Inside ‘The Pirate Planet’ with James Goss
❉ “Tonight, Matthew, I’m Douglas Adams!” James Goss on novelising ‘The Pirate Planet’…
TV
‘Department S: Volume 1’ Blu-ray – trailer and pre-order details!
❉ Newly remastered in HD for this Blu-ray edition, Department S has never looked better!
Fourth wall? What fourth wall?: ‘Filthy Rich & Catflap’ at 30
❉ A revolutionary piece of television written by and for comedy obsessives first appeared on TV thirty years ago this month.
Merry EvMas: Cuddly Ken remembered
❉ The anarchic genius of Kenny Everett, on what would have been his 72nd birthday.
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.
‘Sherlock’ Series 4: Mark Gatiss Interview
❉ Mark Gatiss on what to expect from the eagerly awaited return of ‘Sherlock’.
‘Quatermass In Television and Movies’ free Kindle ebook offer!
❉ Mark F. Cain’s Quatermass compendium is free from 20 to 24 December 2016 as part of a festive promotion.
‘Totally Tasteless: The Life of John Nathan-Turner’ reviewed
❉ We review ‘Totally Tasteless’, Richard Marson’s biography of the most controversial figure in the history of Doctor Who.