Red Dwarf: revisiting the third series

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 give quiche a chance and ponder where all the calculators go in Red Dwarf III. If the transition from Red Dwarf II to III happened today, it would probably get called a reboot. The long-running … >

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The Moomins are returning, and they’ve attracted a star cast

The childrens’ television archives are being raided once more, and this time, it’s The Moomins who are set to return to our screens. Once again using the Tove Jansson stories as their source, the new series of Moomins is heading to our screens in the spring of 2019. The show is being made by Finnish … >

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The new series of W1A will be its last

Award-winning comedy W1A returns to our screens next week, with the programme about the inner-workings of the BBC debuting on Monday 18th September at 9pm, on BBC One. But enjoy it: for its writer has cautioned that it’s set to be the last run of the show. Writer John Morton confirmed this to the Radio … >

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Liar episode one review

Spoilers for episode one of Liar lie ahead. Television writers seem to quite like writing about sexual assault. It’s an easy shortcut to drama, romantic escalation between the (almost always female) victim and their (always male) savior, and the instant vilification of the attacker. When Game of Thrones was pulled up a couple of years … >

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Doctor Who Experience

See the farewell video for The Doctor Who Experience

All good things, right? Over the past years, people have come from all over the world to Cardiff, to visit The Doctor Who Experience. The constantly-busy attraction has played host to a growing collection of Doctor Who exhibits, as well as an adventure with the Doctor to walk through. Got to be said, the coffee … >

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