Should we see River Song again in ‘Doctor Who’?

Unless you’ve really gone a bit over the top with your spoiler-avoidance, you’ll know that the most recent Doctor Who Christmas special featured the return of Professor River Song after an absence of more than two years. Now that you’ve *hopefully* seen the episode there’s undoubtedly still some questions left to answer. Such as, most … >

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Movies of the 1950s revisited

The 1950s was a decade known for the increased choice of leisure time activities, the rise of modern jazz, drive-ins, the rise of fast food restaurants, a baby boom, the advent of television, and the rise of drive-in theatres among many other. There were over 4,000 outdoor screens in the late ’50s. In these years … >

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Did ‘Cuffs’ deserve a second season?

So Cuffs, BBC One’s cop drama set in Brighton, will not be renewed for a second season. The official line (as always) is that the BBC are “proud” of the show, but they are seeking to make way for new programmes. It’ll be interesting to see what the next attempt to fill the mid-week early-evening … >

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5 big questions that ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ will need to answer

THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS PLOT SPOILERS FOR STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. WE STRONGLY ADVISE NOT READING ON UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN THE MOVIE. When the credits rolled at the end of The Force Awakens, with Rey holding out a lightsaber towards Luke Skywalker, the question on most people’s lips – when they got their breath back … >

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5 realistic contenders to play James Bond next

The dust has barely settled on Spectre’s theatrical release and yet speculation on who will replace Daniel Craig as 007 is already rearing its head. To be honest, it never really goes away and probably started the day after Craig was announced as Bond in October 2005. Yet many of the actors whose names are … >

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No laughing matter: Black comedy on TV in 2015

You wait 19 years for a replacement to the much-loved black comedy series The Real McCoy (last broadcast in 1996) then, a bit like waiting for a bus, they all come along at once!  That was the situation TV viewers had at the beginning of November as ITV2 broadcast not one but four brand new … >

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What will luxury motoring look like in 2030?

All drivers have an eye on the future. We all naturally spend a lot of time looking at other cars – the motor in front, the car parked on next door’s drive, the vehicle parked a little too close in the multi-storey – so we’re exposed to the full range of cars on the market. … >

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5 missed opportunities in BBC One’s ‘Merlin’

Merlin was an unmissable Saturday night drama on BBC One which united the whole family in one room. There was the action for kids, the romance for shippers and the emotional battle for everyone. > Buy the complete Merlin Season 1-5 boxset on Amazon. However, I feel that there were some missed opportunities that would … >

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Our Christmas wishlist for the last ever ‘Downton Abbey’ episode

After six season, fourteen years (for the characters at least) and a lot of hats, Downton Abbey comes to an end next month. The period drama concludes on Christmas Day with a feature-length special, which sees the return of Lily James (Cinderella) and Matt Barber (Being Human) as Lady Rose and Atticus Aldridge. If Santa … >

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How close are we to the world of ‘Black Mirror’?

It was pretty big news back in September that Netflix has picked up 12 new episodes of Black Mirror, ensuring that we haven’t seen the last of Charlie Brooker’s anthology popular show. It seems that the eerie and unsettling world is posed for even bigger and disturbing things to come, which is of course why … >

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