Articles

Dr Andrew O'Day investigates how Terry Nation's series 'Survivors' imagined a world plagued by a pandemic and compares it with today's stark reality.

Thomas Shelby runs a feared criminal organisation, and when a crate of guns goes missing, he sees an opportunity to move up in the world...

In 1978, Cedric Messina persuaded the British Broadcasting Corporation to take on the task of filming the whole canon of William Shakespeare's plays for television, under the title The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare.

The story of Britain's foremost drama series - Armchair Theatre

John Winterson Richards chooses his own personal choice of ten classic television shows that had a major influence on our viewing habits and the type of programmes that followed them.

It is surprisingly easy to learn how to write a television show. There are a lot of good courses and books out there on how to do it. The best are often on how not to do it.

Onome Okwuosa reveals the facts of the fiction in creating the hit TV series Downton Abbey.

Andrew Cobby takes a nostalgic trip back to Emmerdale Farm's early days.

A wry look at TV chefs, cookery shows and soggy omelettes.

Andrew Cobby remembers an all-time classic music-hall sketch that shows no sign of dating.