In 2006, the BBC took quite a big gamble. In a TV landscape where safe procedurals like New Tricks and a revamped Silent Witness were big hitters, Life on Mars, which saw a modern-day policeman transported back to 1973 didn't exactly fit. It helped, though, that that...
This year the BBC turns 100. Fundamental to Britain and funded by licence fee payers, the BBC has garnered a worldwide reputation for quality. For this special post highlighting the highlights of the corporation's massive contribution to television, I've decided to...
Did we like it? There didn't seem to be as much charm as the first series – largely because it was crammed with the central conceit (is Sam Tyler dreaming? comatose? mad? part of a conspiracy?) rather than a gripping crime tale. What was good about it? •Philip...