From the archives: George Michael, ‘Smash Hits’, May 1984
❉ Sea, sand, shorts, shuttlecocks and snogging: A 1984 interview with George Michael, by Neil Tennant.
Month: December 2016
‘Doctor Who – Cold Fusion’ reviewed
❉ Big Finish delivers the goods with an epic tale of two Doctors.
Cuban masterpiece ‘Memories of Underdevelopment’ makes its Blu-ray debut
❉ Visionary Cuban director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s tour de force is out on Blu-ray 20 February 2017 in a stunningly restored version.
Merry EvMas: Cuddly Ken remembered
❉ The anarchic genius of Kenny Everett, on what would have been his 72nd birthday.
Cult Q & A: Laurence R. Harvey
❉ We’re asking, they’re answering. This week: Laurence R. Harvey – Martin from ‘Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)’.
Watch Closely Now! ‘A Star Is Born’ 40 years on
❉ Evergreen! Shagpile rugs! That perm! Sex in a bathtub! Mega outdoor concerts! More F-Bombs than you can count! ‘A Star Is Born’ is camp as Christmas itself.
Ghosts of Christmas Past: BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas
❉ We look back on the festive tradition of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas series, which was revived in 2005.
A brief history of the BBC Christmas Tapes
❉ The BBC Christmas tapes make interesting, infuriating, amusing and depressing viewing… But are they any good?
Monty Python: ‘Christmas Night Without The Stars’
❉ What happened to the mini-episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus scheduled for Christmas Day 1969?
‘Crackanory’ Series 4: Miriam Margolyes interview
❉ ‘Crackanory’ returns from Monday 30 January on Dave, previewing exclusively on UKTV Play from Monday 23 January.