Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall is a historical book steeped in intrigue and gritty, dark drama. A page-turner based in the difficult, relentless world of Tudor politics, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy screenwriter Peter Straughan’s new six-part adaptation takes well-known elements and figures from history and casts them in a new light. In December 2013, the … >
Former Doctor Who supremo Russell T Davies has been in the television industry for over two decades and has had a hand in more programming than you might expect given his more recent high profile successes, from ChuckleVision to Coronation Street. With Davies returning to our TV screens next week with Cucumber on Channel 4 … >
Following our recent retrospective of The Avengers, I thought to myself “Why can’t I be more like Emma Peel?” Now that I’ve realised I really don’t have the hips for crimpolene, I refocused myself to give you the rundown on seven of the best episodes… 1.16: ‘The Frighteners’ One of the few existing Season … >
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 John Steed in order to bring the killers to justice. It was only when Steed allied with judo fighting, leather wearing anthropologist … >
Queer as Folk writer Russell T Davies returns to Channel 4 with Cucumber, a new drama series exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life. Find out who’s who with our guide to Cucumber‘s main characters… Henry (Vincent Franklin) If something can go wrong, Henry will make sure that it does. He … >
The new season of Doctor Who is now filming in Cardiff! > Here’s everything we know about Season 9 so far. Here are 12 things we’d like to see when Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman return to our screens later this year… More Jamie Mathieson This one’s a no-brainer. A new writer to Who … >
When JK Rowling began penning the first Harry Potter plot, she could not have known what a phenomenon her hero would become. From the pages of a fantasy novel, the bespectacled youth with a scar has grown into a global sensation worth in excess of £9bn. Films, books, games, toy figures, fancy dress parties, and … >
It is generally in the nature of the Doctor to slip away quietly, once the monsters are fought, the planet is saved and good has prevailed. Sometimes, however, us poor viewers are left wondering what happened next? Were lives truly changed by the visit of the man in the blue box? Did the hard-won peace … >
It hardly seems like ten years since Sky1 brought their edgy and original drama series Hex to our screens. In an important move by the channel, Hex helped to promote more original output from Sky, highlighting home-grown acting and writing talent. Here we celebrate the show’s tenth anniversary and look back at why the show … >
The Doctor usually has plenty to say for himself so it is little wonder that, hot on the heels of last year’s entertaining Who-ology book of trivia, comes a volume containing choice cuts of Doctor Who dialogue from the show’s first 50 years. Compiled by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, Wit, Wisdom and Timey-Wimey Stuff: … >