5 of TV’s most appealing antagonists

US crime drama The Blacklist has quietly become one of the strongest shows coming out of America in recent years, boasting mystery, intrigue and a stand-out performance by James Spader as the career criminal at the centre of it holding all the cards. With Season 2 making its way to Blu-ray and DVD this week, … >

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Matt Smith’s most underrated ‘Doctor Who’ episodes

There are several justly celebrated stories nestled in Matt Smith’s time as the Doctor. People love ‘The Eleventh Hour’, they foam at the mouth over ‘The Day of the Doctor’, and they positively fall down and have a joy-fit when ‘The Doctor’s Wife’ is mentioned; but what about some of his other stories? The stragglers? … >

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All the classic ‘Doctor Who’ references in the Season 9 trailers

As anticipation builds for the return of Doctor Who next month, the BBC has now released two epic trailers for the new season. Watch the trailers… While we count down the days until Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman are back as the Doctor and Clara on Saturday 19 September on BBC One, CultBox has pored … >

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Weird and wonderful UK television

Since the BBC first started broadcasting television programmes in the 1930s, the UK has developed an unparalleled reputation for high quality original television shows. But as competition has grown over the past century through the increasing array of terrestrial, satellite and online entertainment, the developers of British television shows have had to come up with … >

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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 in reality. Casino was in fact the second collaboration between director Martin Scorcese and Pillegi, who also co-wrote the screenplay, … >

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Clara’s 6 best exits so far in ‘Doctor Who’

Clara Oswald, in one form or another, has been gracing Doctor Who with her shining presence since the beginning of 2012’s run. In that time, she’s also seemingly departed, for various reasons, enough times to nearly rival the many deaths of Rory Williams. Clara is back again in Season 9, but with Steven Moffat giving … >

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What are the ‘Merlin’ cast doing now?

Since Merlin cast his last spell in 2012 and walked off into history, you may have been feeling a little bereft. Atlantis tried to fill a gap but was sadly cut down before it finished telling its tale. At least we can console ourselves that many of the Camelot crew have gone on to other … >

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Why it’s time to reboot ‘Blake’s 7’

Pitched to the BBC in 1977 by Daleks creator Terry Nation as “the Dirty Dozen in space”, Blake’s 7 ran for four hugely successful seasons on BBC One. As the decades since its shocking series finale have passed, the show may be short on new admirers, but those who remember it do so fondly and … >

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5 things you never knew about ‘Casino’

It’s 20 years since Martin Scorsese’s classic American crime drama Casino was released in cinemas. Based on Nicholas Pileggi’s book, the 178-minute epic tells the story of Sam “Ace” Rothstein (played by Robert De Niro), a Jewish American top gambling handicapper who is called by the Italian Mob to look after the day-to-day operations at … >

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Top 10 moments from the first season of ‘Humans’

The first season of Channel 4’s new sci-fi drama Humans is over. From now on, if you want techno-drama on a screen, you’ll have to settle for updating to Windows 10, or – for a truly edge-of-the-seat viewing experience – trying to fully uninstall Adobe Flash Player. The good news is that, as there’s a … >

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