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Four months after the events of the first season, Catherine's plans for a coup against Peter to take the Russian throne seem to have stalled - Huzzah!

Inspired by a visit from the US ambassador, Catherine sets up a conference where peasants, nobles and merchants can all give their input on developing a new Russia. Huzzah!

Second season of Amazon's hugely successful series based on Lee Child's novels in which a former military policeman metes out his own particular brand of justice

Carnival Row season 2 picks up with former inspector Philo investigating a series of gruesome murders which are stoking social tension

The fantasy series picks up after the heroes believe they've defeated the Dark One, but this is only the beginning of the terrors to come

The second season of Warrior Nun achieved the highest ever audience appreciation score for any Netflix show on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. So why has it been cancelled?

Geralt has been essentially drafted as King Foltest's personal bodyguard and the king is engaged in a battle with troops loyal to his mistress, the Baroness Mary Louisa La Valette

As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it

More than a thousand years before the events of "The Witcher," seven outcasts in an Elven world join forces in a quest against an all-powerful empire

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...

Marty Bryde and his family continue to navigate the murky waters of life within a dangerous drug cartel who now send in their ruthless attorney to shake things up. The stakes are even higher than before and The Byrdes soon realize they have to go all in before they can get out

The riverboat casino is officially open for business and Wendy's the one holding the whole operation together, and she’s decided to go all in despite Marty’s reservations. While Marty is worried about their safety, Wendy thinks that a cartel war could be good for business

After the shock ending to the previous season, the explosive and final series of Netflix's award-winning crime drama picks up the thread from where season three dramatically ended. Old friends become new enemies and the Byrde's are set impossible challenges. But will they survive?

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.

How do you know if you can trust a review to be an accurate reflection of a televised series? John Winterson Richards weighs up the evidence

Television is as influential today as it's ever been - perhaps even more so

Do modern day heroes live up to the reputation of their predecessors? What will today's children learn from them?

Dr. Andrew O'Day on how this Canadian series came about.

Dr Andrew O'Day on how Terry Nation continually borrowed and reused similar apocalyptic themes across all of his scripted dramas

How 'Blake's 7' took its narrative from classic folklore and the fictional adventures of 'the greatest of all English myths'

Andrew O'Day examines the 1980 BBC2 Playhouse presentation about a couple who fall prey to paranoia and doubt when they begin to think that their unborn child will grow up to be evil.

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.

Downbeat Endings - are they preparation for life? Why the British psyche isn't our fault

A look back at the highs and lows of one of the USA's longest running medical dramas. As it enters its 20th season we ask, is this particular patient in need of an urgent transplant - or should it be left to pass away peacefully?

Amazon’s first original series; a comedy centred round the dubious deal-making and general skewering of politics that become inevitable as four house-sharing US senators try to survive election year. John Winterson Richards reflects on whether or not this was a balanced view, or simple Republican bashing?

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

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.

'Boy' has amazing powers of mental perception and persuasion. He is a mutant. Born ahead of his time. Who are the strange group of men shadowing his every move?

A scientist finds a tramp lying unconscious on his doorstep, suffering from a severe genetic radiation disorder and clutching a human finger-bone in his hand, the man is the living image of Harrow's nightmare.

The Chronoscope is a device that allows the operator to replay events from the past, anywhere and anywhen, as if they were recorded on video. But why is the Government supressing its use?