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DOCTOR WHO: Deep Breath / Review
Deep BreathBBC One HD 23 August 2014, 7.50pmYes, take a deep one. We've had all the hype, all the leaks (I wonder what Marcelo Carmargo was doing as the episode went out) and we're down to the brass...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - Evenin' All: From Fabian of the Yard to Dixon of...
Coppers & Spies Revisited I thought you might enjoy these extensively re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - Kinky Boots and Z-Victor 2: From The Avengers to...
Coppers & Spies Revisited Continuing with the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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SHERLOCK HOLMES - The Classic 1965 BBC TV Series / BFI DVD Review
In the pantheon of celebrated Sherlock Holmes adaptations there is one BBC television series that tends to get overlooked. In 1965 the BBC produced a series of faithful adaptations of 13 Conan Doyle...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - We Want Information: ITC and The Prisoner
Coppers & Spies Revisited Continuing with the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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DRAMA AND DELIGHT: The Life of Verity Lambert / Book Review
If you're expecting some huge revelations about Verity Lambert's tenure as producer of Doctor Who in Richard Marson's new book Drama and Delight - The Life and Times of Verity Lambert then you'll...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - A Man Alone : Callan and Public Eye
Coppers & Spies Revisited Continuing with the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - Jack or Knave: From Special Branch to The Sweeney
Coppers & Spies Revisited Continuing with the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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COPPERS & SPIES REVISITED - Beyond the police: From The Professionals to Life...
Coppers & Spies Revisited This entry concludes the re-written versions of the original Coppers and Spies blog posts published on the MovieMail site in 2014. Each part contains additional research...
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Nigel Kneale's QUATERMASS - The Complete Series / Blu-Ray Review
After successfully adapting the three Quatermass television stories of the 1950s and with the box office tills ringing from the well-received cinema version of Quatermass and the Pit(1967), Hammer...
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SOLDIER AND ME - The Complete Series / DVD Review
Soldier And Me, Granada's 1974 BAFTA award-winning children's drama, comes to DVD this month courtesy of Network.The nine half-hour episodes, broadcast in a Sunday tea-time slot between 15 September...
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BERNARD WILKIE - A PECULIAR EFFECT ON THE BBC / Book Review
Two names synonymous with the pioneering days of creating visual effects for television are Bernard Wilkie and Jack Kine. Back in the 1950s, they were the Visual Effects Department of the BBC even...
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WHAT CATHODE RAY TUBE DID NEXT...
Yes, my lovely readers I am still here. I know the Cathode Ray Tube site has been silent for well over a year but I just thought you might like to know that I haven't been idle. I've just been out and...
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FUTURE TENSE: British Science Fiction Television - Part One / 1938–1969:...
R.U.R ©BBC 1938Originally posted on the original Moviemail website (now sadly revamped and no longer providing the same opportunity to write such pieces), this was a series of blogs tracing the...
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THE BLACK ARCHIVE #31: WARRIORS' GATE - Publication Announcement
I know, it's been a long time since I posted here. However, that's with good reason.For about eighteen months I've been busy on two writing projects.In November 2017, one of those took me to the BFI...
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BIRDY: Limited Edition Blu-Ray - Notes on an essay
Due for release on 28 October 2019 by Indicator, this limited edition Blu-Ray of Alan Parker's film Birdy (1984) features my new essay on the film in the booklet that accompanies the first...
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FATHERLAND: LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY - NOTES ON AN ESSAY
Due for release by Indicator on 19 April 2021, this limited edition Blu-Ray of Ken Loach's Fatherland(1986) features my new essay on the film in the booklet that accompanies the first pressing.Loach's...
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UPDATE 2021-22: THE BLACK ARCHIVE: KINDA, ROBIN HOOD AT HAMMER, CAPTAIN...
Friends, firstly apologies for not keeping the updates coming. The last two and a bit years have been turbulent and distressing for everyone and I hope this message finds you all well. While Brexit,...
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DOCTOR WHO - THE BLACK ARCHIVE #62: KINDA - BACKGROUND NOTES
I have great pleasure to announce that my latest book The Black Archive #62: Kinda is now up for pre-order from Obverse Books. "‘Wheel turns, civilisations arise. Wheel turns, civilisations fall.’With...
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RANDALL AND HOPKIRK (DECEASED) and MAN IN A SUITCASE / Vinyl Soundtrack Albums
Network Distributing debuted a pair of exclusive vinyl soundtrack album releases this week. Focusing on two iconic ITC series of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Man...
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DOCTOR WHO - THE ELEVENTH HOUR: A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and...
Coming from publisher I.B. Tauris this month is another publication in the 'Who Watching' project, Doctor Who - The Eleventh Hour: A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and Steven Moffat EraEdited...
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SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER - BFI Flipside Dual Format Edition / Review
Leslie Megahey's extraordinary television film Schalcken the Painter finally arrives on Blu-Ray and DVD this month courtesy of the BFI. As with many of the home entertainment releases in their Gothic:...
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AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME / Review
An Adventure in Space and TimeBBC Two HD21 November 2013, 9.00pmThree moments in real and fictional time blend and merge in the opening scene of Mark Gatiss's superb drama An Adventure in Space and...
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DOCTOR WHO: The Day of the Doctor / Review
The Day of the DoctorBBC One HD / Red Button 3D23 November 2013, 7.50pmTelevision anniversary stories in Doctor Who are strange affairs. They have to strike a balance. On one hand they are expected to...
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DOCTOR WHO: The Time of the Doctor / Review
The Time of the DoctorBBC One HD 25 December 2013, 7.30pmYour stomach's fit to burst and only until you force down yet another luxury chocolate or another branded bit of confectionary from a selection...
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