Missing Believed Wiped 2017, BFI Southbank
❉ Roll up, roll up for the annual parade of newly recovered archive TV treats.
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Beware The Savage Jaw: ‘The Mad Death’
❉ Chris Orton looks back on the BBC drama about a rabies epidemic in Britain.
Missing Believed Wiped, BFI Southbank, 16 December 2017
❉ The annual showcase of rediscovered archive television promises some bumper treats, writes Rob Fairclough.
Out of tune: The Myth of Dougie vs Dudley, Part 2
❉ Myth-busting the ‘feud’ between the recently departed composer and the legendary TV director.
Out of tune: The Myth of Dougie vs Dudley, Part 1
❉ Myth-busting the ‘feud’ between the recently departed composer and the legendary TV director.
Top 10 Dudley Simpson Scores
❉ Si Hart pays tribute to the recently deceased composer, best known for his scores for Doctor Who.
It Won’t Be Easy: ‘Star Cops’ Thirty Years On
❉ 30 years on from the last episode of its one and only series, we look back on Star Cops.
Happy endings? TV’s Greatest Finales
❉ We look back at some of the greatest closing chapters in TV history, from ‘Blackadder’ to ‘Battlestar Galactica’.
The Nicholas Pegg Interview
❉ Nicholas Pegg talks Decades, Doctor Who and David Bowie.
‘Unique But Similar: The Prisoner Compared’ reviewed
❉ A novel look at the thematic and stylistic parallels between The Prisoner and subsequent cult TV classics.