‘The Box of Delights’ Episode 6 revisited: ‘Leave Us Not Little, Nor Yet Dark’

In 1984, the BBC produced one of the most memorable and ambitious children’s television programmes of all time. Based on the novel by John Masefield, The Box of Delights was a tick-all-the-boxes psychedelic alchemy that combined captivating story, superb ensemble performance and special effects that transcended the clunky, pre-digital technology of the age to create … >

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‘The Box of Delights’ Episode 4 revisited: ‘The Spider in the Web’

In 1984, the BBC produced one of the most memorable and ambitious children’s television programmes of all time. Based on the novel by John Masefield, The Box of Delights was a tick-all-the-boxes psychedelic alchemy that combined captivating story, superb ensemble performance and special effects that transcended the clunky, pre-digital technology of the age to create … >

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‘The Box of Delights’ Episode 3 revisited: ‘In Darkest Cellars Underneath’

In 1984, the BBC produced one of the most memorable and ambitious children’s television programmes of all time. Based on the novel by John Masefield, The Box of Delights was a tick-all-the-boxes psychedelic alchemy that combined captivating story, superb ensemble performance and special effects that transcended the clunky, pre-digital technology of the age to create … >

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‘Quirke’ preview

Coming to BBC One in 2014 is a new three-part series of feature-length episodes based on the books from Benjamin Black (also known as author John Banville) featuring Irish pathologist, Quirke (played by Golden Globe winner, Gabriel Byrne).

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‘Pope Joan’ play review

“Feminism always gets associated with being a radical movement – good. It should be.” So said Canadian actress Ellen Page in a recent Guardian interview, and now another spiky actress, Sherlock’s Louise Brealey, throws her fist in the air with her first play, Pope Joan.

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Win ‘All Stars’ goodies and DVDs!

To celebrate the release of All Stars in cinemas on 3 May, we’ve got bundles of All Stars goodies plus Streetdance 1 & 2 and Horrid Henry on DVD to give away to five of our Twitter followers!

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