Drama
Appointment With Fear
Jack Kibble-White on TV spine-chillers
In the last few years, television drama’s output has embraced an increasingly wider array of fantastical concepts. Doctor Who, Primeval and the recent six-part Jekyll have all done their bit to restore to the small screen the genre referred to by its fans as “telefantasy”… more>
The Play’s the Thing
Stuart Ian Burns thinks TV should go to the theatre more oftenTreachery With a Smile on its Face
Ian Jones on the House of Cards trilogyWhen Soaps Die
Ian Jones exhumes the corpses of fallen soap operasNo Need to Panic…
Chris Orton on The Mad Death and “infection” drama on British televisionThis Article Terminates Here
A journey through Euston films by Ian Jones“I’ll Find Out Things – I’ll Find Out Who Done it”
Ian Jones on The Singing Detective“Life’s Such a Puzzle to You, isn’t it?”
Ian Jones on John le Carré, George Smiley and the BBCAdventures in TV Land
Jack Kibble-White on entertainment dramas“And if What Comes Next May Seem Incredible, Believe it”
Ian Jones on I, ClaudiusPartly Political Broadcasts
Jack Kibble-White on political dramasCrimewave
Jack Kibble-White on Inspector Morse and long-form crime dramasAnd the Beat Goes on…
Jack Kibble-White on The Bill and police ensemble dramasThe Void
Kevin Donnelly on ThreadsLittle Britain
Graham Kibble-White on TriangleWarriors Behind the Wire: The Soap Opera Goes to War
David Agnew on TenkoAlan Bleasdale
A collection of articles on the works of Alan Bleasdale“I Can’t Believe That There’s No Hope”
Ian Jones on Boys from the BlackstuffOver the Top
Graham Kibble-White on The Monocled Mutineer and the ousting of Alasdair Milne“There’s a Poison About – and it’s Getting Worse by the Day”
Ian Jones of GBHAlmost Blue
Ian Jones on making music for Alan BleasdaleGreat Expectations
Jack Kibble-White on reaction to Jake’s ProgressJobs for the Girls
David Agnew on WidowsJack Kibble-White on high drama in Coronation Street and EastEnders
Slowly Addictive
Ben Morris on The House of EliottCracker
A collection of articles celebrating CrackerAngry and Ugly
Jack Kibble-White with an introduction to CrackerWhat the Papers Said
Graham Kibble-White compiles contemporary reviews of ‘The Mad Woman in the Attic’Breaking the Code
Graham Kibble-White on ‘The Big Crunch’The Big Number Crunch
Jack Kibble-White rates CrackerEliminating the Impossible
Ian Jones on Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock HolmesTales of Mystery and Imagination
David Sheldrick on Sapphire and SteelNo Commie Freaks in The Little House on the Prairie!
David Savage on Little House on the PrairieYosser’s Better than Fitz
Jack Kibble-White on TV drama in the 1990sWaiting to Watch
The Story of Starwatch by Jack Kibble-White