When I turned on BBC2 at 9pm this evening, I was apprehensive about watching Louis Theroux’s latest documentary venture. A die-hard Theroux fan, and having watched and enjoyed almost all of his documentaries, I have […]
Doctor Foster Series 2 Review
The twisted series following the traumas of Gemma, a GP with an adulterous husband, is back, and it’s darker and more intense than ever. Two years after her personal hell, this series follows Gemma after […]
Do All Stories Have One of Six Basic Plot Points?
Everyone knows that the general outline of content in various art forms tend to repeat themselves. Ed Sheeran is famously getting sued for how similar ‘Thinking Out Loud’ is to ‘Let’s Get It On’. When […]
BBC’s Baptise Review
Julian Baptise (Tchéky Karyo) first came to our screens in 2014, with the release of the BBC television drama series The Missing, directed by brothers Harry and Jack Williams. The first eight part series captivated […]
Is This Sexual Harassment?
With 2018 the year of Harvey Weinstein and Sir Philip Green, one might think that as a society we’ve now got a pretty good grip on what it means to be sexually harassed in the […]
Doctor Who Tackles Racism Head-On in Rosa Parks Episode
The latest series of Doctor Who has gotten everybody talking. First, a new showrunner in the form of Chris Chibnall. Then, a female Doctor played by Jodie Whittaker. And now, an episode that features racism […]
TV Review: The Cry
What interested me most about watching BBC’s The Cry far more than the show itself was the fact that so many people had told me they couldn’t bear to watch something involving something horrible happening […]
Review. Stacey Dooley Investigates: Fashion’s Dirty Secrets.
In the wake of last week’s global scientific conference giving us 12 years before climate change becomes irreversible, a documentary on the effects of the global fashion industry could not seem more poignant. Stacey Dooley […]
Doctor Who: the Regeneration We Deserve?
The highly anticipated, recently adapted Doctor Who episode, finally starring a woman as the timelord, hit our screens. My first initial thought after watching the new episode for the first time was – yes, this […]
Review: Bodyguard (Spoiler free)
With more viewings than Downton Abbey or Sherlock, BBC’s latest drama ‘The Bodyguard’ is the show of the moment. And for good reason. In a fabulously fast paced mini-series, lovable but unpredictable Richard Madden (David […]
Question Time Looking For Under 30s In Leeds
The popular BBC debate show, Question Time, is returning to Leeds for the first time since 2015. Due to be filmed on Thursday, March 22, at the Headingley Campus of Leeds Beckett University, the episode […]
Can You Beat a BBC Drama?
Is Netflix’s increasing focus on original drama set to threaten BBC supremacy? BBC dramas have long been the jewel in the crown of British television and the BBC iPlayer’s recent gift of ‘Box Sets’ has […]