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Investigating Serious Crime With Luther

From time to time a show comes along that breaks new ground – Ashes to Ashes and Life on Mars did this and so too did “Luther” – a show which just finished it’s first season on BBC. It’s interesting mentioning Ashes to Ashes as the office the team work out of in Luther looks [...]

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Doctor Who collections in the BBC archive

Tucked away on the BBC website is an online archive containing collections of information about a range of the broadcaster’s programming, including the perennial favourite, Doctor Who. There are two collections devoted to the nation’s most popular time-traveller both of which offer a fascinating insight into the development and progression of one of the longest [...]

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Doctor Who – Episode 9 – Cold Blood

The ninth episode of the new series of Doctor Who is the second half of The Hungry Earth which sees the Doctor and Nasreen set off an alarm whilst exploring deep under the Earth, they are then captured by Silurian soldiers and taken to the Silurian Laboratory. Meanwhile, in the Silurian Laboratory, ‘Malohkeh’, the Silurian [...]

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Ashes to Ashes: Firing up the Quattro for the last time

So, this Friday the wait is over. Fans of Ashes to Ashes (and Life on Mars) will finally have their questions answered. What happened to Sam Tyler? Is Jim Keats the devil? Is Gene Hunt some kind of guardian angel? Or is the whole thing just a figment of his, or someone else’s imagination? Are [...]

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Review: History Cold Case

Forensic investigation and history are two of the most popular television genres, and the BBC have combined them in it’s new series, History Cold Case. The idea is a team of forensic scientists use their skills to investigate long-dead skeletons in an attempt to find out more about how they lived and died, while a [...]

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Doctor Who – Episode 7 – Amy’s Choice

The 7th episode of the new series of Doctor Who starts with five years having passed since Amy and Rory last travelled with the Doctor in the TARDIS (why does he keep leaving them behind! Ed).  The Doctor promptly lands in Amy’s garden on the eve of Amy giving birth to her first child.  Amy [...]