TOP BOY by Kim Akass
“I haven’t anything to be – except this.” Dushane, Top Boy (Channel 4,...
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ANOTHER WEEK ON BRITISH TV by Kim Akass
As yet another week on British TV draws to a close I am moved to wonder what has happened to our...
Read MoreTV IS DEAD by Toby Miller
Google, that old faithful of lazy scholars undertaking armchair proxy research, tells us that about 280,000 sites offer “Television is Dead”. The expression even has its own site though the title is slightly misleading....
Read MoreUP AND DOWN WITH BOARDWALK EMPIRE by Jason Jacobs
What to make of Boardwalk Empire? HBO’s costume drama set in the USA during Prohibition reminds me of one of those fascinating objects that often crop up on Antiques Roadshow. One can admire from afar the detailed textures and...
Read MoreCOMING UP: A LOOK BACK ON OUR PREVIEWS OF WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT by John Ellis
ITV celebrated the 50th anniversary of Candid Camera on UK screens with an archive show, originally broadcast on 28 December 2010. Ideal, I thought, for my course on TV history. It was even repeated on 9 September 2011,...
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ODE TO SUE SYLVESTER by Kim Akass
It is hard to imagine that Autumn is around the corner as we all bask in a late heatwave. And as...
Read MoreTHE PIRATE SPECTATOR by Toby Miller
I watch pirate television. Will you forgive me some narcissography in this first blog, given that enticing new status? I live in Mexico City, the biggest in the world. It also lays claim to more political demonstrations than...
Read MoreAGAINST OCCUPATION by Jason Jacobs
Late last year John Caughie published an essay (in Screen vol 51 no 4 [Winter 2010]). Entitled ‘Mourning Television: the other screen’ his article characterised contemporary television in terms of decline, decadence and loss. I...
Read MoreSUBMISSION TO DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT by John Ellis
Re: NOTICE OF CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION BY NEWS CORPORATION OF UP TO 60.9% OF BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC 8 JULY 2011 The result of the 100% acquisition of BSkyB by News Corporation would be the creation of...
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SEX AND THE CITY – THE ENDINGS by Kim Akass
Writing about the last episode of Sex and the City (HBO, 1998-2004) seven years after bidding...
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