‘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.
Books
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.
‘We Apologise for the Inconvenience’: Towel Day Preview
❉ This new one-act play by Mark Griffiths, takes a look at a moment in Douglas Adams’ career when he was in complete creative deadlock.
The Long Journey Back to Cathay – ‘The Black Archive: Marco Polo’
❉ Marco Polo is the one story from the very first season of Doctor Who for which no footage exists at all, so how can we know what it was really like?
‘Storytelling Engines – How Writers Keep Superhero Sagas Going And Going’
❉ The monthly comic’s ability to carry on with new stories for decade after decade is a fascinating case study in how ongoing narratives work.
‘The Black Archive 19: The Eleventh Hour’
❉ The latest of Obverse Books’ Black Archive series thunders along with the same pace as the episode upon which it is based.
BBC Books Announce New Thirteenth Doctor Fiction!
❉ The first novels on the BBC Books list to feature the Thirteenth Doctor, as played by Jodie Whittaker, and her friends Yasmin, Ryan and Graham..
Pulp Fiction: ‘Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, And Real Cool Cats’ reviewed
❉ An exploration into worlds full of switchblades, drugs, beatnik and hippy slang, motorbikes and electric guitars.
Punk Noir: Author Q & A – Paul D Brazill
❉ Shooting from the lip with the ‘Brit Grit’ crime writer.
Viv Albertine – ‘To Throw Away Unopened’ reviewed
❉ There’s real beauty in the raw honesty of Viv Albertine’s second volume of memoirs, writes Liz Buckley.