‘Doctor Who: The Annual Years’ reviewed
❉ Paul Magrs takes an affectionate look back at the Doctor Who annuals of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s.
Articles by Si Hart
Cold War: ABBA – ‘The Visitors’
❉ Si Hart revisits (ahem) the mature, melancholy winter of ABBA’s discontent.
‘Death, Death, Death Stereo, Stereo, Stereo, Stereo’
❉ Ben Baker returns with another collection of witty essays.
‘The Prince and The Pauper’ (1976, DVD) reviewed
❉ Double trouble from Nicholas Lyndhurst, and a Who’s Who of Who.
Well Now: Paul Darrow, An Appreciation
❉ A tribute to Paul Darrow, who sadly died this week.
DVD: ‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’ (1989)
❉ Despite its languid pacing (even for 1989), many elements of this BBC fantasy drama stand up beautifully.
40 years of The Key To Time
❉ An appreciation of the six segments that make up Doctor Who’s first season ‘arc’, broadcast Autumn 1978.
Interview: Artmagic – ‘The Songs Of Other England’
❉ In conversation with Suede guitarist Richard Oakes & producer/vocalist Sean McGhee aka Artmagic, on their new album.
‘Not In Front of the Children: Hidden Histories in Kids’ TV’ by Greg Healey
❉ Greg Healey takes a look at how some children’s TV favourites from the fifties and sixties reflected the times they were made in.
Ben Baker’s ‘Kill Your Television’ reviewed
❉ Ben Baker returns with another love letter to the programmes, presenters and spin-off shows that he’s fallen for down the years.