Articles

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. WARNING: SPOILERS

"Fictional detectives generally try to win our attention by pointedly not playing it by the book." David McVey looks at maverick cops.

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

Every TV show where The Beatles appeared on British screens from 1962 to 1970.

In 1964, at the height of Beatlemania in the UK, The Beatles took America by storm when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. And nothing would ever be the same again.

The story of how a golden age of British comedy was launched

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.

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

"Flirtatious by nature, she was all woman and she knew it."

How the Daily Express junior newspaper, designed to build a loyalty among young readers who would then stay with the newspaper through adulthood, grew into one of the most superior children's comics of the 1950s and early 60s.