Elisabeth Sladen: 1st February 1948 – 19th April 2011

I recently reviewed the Doctor Who DVD release of ‘Planet Of The Spiders’ for CultBox. I didn’t have a great deal to say about the story that was complimentary, but one of the few bright things that shone through the padding and the cosiness was the performance of Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah-Jane Smith. In only … >

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‘Monroe’: Episode 6 review

The final part of ITV1’s latest medical drama brings the series to a suitably watchable conclusion, although this is not a Casualty-style blockbuster climax, with no major calamity leaving bodies strewn all over the landscape and the hospital struggling to cope under the weight of the blood and gore.

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‘Leonardo’: Episodes 1 & 2 review

With a heralding cry of ‘Fantastico!’, CBBC presents a fast-paced and action-packed new drama series following the adventures of the young Leonardo Da Vinci and his friends in fifteenth century Florence.

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Colin Morgan (‘Merlin’) interview

With a fourth series coming up later this year and a new attraction opening at Warwick Castle next month, 2011 looks set to be a great year for fans of BBC One’s Merlin. We caught up with actor Colin Morgan, who plays the fantasy drama’s titular hero, to find out more.

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Geoffrey Sax (‘Christopher And His Kind’) interview

Directed by Geoffrey Sax (Doctor Who: ‘The Movie’, Stormbreaker), BBC Two’s new one-off drama Christopher And His Kind stars Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and explores novelist Christopher Isherwood’s formative years in 1930s Berlin in the run-up to the Second World War.

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‘Monroe’: Episode 2 review

‘So you read minds as well as cure them, do you?’, an angry parent snaps at Doctor Gabriel Monroe in the second instalment of ITV1’s new medical drama series.

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