From the makers of Twenty Twelve, W1A is the new BBC comedy show recycling the Twenty Twelve the main character, Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville). Fresh from screwing up his role as head of the Olympic […]
TV | Shetland – Dark and intense yet cheesy drama
If you like your crime drama cheesy, yet dark and intense then Shetland, adapted from Ann Cleeves’ best- selling novels, is the show for you. The series has all the hallmarks of Broadchurch: murder in […]
TV | Silk – Courtroom battles, sex, hypocrisy and even a little bit of Joy Division
Battles in the courtroom, sex, hypocrisy, terminal illness, love, power, and even a bit of Joy Division. What doesn’t series three of Silk have to offer? Well, for Martha Costello (Maxine Peake), it doesn’t seem […]
TV | BBC vs ITV – The big debate
Late in 2013, a Chinese newspaper, the Global Times, ran an editorial saying that Britain was “no longer any kind of ‘big country’, but merely a country of old Europe suitable for tourism and overseas […]
TV | Britain's Great War – BBC's tribute to WWI centenary season
It’s very difficult to write a book or make a documentary series that gives a general description of a major war. World War One and Two have been documented to the extent that it is difficult to come up with […]
TV | Hidden Kingdoms
BBC’s latest instalment of a new nature series was highly anticipated; if only because Stephen Fry was narrating. Having not expected anything too different from the Attenborough style nature programmes we’ve come to love; one […]
TV | Sherlock – Once again a weekly dose of Cumberbatch is taken from us too soon
I, like many of my fellow Britons, am suffering from a serious case of Sherlock withdrawal symptoms. Like a whirlwind love affair, season three of the hit show flew onto our screens and departed almost […]
TV | The 7.39 – A surprisingly enjoyable romance without the happy-ever-after cliché ending
For some reason re-reading Starter for Ten whilst at university has become a ritual to me. It’s set at university. It’s an easy read and has a satisfying ending. Thankfully it doesn’t follow the same […]
TV | Death Comes to Pemberley – Did it live up to Austen lovers' expectations?
Upon hearing that part one of a sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was being aired on Boxing Day, my immediate thought was that the author had taken a bit of a risk. Continuing the lives […]
TV | The Whale – The true story that inspired the wonderful Moby Dick
The true story that inspired Herman Melville’s iconic Moby Dick was told in a tale full of intense emotion, dramatic forces of nature and sea crew hostilities in a new BBC saga. An aged cabin […]
News | Leeds students talk feminism on BBC
A special show on feminism featuring Leeds students is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The programme looks at the increased attention feminism has had over 2013, including Femsoc’s protests following the Tequila controversy. Femsoc coordinator […]
TV | Last Tango in Halifax – More Alan Bennett than Wuthering Heights
You could be forgiven for having missed the first series of the BBC’s Last Tango in Halifax, not to be mistaken for the Marlon Brando film Last Tango in Paris, under any circumstances, students are […]