David Starkey, your time is up. For restoring women to Restoration history, I love Dr Lucy
BBC America beeps out swearing in The Thick Of It
Monday 30 April 2012
Malcolm Tucker might call it an "omni-*******-shambles". Viewers watching The Thick Of It in the US were instead presented with a 30 minute Morse Code bulletin after the BBC “beeped” out the political satire’s notorious swearing.
Trending: HBO opens up The Newsroom
Tuesday 03 April 2012
Walk with me... yesterday HBO released the first trailer for The Newsroom, the latest from Aaron Sorkin, the man behind the pen behind The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network.
Cracking tax break, Gromit
Thursday 22 March 2012
Animation firms have forecast that Budget tax breaks could give Britain's creative industries a boost of nearly £700m a year.
Animal rights fury as third horse dies in Dustin Hoffman TV drama Luck
Thursday 15 March 2012
Racehorse is put to death after falling at track during making of second series of HBO show
DVD: Game of Thrones (18)
Friday 02 March 2012
What in hell's teeth did we watch before HBO came along? Its latest is this saucy medieval fantasy drama, based on George R R Martin's bestselling novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, and while it may not be in quite the same league as The Sopranos or Boardwalk Empire, it's still considerably more gripping than your average British drama.
'Abusive, sick, unfair...' No, not Palin, but the new movie about her
Friday 24 February 2012
A screen portrayal has hit a raw nerve with America's right. Is it too close to the truth?
Luck, Sky Atlantic, Saturday
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, Channel 4, Tuesday
Sunday 19 February 2012
Even Dustin Hoffman fails to prevent this often unintelligible horse-racing story from being dull
The old favourites who keep on riding their Luck
Monday 02 January 2012
HBO's new drama features the oldest cast on television. It's a must-see, says Sarah Hughes
Boxing: Cool Khan can thrive on star billing in Washington
Saturday 10 December 2011
It is thought that more than 9,000 people have paid to watch Amir Khan fight in Washington DC tonight, proving that the teenager from the Athens Olympics is finally, against the odds and reason, a global star of the ring.
James Corrigan: Merchant of menace proves a good old'un will always win the argument on points
Monday 19 September 2011
The Way I See It: Merchant remembers all the promises, all the claims to immortality, all the baloney – and, when required, he throws it back at them, in a blast of reality
A Dance with Dragons, By George R R Martin
Sunday 07 August 2011
DVD: The Shadow Line (15)
Friday 01 July 2011
Hugo Blick writes and directs this meditation on the divide between good and evil via the investigation – from both sides of the law – into the death of drug baron Harvey Wratten soon after his extraordinary release by royal pardon from prison.
When it's time to say goodbye to your hero
Monday 27 June 2011








