Fifty years on from its first broadcast, ‘I Claudius’ is still magnificent and should be a model for today’s TV, says FINLAY McLAREN. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Hate watch: Doctor Who
It’s BEN THOMAS on ‘The Twin Dilemma’, whether you like it or not. Continue reading
Final cut: Rogue Trader (1999)
SIMON MATTHEWS on the story of Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Bank. Continue reading
Buddy Holly: the British album
Twelve British cover versions of Buddy Holly songs, selected by ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
Hate watch: Jonathan Creek
Who broke Jonathan Creek? BEN THOMAS revisits the scene of the crime. Continue reading
History cops: The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder
‘I have a criminal mind.’ ALWYN TURNER on the TV version of Edgar Wallace’s investigator J. G. Reeder, ‘a Jazz Age Columbo’. Continue reading
Sherlock on screen
Who was the best Sherlock Holmes? There’s only one way to find out. ALWYN TURNER watches ten versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Continue reading
Suite for Late Summer: the album
From Lammas Day to the autumnal equinox, BEN FINLAY has the perfect soundtrack. Continue reading
Last night on iPlayer: One Foot in the Grave
Why doesn’t she leave him? Why doesn’t he leave her? IVAN KIRBY on one of the great sitcom relationships. Continue reading
1977: the album
From Bryan Ferry to Roogalator, ALWYN TURNER compiles an album’s worth of singles from 1977. Continue reading
Have you heard… Alan Price
ALWYN TURNER celebrates the mid-1970s solo work of ex-Animal Alan Price. Continue reading
Final cut: The Runaway Bus (1954)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford and Petula Clark. Continue reading
