Return of the mac: ‘Columbo: Season 1’ on Blu-Ray
❉ 12 hours of one of the greatest detective shows ever to grace our screens and Columbo’s raincoat, cigars and battered Peugeot have never looked better.
Television
‘Tom’s Midnight Garden’ (1989) coming to DVD
❉ The BBC’s 1989 adaptation of Philippa Pearce’s much-loved novel is set to arrive on UK DVD in time for Christmas.
‘The Black Archive #24: The Time Warrior’ reviewed
❉ The Black Archive’s twenty-fourth release makes for a thorough and far-reaching thesis that cannot fail to impress.
‘Doctor Who’ 11.02: ‘The Ghost Monument’
❉ Jodie Whittaker continues to shine and banish further into the misogynistic past the suggestion that only a man can play the Doctor.
Talk About The Passion: ‘Play For Today’ on DVD
❉ These three vintage, unrestored films from BBC’s Play for Today watched in tandem reveal all kinds of contrasts and connections, writes Andy Murray.
‘Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season’ (Blu-Ray)
❉ Amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher was an unlikely feminist icon, writes Tanya Jones, and here she is with 22 episodes, rendered in HD quality.
Doctor Who 11.01: ‘The Woman Who Fell To Earth’ reviewed
❉ We Are Cult’s Kara Dennison reviews the Thirteenth Doctor’s debut. Let’s get a shift on!
‘The Rockford Files’ Season One (Blu-Ray)
❉ With the first of its six seasons arriving on Blu-Ray, this wry and charming series can now be enjoyed fully restored and in high definition.
40 years of The Key To Time
❉ An appreciation of the six segments that make up Doctor Who’s first season ‘arc’, broadcast Autumn 1978.
Introducing Tara King
❉ 50 years ago today, we said ‘ta-ra’ to Mrs Peel and hello to Tara King. Michael Seely looks back on this historic handover.