The BBC’s adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, a novel by D.H Lawrence, recently aired on BBC1. It starred Holliday Grainger (Great Expectations) and James Norton (Happy Valley) as Lady and Lord Chatterley, a couple who […]
Humans: Ironically mechanical
Talk about the new Channel 4 drama Humans began before it even aired. It was the advert that had Brits freaked out in black-mirror style, where they were introduced to Sally a ‘synth’, who is […]
Do our panel shows promote gender inequality?
In February 2014, the BBC’s director of television announced that they were no longer going to broadcast male-only panel shows. Whilst this was certainly a well-intentioned move, the backlash has undoubtedly cast doubt on the […]
‘End of an era’ as Fab Café relocates
Fab Café has announced that it will close after 14 years in business. The alternative rock bar on Woodhouse Lane opened in 2001, although recent development works mean the business will be moving to a […]
Immigration Street: Has Channel 4 crossed the line?
The controversial Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street, labelled by many as “poverty porn”, has been hogging the limelight for some time. Somehow, a handful of residents from the impoverished James Turner Street did quite well […]
TV | The Not-so-Great Fire of London
The fact that there’s never been a TV series about the Great Fire of London is surprising given how dramatic an event it was. However, it seems ITV were so convinced that novelty factor alone […]
TV | Is it time The Simpsons left our screens?
On December 17th 1989, The Simpsons first aired. Margaret Thatcher was still Prime Minister and the Berlin Wall had fallen only a few weeks earlier – the world was a different place. Weathering comments from […]
TV | Downton Abbey predictably popular, but delightfully good
Forget Freshers’ welcome parties. We all know that the first two weeks of the academic year are dedicated to a single task: the race to watch as many television series as physically possible before the […]
TV | Glue – Gritty New E4 Drama
Rural England is disintegrating, and nothing pushes teenagers over the edge like boredom. Written by Jack Thorne (This Is England, Skins), and based on his own experiences of growing up in Berkshire, this show promises […]
TV | Houdini – More Style than Substance
Houdini, Channel 4’s latest US drama acquisition, follows the life of Harry Houdini as he rises from humble beginnings to become a world-renowned escape artist. Written by Nicholas Meyer, and starring Oscar and Academy Award […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the Week – The Boat That Rocked, The Hours and Die Hard
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we rock out on a boat in the 1960’s, fight a shape shifting alien and follow an undercover cop to the centre of a […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the Week – The Birds, Butch Cassidy and Star Wars V
Our weekly LSi freeview flicks here! This week the empire strikes back, we get attacked by vicious birds and a boy befriends a vampire. MONDAY – Animal Kingdom (Film4 22:50) Next week sees the release […]