Category: Blogs
BODYGUARD, THE INFORMER AND THE RIZ TEST by Christine Geraghty
The BBC’s audience-pulling Bodyguard (2018) ended with a twist which changed the status and...
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WHAT TELEVISION ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? PRACTICES OF TEACHING TELEVISION by Manuel José Damásio
For several years, I have watched the development of film and television education in Europe. I...
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CHARACTERISTICS OF COMFORT – WHAT MAKES FOR COMFORTING TELEVISION? by Kerr Castle
First things first: what is comfort TV? Well, the etymology of comfort presents a useful starting...
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DEATH BY FRANCHISE: GOODBYE RICK GRIMES, IT’S BEEN EMOTIONAL: THE SURVIVAL AND EXPANSION OF AMC’S THE WALKING DEAD (2010 – ) by Stella Gaynor
Central character Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) has left The Walking Dead, and no, he wasn’t...
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HERE WE WITCH AGAIN: JUDGING THE CHARMED REBOOT by Elke Weissmann
I thought this week would be a good week to finally talk about Charmed (The WB, 1998-2006, The CW,...
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HOLLOW HALLOWEEN HOKUM: ARE AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE’S (FX 2018) SELF-REFERENTIAL SCARES FALLING FLAT? by Darren Elliott-Smith
Anthology Gothic horror series American Horror Story (henceforth AHS) has, since its inception,...
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NATIONALISM BREAKS THROUGH AT THE MOST UNLIKELY TIMES by Tom Nicholls
I recently retired after more than 30 years of teaching. Much of those thirty years were spent...
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WHEN YOU’RE IN SPACE THE WHOLE COSMOS IS BRITISH by Danny Nicol
The new series of Doctor Who is notable for its inclusivity. Much attention has rightly focused...
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GOLIATH, BOSCH, AND THE CODE by Toby Miller
Goliath. It began last year, and the second season became available this past northern summer....
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‘ALL THIS FIZZING INSIDE’: WATCHING THE RETURN OF DOCTOR WHO by Ivan Phillips
About 20 minutes into ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’, the probationary PC Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill)...
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ONE OF THE GANG OR STAR OF THE SHOW? by James Chapman
I’ll start this piece with a confession: that in recent years I’ve fallen slightly out of love...
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WATCHING THE NEW DOCTOR DOWN UNDER – WORTH GETTING UP FOR by Liz Giuffre
For a long time The Doctor’s Aussie fans had to wait longer than their UK counterparts for new...
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