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Golden Years of Sherlock Holmes

The Golden Years of Sherlock Holmes

Golden Years of Sherlock Holmes

An abandoned miniseries project produced two television films that are probably best described as 'forgettable', unless you are fans of Christopher Lee and Patrick Macnee

The Bill

Reaching A Verdict

The Bill

A new book on the classic Police procedural The Bill is essential reading, not just to the fans of the series but anyone with an interest in the development and making of a hit television show

Life On Mars TV series UK

In Praise of Life On Mars

Life On Mars TV series UK

In a Sweeney meets Wizard of Oz scenario, twenty-first century detective, DI Sam Tyler, crashes his car and wakes up in the 1970s

Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes - The Finale

Ashes to Ashes

Alex Drake finally discovers why she's been sent back to the Eighties, how it all ties in with Sam Tyler, and exactly who is Gene Hunt

Doctor Who - Genesis

Doctor Who: Genesis

Doctor Who - Genesis

From concept to realisation: Doctor Who stands as a proud and eminently worthy monument to the too often forgotten and unsung individuals who ushered in the birth of that legend

The Daleks

Doctor Who: The Daleks

The Daleks

Daniel Tessier reviews the first two Doctor Who Dalek stories...the start of a television phenomenon.

The Starlost

The Starlost

The Starlost

Creator Harlan Ellison earned a Writer’s Guild of America award for his original pilot script in 1974. The end product that reached the TV screens was dismal beyond compare.

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Quatermass II

Quatermass ll

Daniel Tessier gives his verdict on the second series of the now legendary sci-fi show.

Quatermass IV

Quatermass IV

Quatermass IV

In the near future, civilization has broken down to the barest fragment of recognizable life.

Dick Emery's Comic Characters

Clever Dick - Dick Emery's Comic Creations

Dick Emery's Comic Characters

Dick Emery's characters were some of the best remembered on British television for a number of years. This article looks at how he created these characters utilising his natural flair for mimicry.

The Laughter Makers

The Laughter Makers

The Laughter Makers

In the golden age of British comedy, when radio waves crackled with wit and television screens flickered with laughter, there existed a cadre of unsung heroes. These were the wordsmiths, the invisible architects behind the guffaws and punchlines that echoed across living rooms and theatres

Porridge TV series

Porridge at Christmas

Porridge TV series

Festive laughter inside the walls of Slade Prison, in the company of Norman Stanley Fletcher and Lenny Godber.

David Croft and Jimmy Perry

Croft & Perry

David Croft and Jimmy Perry

When it comes to situation comedy, the comedies of Jimmy Perry and David Croft are a unique chronicle of Britain in the 20th century.

Love Thy Neighbour

The Love Thy Neighbour Conundrum

Love Thy Neighbour

Using racist words and language that would see a swift ending of a Twitter or Facebook account if they were replicated today, 'Love Thy Neighbour' shows how times have changed. No young eyes can look now at an episode of this once prime-time series and not be astonished by what they see.

The Offscreen Comedy Gems - article

The Offscreen Comedy Gems

The Offscreen Comedy Gems - article

A tribute to the unseen comedy characters who were an essential part of some of America's greatest sitcoms. You may have heard them, you certainly didn't see them, but you will always remember them...

The Two Ronnies Shorts

The Two Ronnies Shorts

The Two Ronnies Shorts

The incomparable Messrs Corbett and Barker in two all-but-forgotten silent slapstick movies from the seventies and eighties - The Picnic and By the Sea

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Where Are the Sitcoms?

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Britain has always had a great history of turning out some of the funniest comedy shows. But of late they appear to be fewer and farther between. Is the fear of offence ruining our sense of humour? Brian Slade asks 'Where Are the Sitcoms?