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Category Archives: TV
The Daleks’ Master Plan
ALWYN TURNER hides behind the sofa as the Daleks unveil their Master Plan. 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
Last Night on iPlayer: To The Manor Born
In our series on individual episodes of British television, FINLAY McLAREN brings a touch of class. Continue reading
History cops: Foyle’s War
So what do we learn of British history from watching the period cop-show Foyle’s War? ALWYN TURNER is our guide. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Parkinson
FINLAY McLAREN watches Kenneth Williams and Jimmy Reid going at it (ooh matron). Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Crown Court
IVAN KIRBY celebrates a forgotten milestone in the television depiction of gay men. Continue reading
The lost world of Alexander Baron
SIMON MATTHEWS on the novelist and TV screenwriter Alexander Baron. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: Clangers
FINLAY McLAREN casts a vote for Froglet in the October 1974 general election. Continue reading
Last night on YouTube: The Baron
IVAN KIRBY delights in the many faces of Peter Wyngarde. Continue reading
