of the Top 10 Merlin episodes. This episode was one of extreme rarity; Merlin finds love! The main adventure was the arrival...
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Rewind: Cybermen creators’’70s sci-fi drama ‘Doomwatch’ revisited
‘What are you making down there – poison gas?’ What was it about? Gerry Davis and Dr Kit Pedler first worked together during the 1960s, when Doctor Who producer Innes Lloyd brought them into his...
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James Bond retrospective 006: ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (1969)
And so we come to the black sheep of the Bond family… Sean Connery left the building and George Lazenby picked up the reins in a film whose reputation seems to rise and fall depending on the phases of...
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Rewind: ‘The Children of Green Knowe’ revisited
‘This house is full of eyes … all looking at me.’ What was it about? Adapted from the first of Lucy M. Boston’s series of novels, The Children of Green Knowe is a sedately-paced ghostly period drama...
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James Bond retrospective 007: ‘Diamonds are Forever’ (1971)
We referred to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service as the ‘black sheep’ of the Bond family. However, a similar claim could be made for this, Sean Connery’s one-off return (as long as we only count Never...
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Rewind: ITV’s 1970s action thriller series ‘The Professionals’ revisited
‘CI5?’ ‘Yeah, it’s kind of like MI5.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘They invent the problems and we have to solve them.’ What was it about? Created by Brian Clemens, writer and script editor of The...
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Rewind: Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer’s ‘Catterick’ revisited
From Big Night Out and sketch shows in the 1990s, to Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in the 2000s and House of Fools in more recent years – as well as their anarchic quiz show Shooting Stars – Vic...
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Rewind: Matt Smith’s ‘Christopher and His Kind’ revisited
As it reaches it’s five year anniversary, I decided to rewatch Doctor Who star Matt Smith’s 90-minute BBC film Christopher and His Kind. Directed by Geoffrey Sax (the director 1996’s Doctor Who TV...
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Rewind: Roobarb and Custard revisited
‘The world’s gone mad! I didn’t invite any of these gangsters to my garden party!’ What was it about? Roobarb and Custard are the principal characters in Roobarb, a series of short animations for...
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‘Doctor Who’ revisited: ‘The TV Movie’ (1996)
Today marks exactly 20 years since Paul McGann made his Doctor Who debut as the Eighth Doctor on UK screens in ‘The TV Movie’. The Doctor finds himself in San Francisco in 1999 whilst transporting the...
View Article‘Doctor Who’ revisited: 30 years since ‘The Trial of a Time-Lord’
Can you believe it’s 30 years since ‘The Trial of a Time-Lord’ aired? We take a look back at Colin Baker’s epic 14-part Doctor Who serial, which formed his second full season as the Sixth Doctor in...
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‘Doctor Who’ revisited: ‘Bad Wolf’ / ‘The Parting of the Ways’ (2005)
The Doctor suddenly finds himself as a contestant on Big Brother, Rose is in a futuristic version of The Weakest Link, and Captain Jack is naked in front of millions of viewers. But something is wrong...
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