Happiness Will Prevail! A Comic Strip Return For The Happiness Patrol
❉ “Terra Alpha has been saved, and no one is happy about it. Which is a good thing… isn’t it?”
Television
Radio On: ‘Thin Air’ (1988)
❉ Mark Cunliffe on a forgotten drama firmly rooted in the late ’80s .
‘Taste and Decency: The Swizzlewick Story’ reviewed
❉ This is as complete a history as we are ever likely to get of a series that did things that no other show had done before it.
Columbo: The Complete ’70s Collection on Blu-Ray
❉ The first seven seasons of the classic series, restored and remastered in 4K.
2023: We Are Cult – A Year In Review
❉ Here’s a rundown of the 75 most popular articles we published in 2023!
‘Biddy Baxter: The Woman Who Made Blue Peter’
❉ Richard Marson captures well Biddy’s passion and infectious enthusiasm for Blue Peter, writes Han Cooper.
An Appreciation Of ‘The Owl Service’ (1969)
❉ Ken Shinn on the cult series that ushered in a cycle of ITV-broadcast Junior Folk Horror in the ’70s and ’80s.
‘Black Archive #65: The Myth Makers’
❉ This is a thoroughly researched account of a lost Doctor Who serial’s odyssey from script to screen, writes Don Klees.
Red Dwarf comes to BBC iPlayer
❉ All of the sci-fi sitcom’s classic BBC run as well as the revived series from Dave are now on iPlayer.
Down Under the Influence: ‘The Highwayman’
❉ Ty Matejowsky considers NBC’s short-lived action series as the last gasp of Oz-mania in Reagan’s America.