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2025

The War Between the Land and the Sea is set to launch with a double bill

The BBC has announced that the highly anticipated series The War Between the Land and the Sea is set to launch with a thrilling double bill on Sunday 7 December from 8:30pm simultaneously on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The five-part series follows Barclay (Russell Tovey), a low-level UNIT staff...


14th November 2025
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Bill Bailey Brings His Signature Spark

Comedian, musician and lifelong arts advocate Bill Bailey has been confirmed as the host of the 2025 Sky Arts Awards, taking place on Tuesday 16 September at the Roundhouse, London. Now in its second year, the Sky Arts Awards recognise outstanding achievements across the full creative spectrum spanning visual art,...


18th August 2025
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2024

2023

Triple Bill of Duds

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s The selection process for my weekly Monday visit to the cinema has sorely let me down. I never refer to reviews in advance, not wishing to learn anything, however inadvertently, about the story. So, I went into this arthouse trio – all showing...


22nd November 2023
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Robin Hood Double Bill

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s The last swashbuckler to cut a genuine dash was The Crimson Pirate (1952) with an athletic Burt Lancaster romancing Virginia Mayo in a big-budget Hollywood spectacular. The chance of Hollywood ponying up for further offerings of this caliber was remote once television began to cut...


10th November 2023
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2022

Tributes to Bill Treacher

“It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Bill Treacher. As one of our original cast members, Bill created a much loved character in Arthur Fowler and, alongside Wendy Richard, they created an iconic family in the Fowlers who still remain at the heart of the...


8th November 2022
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