Amazon and APV (Part 2 of 3) by Mareike Jenner
At this point, it may be prudent to ask what Amazon wants from streaming, other than the kinds of...
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Making Sense of APV (Part 1 of 3) by Mareike Jenner
What is Amazon Prime Video (APV)? I’ve been asking myself questions about what streaming is...
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Homecoming?: My Life is Murder by Melissa Beattie
One of my favourite words in any language is one I learnt during my seven-plus years living in...
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Style and Substance: The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon by Melissa Beattie
While my feelings about it are somewhat mixed, Murderbot (Apple TV, 2025-), the streaming...
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In Bad Taste?: Madripoor in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier by Melissa Beattie
Throughout the year 2021, Disney+ released a series of…well, series, which took place in and...
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A Major Crisis in the BBC at a Time of a Crisis in Higher Education by Elke Weissmann
If you live, like me, in The Guardian bubble, you will be heartened by the outspoken defence of...
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Defending the WAC: Our Rights, Their Wrongs: The WAC Campaign To Date by John Wyver
Just about exactly a year ago, on 19 November 2024, I e-mailed a group of colleagues expressing...
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Defending the WAC: Filling the gaps which some never knew existed by James Jordan
In common with the other authors of this series of blogs, I am a regular user who knows first-hand...
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(Main)Streaming Ethics: Netflix and the Ghost of Reality TV Past by Georgia Aitaki
Roughly a decade ago, Netflix’s then–Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos made a pessimistic...
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Defending the WAC: ‘Bigger on the Inside’ Doctor Who Archives by Toby Hadoke
It’s always bloody Doctor Who isn’t it? The show about the police box that’s bigger on the inside...
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On the bloating of contemporary TV fiction by Josette Wolthuis
There is nothing new about filler or bottle episodes; when I hear the latter term, I always think...
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is...
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Sexual Violence in Rivals: Updating the Bonkbuster for a post-#MeToo Television Audience: PART TWO – by Julie Anne Taddeo
This article was first published on WFTHN on the 17th October 2025. Warning: This article is...
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