Last month it was announced that Doctor Who’s new companion Bill Potts, played by Pearl Mackie and introduced to the public last year in a first series teaser, is going to be the show’s first ever openly gay companion, with her sexuality said to be revealed in her ‘second line of dialogue’. About bloody time,…
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Stranger Things – a 1980s Sci-Fi extravaganza
If there is one show that has got everyone talking this summer, it is Netflix’s new original show starring Winona Ryder, sci-fi and 80s nostalgia fest Stranger Things. It has already out-done other Netflix original shows such as House of Cards in the viewing figures, and for fans of the show, it is not hard…
OldVenue, TV
All The World’s a TV
All the world’s a TV, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. Yes it’s “that speech” from “that play” (the comedy As You Like It) by playwright, poet, and all round literary superstar…
OldVenue, TV
Top TV Moments of 2015
2015 has been another amazing year for TV, and trying to pick a top moment is a difficult task. But, after long deliberation, my personal favourite moment has to be finally seeing Daenerys flying on one of her dragons in Game of Thrones. After five long years of waiting for her baby dragons to grow…
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American highs
The American drama Mad Men premiered the first of its final seven episodes in the UK last Thursday on Sky Atlantic, bringing Don Draper’s ad agency into the 1970s. After six and a half seasons over eight years, the show has become increasingly popular here in Britain and will surely go down as a classic….
OldVenue, TV
Doing Joan: Fashion in TV
Ever been watching your favourite TV show and wished you could replicate a certain character’s look? I guarantee everyone has wanted to dress and style themselves on their favourite character at least once. Think the “The Rachel” hairstyle that seemingly every woman wanted in the late 90s thanks to Friends. But it’s the clothes that…