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CultBox TV Awards 2013

2013’s coming to an end, so it’s time to stare nostalgically back at the past year of television and hand out awards to the best shows CultBox has covered over the past 12 months…

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‘The Tractate Middoth’ review

These days Christmas TV isn’t scary. It’s all willowy-voiced renditions of classic anthems and children dressed like millionaires using iPads as sledges. There’s no fear to cut through the festive treacle.

Yet a ghost story at Christmas is as traditional as a crowd of villagers gazing at a convoy of lorries filled with fizzy pop. So it’s a thrill to see BBC Two return the ‘Ghost Story for Christmas’ to the schedules, and that horror aficionado Mark Gatiss is the man behind the resurrection.

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Christmas 2013 TV highlights

It’s the time of year when families gather on the sofa and chocolates that you’d never normally eat in such huge quantities suddenly appear before you and arguments begin over which Christmas TV programmes to watch.

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’: ‘The Curse of Crowe’ review

The latest tale from Doctor Who writer Gareth Roberts (‘The Lodger’, ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’) may feel like a retread for its opening ten minutes or so, as if a reminder to the audience of just what Wizards Vs Aliens is all about, but there’s a treat in store after the familiarity.

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