Hate watch: Jonathan Creek
Who broke Jonathan Creek? BEN THOMAS revisits the scene of the crime.
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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
Isokon: The brave new flats of Hampstead
ALAN TYLER visits the Hampstead home of modernists, artists and spies. 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
Final cut: Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)
SIMON MATTHEWS watches Tom Courtenay in a comedy set in the 1970s. Can love bridge the disco-punk divide? Continue reading
Remembering the Referendum Party
The most important article on James Goldsmith’s Referendum Party you will ever read – by PAUL SAFFER. 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
Top 10: Autumn
For the season of mellow fruitfulness, BEN FINLAY discovers the best autumnal albums. Continue reading
Decade: Lockdown (2020)
Do you remember the covid lockdowns? asks FINLAY McLAREN. Of course you do. So why have we chosen to forget? Continue reading
