Almost 30 years later, the BBC’s Ghostwatch Halloween special remains controversial. Amber Hogan sheds light on the impact of the show.
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Lack of women in Covid-reporting
Lack of women in Covid-reporting Lucy Aylmer writes about the lack of women in the media’s coverage of Covid-19. A special report on women’s underrepresentation in news media has discovered that women’s expertise in the news has been significantly reduced in comparisons to men’s presence in the news. Between 2005-2015 only one in five experts in the news were […]
Review: I May Destroy You
Print Screen Editor Francesca Sylph reviews Michaela Coel’s harrowing and hilarious sexual consent drama I May Destroy You.
Swan Lake Bath Ballet
Elizabeth Brown discusses the BBC’s watery new adaptation of this beloved classic.
BBC Radio 1’s Big Lockdown Weekend
Harry Edmundson reviews the BBC’s attempt at a zoom-radio festival.
Malorie Blackman’s ‘Noughts and Crosses’ to be made into a TV adaptation
Olivia Garrett discusses the upcoming TV adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s ‘Noughts and Crosses’.
Review: His Dark Materials, BBC/HBO
His Dark Materials is one of the BBC’s latest dramas, based on the book series of the same name by Philip Pullman. The 8 episode premiere series, based primarily around the first book ‘Northern Lights’ has been showing each Sunday over the last few weeks. Now, I am a fan of the books and when […]
An Interview with Hugh Stoddart
Print Arts and Lit Editor, Zach Mayford interviews Hugh Stoddart about ‘To The Lighthouse’.
BBC Naga Munchetty racism row
Emma Hussain writes about recent events involving complaints made against BBC’s Naga Munchetty and how this reflects the problems of impartiality faced by presenters.
Bodyguard – Review
After its premier on the BBC, Bodyguard recently arrived on Netflix with the same promise as political thrillers like The Honourable Woman and The Night Manager. The plot picks up as PTSD-riddled Iraq War veteran David Budd (Richard Madden of Game of Thrones fame) is assigned to be the personal bodyguard of Home Secretary Julia […]