‘The Black Archive #20: Face The Raven’ reviewed
❉ It feels like only yesterday that Obverse Books launched The Black Archive. How fitting that this particular story is celebrated in volume 20, a milestone for the range.
TV
‘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.
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.
‘Star Cops: Mother Earth Part 1’ reviewed
❉ “There is huge scope in this series.” The gamble bringing back cult sci-fi drama Star Cops onto audio has paid off, writes Michael Seely.
Gold celebrate Blackadder’s 35th birthday
❉ Gold has a cunning plan to celebrate Blackadder’s 35th birthday.
‘How The Young Ones Changed Comedy’ (GOLD) reviewed
❉ Iain MacLeod reviews a weekend of essential entertainment looking at the most revolutionary sitcom ever made.
‘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..
‘The Mad Death’ released on DVD for the first time!
❉ BBC’s thriller about an outbreak of rabies released on DVD by Simply Media 7 May 2018.
‘Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany’ on Blu-Ray reviewed
❉ “Heimat is a magnificent achievement, a truly pioneering piece of drama which paved the way for the novelistic TV dramas to come.”