Winter Sale World Warmers
January 14, 2022By George Bass (Contributor New York Times | The Guardian | New Scientist) From taking down decorations to weather that feels like liquid nitrogen, January can be a depressing month. The only […]
Stingray: As You've Never Seen it Before
December 23, 2021By Chris Dale After many years of rumour and speculation, we’re delighted to confirm that Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic Supermarionation series Stingray is finally coming to Blu-ray next year! […]
Christmas DVD's
December 21, 2021By Film Historian Andrew Roberts MA PhD FRSA At this time of the year, it is the writer’s pleasant task to write about films and TV programmes of the past that […]
Morecambe and Wise: The ITV Years
December 3, 2021By Aaron Brown (comedy historian and fan, and Editor of British Comedy Guide, promoting British comedy of all varieties to audiences across the globe) Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise are rightly celebrated […]
Top TV Pairings
November 12, 2021By Steve O’Brien When it comes to top-tier, unmissable telly, it often takes two to make something go right. Whether it’s an iconic presenting couple (hello Richard and Judy), or […]
Your Guide to ITC Villains and Supporting Actors
November 5, 2021By Film Historian Andrew Roberts MA PhD FRSA The story so far: the fiendish criminal mastermind Expositionos (George Pastell clad in a white dinner jacket and his best fez) is forcing […]
Euro Shockers: The Continent’s Spookiest Films and TV
October 29, 2021By George Bass (Contributor New York Times | The Guardian | New Scientist) We Brits may view Halloween as an American import, but when it comes to films to enjoy with our […]
Fireball XL5: A Big Small Screen Adventure
October 22, 2021By Tim Beddows, Managing Director, Network Distributing Ltd Long before the convenience of Blu-rays, DVDs, downloads or even video cassettes, the sixties equivalent of mod-con home entertainment was a format […]
Maigret: Literature's Enduring Detective
October 8, 2021By Julia Hardwick Of all the detectives who have interrogated their way through literature, Georges Simenon’s Maigret is one of the most enduring, intriguing, seductive and yet ordinary. His ordinariness […]