Category: Blogs
The Immortal (Un?)Beloved by Melissa Beattie
Those of you who have been following my work for awhile may have realised that I have a certain...
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‘Plus ça Change, Plus c’est la Même Chose’?: CBC’s Saint-Pierre by Melissa Beattie
A police officer who has become unpopular in his home department is seconded to a small island...
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On Task, the Women are Robbed by Delanie Widdifield
Brad Ingelsby struck gold with Mare of Eastown (HBO, 2021), a small town mystery series helmed by...
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Slowness as Antidote in Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus by Sarah Lahm
I had been meaning to write something about the slowness of Pluribus (Apple TV+, 2025-present) for...
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Slow Television, Vivid Crime: Steven Zaillian’s Ripley and the Aesthetics of Duration by Sérgio Dias Branco
Steven Zaillian’s Ripley (2024), available on Netflix, arrives with the familiar signals of...
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Into the Sunset?: Night Manager, Series Two by Melissa Beattie
Timing does often seem to be everything, particularly when there is a very limited foreknowledge...
Read MoreTV in Mind by James Walters
What do television shows look like in our mind’s eye? Let me start with a personal experience. Two shows that I enjoyed immensely – Sex Education and The Mandalorian – seemed, to me at least, to have reached satisfying...
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Watching Blue Lights by James Walters
The fourth episode in the third series of Blue Lights begins in the home of Police Constables...
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CURRICULEE CURRICULA by Andrew Pixley
Happy New Year! I hope that you’ve all had wonderful holidays spent with those dearest to you,...
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The Weather Where You Aren’t: Webcams and Weather TV by Melissa Beattie
Like, I suspect, many of you reading this blog, I often find myself watching some kind of nature...
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‘Oh, I’m Canadian’: (Some) Multicultural Representation in Stargate Atlantis – by Melissa Beattie
…the Government of Canada recognizes the diversity of Canadians as regards race, national or...
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‘Small. Far Away’: Father Ted’s ‘Craggy Island’ – by Melissa Beattie
Though perhaps most recently in the public eye due to one of its co-creators’ appalling...
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