‘Doctor Who: The Comic Strip Adaptations Volume 1’
❉ These are fine, faithful adaptations of two venerable Dr Who Weekly strips, writes Andy Murray.
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Doctor Who – Fourth Doctor Adventures: Series 8 Volume 1
❉ Tom Baker’s latest Big Finish series has one foot in nostalgia and the other in Doctor Who’s present.
Viva Bananarama: ‘Drama’ and ‘Viva’ (Expanded Editions) reviewed
❉ Two of Bananarama’s most stylish albums finally receive the expanded edition treatment.
Raiders of the Lost Archive
❉ In this digital TV age, where choice is supposedly everywhere, why is old TV so hard to find? Steve O’Brien investigates.
‘Robin of Sherwood: The Audio Adventures’
❉ Michael Praed and Jason Connery return as ROBIN OF SHERWOOD, alongside the original cast, on audio!
‘1985’: New UK trailer and poster unveiled
❉ The official UK trailer and poster for Yen Tan’s award-winning drama have been unveiled.
All That Jazz: The Beiderbecke Trilogy
❉ Michael Seely looks back on Alan Plater’s trilogy, 30 years on from the first airing of its last instalment.
Return of the mac: ‘Columbo: Season 1’ on Blu-Ray
❉ 12 hours of one of the greatest detective shows ever to grace our screens and Columbo’s raincoat, cigars and battered Peugeot have never looked better.
Oz on the Tyne: ‘Spender’
❉ Chris Orton looks back on the BBC detective drama set in and around Tyneside, written by Ian La Frenais and starring Jimmy Nail.
‘The Coming of the Martians’ reviewed
❉ Colin Morgan stars in a full-cast audio dramatisation of H. G. Wells’ seminal sci-fi epic The War of the Worlds.