SIMON MATTHEWS on the origin story of Channel 4’s VJ Max Headroom. Continue reading
Category Archives: Culture
Shellshocked: movie quotes
ALWYN TURNER selects his favourite quotes from British movies of the 1920s and 30s. Continue reading
Nuts in May at 50
Fifty years on and Mike Leigh’s play still resonates, says BEN FINLAY. Continue reading
Top 10: British Dance Bands
ALWYN TURNER shares some of the best of interwar British dance music, from The Teddy Bears’ Picnic to My Girl’s Pussy. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Coronation Street
FINLAY McLAREN meets the neighbours… Continue reading
The Daleks’ Master Plan
ALWYN TURNER hides behind the sofa as the Daleks unveil their Master Plan. Continue reading
Final cut: The Strange Affair (1968)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches the evaporation of optimism in the Swinging Sixties. Continue reading
Orwell belongs to us!
ALAN TYLER on The Lion & The Unicorn, Big Brother and Auntie. Continue reading
Top 10: Yuletide
BEN FINLAY has some music to set the festive mood. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: BBC Archive
FINLAY McLAREN gets nostalgic over highland crofters, pub pianists and the morning commute. Continue reading
History cops: Life on Mars
ALWYN TURNER takes history lessons from Gene Hunt. Continue reading
Let us now praise: BBC Four
BEN FINLAY celebrates the BBC that used to be. Continue reading
