Gladiator is one of the most epic action films of recent times, and you probably know lots of trivia surrounding the movie; things like: there were lots of arguments, walk-outs and actors “squaring-up” to each other during the shooting. You’re also probably aware that whereas Commodus and Lucilla are real characters from history, Maximus is … >
Before its twelfth series lands on Dave in October, I’m rewatching all of Red Dwarf from the beginning. This week it’s time to tackle rebellious androids, virtual reality and false memories in Red Dwarf II. I mentioned in my look at the maiden run that the first series of Red Dwarf has a pervading sense … >
After last month’s ghostly goings on at Malkin Place, the fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) are back in space on a new planet, and in Jonathan Morris’s Subterranea, they are actually inside the planet’s crust. Packed with imagination, Jonathan Morris paints a world where the human inhabitants live inside so-called Drill-towns, desperate … >
After being unavoidably delayed, Blake’s 7 is back in a new set of full-cast stories set in the timeline of season 3 of the original TV show. It’s a new production team with John Ainsworth taking over production, script editing and directing duties and a recasting for the character of Dayna Mellanby, now played by … >
BBC Two’s controller, Patrick Holland, has this morning been speaking at the Edinburgh TV festival. Among many exciting plans for the station he confirmed that, yes, The League of Gentlemen will be back. It was hardly a secret, but the announcement makes things officially official. There were no real details given, other than an episode … >
It’s finale week on Game Of Thrones. Which means the night is dark and full of spoilers…
If all had gone to plan, then the BBC was set to release the many series of the classic children’s drama series Grange Hill over the last few years. It unleashed the first four series of the show on DVD back in 2007, with plans for more to follow. The problem? It didn’t all go to … >
The countdown to the first ever International Thunderbirds Day has started. It’s going to be a little longer than just five seconds this time around, mind you, with the date set for 30 September – the 52nd anniversary of when the show first aired.
If you are over 10 years old, chances are that someone has told you to drink a glass of warm milk at night or count sheep to be able to fall asleep faster. How much of that is truth versus what we’ve been told over and over again by television, movies, and old wives’ … >
Mr Kaplan has proved to be a character of much greater depth than even fans of The Blacklist expected, and totally warranted her own – unnumbered – backstory episode in season 4.