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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker’s best episodes
November 25, 2023 | David FarnorIn her very first episode, Season 11 opener The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Jodie Whittaker announced her Doctor as someone who was ingenious – inventing her own sonic screwdriver – and cared about her friends. That sense of kindness … Read More
Classic Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor, Ace and the final season
November 5, 2023 | Mark HarrisonOffering more than 600 Classic Doctor Who episodes broadcast between 1963 and 1996, BritBox and BBC iPlayer’s The Whoniverse are bigger on the inside. If you’ve watched all of the new series already, then why not join us as we … Read More
Top horror TV shows to watch this Halloween
October 28, 2023 | David FarnorHorror is all about movies, right? Wrong. Because in this golden age of TV, there are oodles of scares that can be found on the small screen – and not just the TV series that are based on horror movies. … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Reckoning
October 24, 2023 | Helen ArcherBBC One’s sensitive but shallow Jimmy Savile drama is less of a reckoning than a biography of abuse.
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Classic Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord
September 10, 2023 | Mark HarrisonOffering more than 600 Classic Doctor Who episodes broadcast between 1963 and 1996, BritBox and BBC iPlayer’s The Whoniverse are bigger on the inside. If you’ve watched all of the new series already, then why not join us as we … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Renee and Andrew MacRae
September 5, 2023 | Helen ArcherThis understated, dramatic two-parter provides some closure to one of Scotland’s longest unsolved murders.Read More
Starstruck review: A charming rom-com
August 28, 2023 | Sophie DaviesRose Matafeo is on winning form in this charming, enjoyable and highly bingeable rom-com.Read More
Why you should be watching Dreaming Whilst Black
July 28, 2023 | David FarnorAdjani Salmon. Get ready to know that name. The filmmaker and writer became a talent to watch in 2021 with his pilot for Dreaming Whilst Black, based on his own web series – and then stole the show in Doctor … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Sixth Commandment
July 25, 2023 | Helen ArcherSarah Phelps’ respectful, thoroughly moving drama restores the dignity of victims Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder in the Pacific
June 27, 2023 | Helen ArcherThis pacy documentary about the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship seethes with a barely suppressed anger.Read More