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TV in 2019: A year of big and unhappy endings
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 7, 2019, 05:00
A couple of months ago, I found myself in a packed cinema to see a live theatre performance of one of the best shows on television. That came with the(...)

‘The CIA won the broadcast war. They always do’
- Film
- November 8, 2019, 06:00
When director Scott Z Burns was briefing Adam Driver on his role as Daniel Jones in The Report, he hit upon a stark, terrifying metaphor. “Imagine you(...)

His Dark Materials review: A terrific Lyra, an invigorating fantasy
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 3, 2019, 21:00
There’s something immediately familiar about Lyra Belacqua, the young hero of Philip Pullman’s trilogy of novels, His Dark Materials (BBC One, Sunday,(...)

The great TV recycling swindle – they’ve been at it for decades
- Culture
- November 2, 2019, 06:00
There’s trouble in Westeros. To some surprise, Bloodmoon, a much-discussed prequel to Game of Thrones, has been cancelled after the shooting of a pilo(...)

Apple enters video streaming wars with launch of TV+ service
- Media & Marketing
- November 1, 2019, 16:00
The reviews came in swift and harsh. “Dull, dreary and dubiously written,” declared USA Today. A “disappointing creation”, said Entertainment Weekly. (...)

Watchmen: a dark alternative-history of America for the here and now
- TV, Radio, Web
- October 21, 2019, 22:15
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?” asks Don Johnson’s Tulsa police chief Judd Crawford, adjourning an emergency meeting of masked crime-fighters. That (...)

Netflix adds more subscribers than expected
- Technology
- October 16, 2019, 21:41
Netflix added more paid subscribers than expected in the third quarter, boosted by the launch of new seasons of Stranger Things and 13 Reasons Why, se(...)

Catherine the Great is actually only Catherine the okay
- TV, Radio, Web
- October 3, 2019, 22:00
Catherine the Great (Sky Atlantic, Thursday, 9pm) who ruled over the Golden Age of Russia, had to overcome many obstacles in her eventful lifetime. S(...)

Spitting Image to return after 23 years to take on Trump and Putin
- TV, Radio, Web
- September 28, 2019, 15:20
There was a time during its 1980s heyday when Spitting Image was watched by 15 million people each week, when it seemed as central to British politica(...)

Mad Men may be the next TV classic to profit from streamers’ ambitions
- Media & Marketing
- September 26, 2019, 01:22
It’s tough to imagine, but there are, according to reports, some television viewers out there who have yet to enjoy the pleasure of Mad Men. The 1960s(...)