Doctor Who: Death in Heaven season finale — an ideological battleground. SPOILER ALERT Cybermen meet zombies in the second half of this A Matter of Life and Death nick in which our intrepid heroes hissy-fit around a lot. There’s so much that could have worked beautifully in this series. How can you have those great […]
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Why is Peter Capaldi flashing his red bits like a lady baboon, and other questions. SPOILER ALERT Anna Chen’s review of Dr Who “Deep Breath” first broadcast BBC1, Saturday 23rd August 2014 The Dalek was eyeing up some poor bastard on the far side of the room. It hadn’t yet seen me, so I backed
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Originally posted along with the BBC robo-letter, British East Asian FAQ for the BBC, casting directors, the media and anyone working in areas where diversity is an issue gets its own page here. FAQ about BEAs for the benefit of the BBC, casting directors and reviewers. Q: Is it true that East Asians can only
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This Sunday sees the last edition of The Review Show, ending a longstanding BBCTV arts strand. Already shunted from its weekly Friday spot on BBC2 to a monthly graveyard shift on BBC4, even that has proven too much for the philistines at the top who have decided to axe it. All those ginormous management salaries
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Suffering from withdrawal symptoms at the end of my DVD box set binge of The Tudors — superb pacy story-telling, complex characters you cared about, stunning costumes and jewellery — I looked for a replacement. One friend assured me that The Borgias with Jeremy Irons was as good as. How could it not be? The
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Not another radio drama about soldiers. Our 21st Century militarised culture seems to be shaping up with the help of an increasing number of army plays on BBC Radio 4 to go with the tedious humanisation of business drummed into us in programmes such as The Apprentice, Dragons Den, anything with Evan Davies, Secret Millionaire
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