80. Star Cops (1987) In 1987 writer Chris Boucher – who had created Leela for Doctor Who and script-edited all four seasons of popular classic Blake’s 7 – created his own science fiction series Star Cops. It had a terrible title, and it wasn’t helped … Continue reading 100 Years of the BBC: #80-71
90. Extras (2005-2007) It’s not Ricky Gervais who made Extras sing, it is the mind-boggling array of famous and respectable actors and singers willing to ridicule themselves in name of comedy. Whether it was Patrick Stewart pitching a movie where everybody’s … Continue reading 100 Years of the BBC: #90-81
The BBC was founded on 18 October 1922, originally as a radio broadcaster and – from 1929 – as a television service as well. I grew up in regional Australia, which meant all I got to see as a child … Continue reading 100 Years of the BBC: #100-91
Hollywood can be a difficult business, and sometimes it is hard for a filmmaker to get their projects off the ground. It is also a merciless environment, and as the saying goes ‘you’re only as good as your last hit’. … Continue reading 13 great directors whose careers went missing
Year’s best lists always fill me with some trepidation, simply because they seem such an impossible thing to achieve. That’s why I stopped even trying to claim my own annual list was any sort of representative summary. Instead, this is … Continue reading 10 great movies from 2021
2020 has been a weird year for cinema, thanks to the global coronavirus pandemic that shut down most cinemas through the year, saw film festivals either shut down entirely or shift online, and more than a few films intended for … Continue reading 10 great films from 2020
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