Warning: Explicit, in-depth spoilers for The Star Beast 15 years ago, Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) forgot the Doctor (David Tennant). If she were ever to remember him, she would die, and so the Doctor moved on and Catherine Tate left the show. Two years later, David...
One of the scenes I remember most vividly from Cucumber, Russell T. Davies' underrated 2015 mini-series - which could somewhat reductively be called Queer as Folk for the 21st century - is a sequence in which three characters, all men, all queer, get ready for a night...
Vincent Franklin, Cyril Nri, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Freddie Fox, Fisayo Akinade, Con O’Neill, James Murray and Ceallach Spellman confirmed to star in Cucumber and Banana on Channel 4 and E4. Star of The Thick of It and Twenty Twelve, Vincent Franklin will join Coronation...
Series one Doctor Who, BBC1, Saturday What to say of you liked it The long overdue return of the most versatile and enduring character in television history, but this time faithfully accompanied by stunning special effects. What to say of you didn’t like it After...
What to say of you liked it A lavish drama recounting the daring lascivious exploits of Giovanni Giacome Casanova the most famous, or perhaps notorious, seducer in the history of humanity (apart from Ken Barlow, of course). What to say of you didn’t like it A...
What to say if you liked it Another triumph for Russell T Davies after Queer As Folk, Bob And Rose, The Second Coming. And a fantastic opening in which the characters were established without all the usual first-episode clumsiness and there was still plenty of time...
Nonsense. In this tale by Manchester-based writer Russell T Davies (Queer As Folk), the Son of God returns to Earth and lands in Manchester. He performs a couple of miracles, convinces the world that he’s genuine, and stays in Manchester, telling the human race that...