The Beat Goes On: The Art of the Music Biopic
❉ Paul Abbott reflects on the much-derided genre of the music biopic.
Month: April 2018
The War Game (BBC, 1965)
❉ 1965: The Director-General steps in and bans broadcast of a docudrama.
Podcast of the Week: Go Folk Yourself
❉ This week: Go Folk Yourself is a comedic romp exploring strange American folklore state by state.
‘Threads’: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Hate the Bomb
❉ In 1984, BBC2 broadcast the most terrifying film ever made: ‘Threads’.
‘Doctor Who – A British Alien?’ reviewed
❉ “This is a book from academia that whilst high on political theory is written in a thoroughly accessible manner”, writes Paul Driscoll.
Grey is the New Black – ‘Within These Walls’
❉ A huge success for LWT, the series offered an authentic portrayal of day-to-day life for the inmates and staff of a women’s prison