The original Prisoner series starring Patrick McGoohan is still compulsive viewing despite it first airing in…
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The Owl Service – review
The Owl Service was first broadcast during the UK winter of 1969-1970 and features the confusing…
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Timeslip TV serial review
Timeslip was first broadcast in the UK in 1970. The four-part series shot two kids –…
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Profile of actor Tony Selby
From modest beginnings to becoming a household name in the UK, comedy actor Tony Selby enjoyed…
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Movies that feature radio DJs
In this episode of The Channel I look at movies and documentaries that feature radio stations…
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Children of the Stones – review
Children of the Stones is a scary children’s TV serial produced by HTV and first broadcast…
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Withnail & I film review
In the latest episode of The Channel I’m reviewing a cult movie that looks like it…
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Ace of Wands classic TV show review
Many of us who watched the Ace of Wands when it was first broadcast have fond…
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The Tomorrow People
In this edition of The Channel I take a look at the first incarnation of Thames…
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Movie review – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
In this edition of The Channel I take a step back in time to look at…
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Movie review – THX1138
In this episode of The Channel I’m taking a look at a movie that was first…
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Top movies and docos about radio
5) FM Released in 1978 the film FM is about fictional Los Angeles station Q-Sky and…
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The Prisoner – 60s TV series review
There are still plenty of people who haven’t managed to sit through all 17 episodes the…
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The Truman Show
I read FilmFreak’s review of the 90’s movie The Truman Show this week, and it got me thinking…
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Roger Moore – Goodbye, Mr Bond
Roger Moore has entertained me since I was a child and being a Bond fan anyway,…
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Darcy Gladwin on the struggle of making movies
Godplex, which had the working title Godspell, is a feature film written and directed by New…
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