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The Shining Girls, By Lauren Beukes. HarperCollins, £12.99
Wednesday 22 May 2013
To begin with, Lauren Beukes had an idea so perfectly simple it sounds like an elevator pitch: "time-travelling serial killer".
Television choices: On hand to help the families living with murder
Friday 10 May 2013
TV pick of the week: The Murder Workers
Queens of Scandi crime: can stars of Borgen, The Killing and The Bridge find a wider international audience?
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Four Scandinavian actresses have achieved international acclaim playing strong female characters in hit TV drama series. But can they cross the subtitle barrier and find a wider international audience?
TV review - Broadchurch, ITV: David Tennant's character seems to have been designed to look good on his fan website
Tuesday 05 March 2013
Mayday, BBC1
Television choices: Scheduling clash for new dramas Mayday and Broadchurch
Friday 01 March 2013
TV pick of the week: Broadchurch
TV review: Borgen, 89,000 Children
Saturday 05 January 2013
Tom Leece is Film and TV editor at Fourth & Main
Wales nails 'Nordic noir' as homegrown drama is snapped up by the Killing broadcaster
Thursday 13 December 2012
DR Denmark which produced the Killing believes it has found its natural successor in Aberystwyth-based drama Hinterland
Also showing: Excision, Call Me Kuchu, Keep the Lights On, The Shining and Fun Size
Sunday 04 November 2012
Excision (81 mins, 18)
Watch the entire history of the planet in under two minutes
Friday 02 November 2012
Curious about the history of our planet, but quite busy today? Internet artists melodysheep have the solution. They've edited together various pieces of footage and some lovely music to create a visualisation of the entire history of our planet in under two minutes.
Also showing (28/10/2012): Room 237, Stitches and It Always Rains on Sunday
Sunday 28 October 2012
Room 237 (102 mins, 15)
Kubrick's horror classic gets back 24 tense minutes
Friday 24 August 2012
The Shining, once dubbed the "scariest movie ever", is set to provide more chills for British audiences with the release of a previously unseen extended version.
Heeeeere's more of Johnny: Missing 24 minutes of The Shining are restored for British release
Friday 24 August 2012
The Shining, once dubbed the "scariest movie ever", is set to provide more chills for British audiences with the release of an extended version never seen before in this country.
The Weekend's Viewing: Silent Witness, Sun, BBC2
The Bridge, Sat, BBC4
Monday 30 April 2012
I decided to conduct an experiment with the latest episode of Silent Witness – to watch it as if it was a subtitled Danish crime drama.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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